Patents by Inventor Chris F. Melle

Chris F. Melle 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).

  • On-the-fly trivial file transfer protocol
    Patent number: 6170008
    Abstract: A network server, and a method for building a boot file in response to a standard protocol request. Network specific and client specific parameters necessary to build the boot file are encoded into the path name and file name of the standard protocol request respectively. A special character in the standard protocol request triggers the network server to decode the parameters from the standard protocol request and then use the decoded parameters to build the boot file on-the-fly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Mediaone Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce F. Bahlmann, Brian Field, Chris F. Melle