Patents by Inventor Carl Lindsey Schumann

Carl Lindsey Schumann has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System for effecting communication among a plurality of devices and method for assigning addresses therefor
    Patent number: 8055772
    Abstract: A method for effecting assignment of addresses in a system including at least one server device communicatingly coupled with a plurality of client devices, the addresses permitting communications among the at least one server device and at least one selected client device, includes the steps of: (a) identifying a respective geographic locus for each respective client device; and (b) assigning a respective geographic address for each respective client device; each respective geographic address identifying a particular respective geographic locus for a particular respective client device. A system for effecting communication among a plurality of server devices and a plurality of client devices includes: (a) a communication bus coupling the plurality of server devices; and (b) a plurality of connection loci coupled with the communication bus. Respective client devices are coupled with selected connection loci. Each respective connection locus is uniquely identified by a respective address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Bernard Louis Cyr, Carl Lindsey Schumann, Andrew F. Scott
  • System for effecting communication among a plurality of devices and method for assigning addresses therefor
    Publication number: 20030177211
    Abstract: A method for effecting assignment of addresses in a system including at least one server device communicatingly coupled with a plurality of client devices, the addresses permitting communications among the at least one server device and at least one selected client device, includes the steps of: (a) identifying a respective geographic locus for each respective client device; and (b) assigning a respective geographic address for each respective client device; each respective geographic address identifying a particular respective geographic locus for a particular respective client device. A system for effecting communication among a plurality of server devices and a plurality of client devices includes: (a) a communication bus coupling the plurality of server devices; and (b) a plurality of connection loci coupled with the communication bus. Respective client devices are coupled with selected connection loci. Each respective connection locus is uniquely identified by a respective address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Bernard Louis Cyr, Carl Lindsey Schumann, Andrew F. Scott