Patents by Inventor Chris H Knapp

Chris H Knapp 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).

  • GENERIC BROADBAND APPLICATION AND PLUG-INS
    Publication number: 20110283005
    Abstract: A network device may include one or more devices to select, upon receiving a broadband card at the network device, a first vendor-specific plug-in provided in the network device, to detect the broadband card; one or more devices to determine that the first vendor-specific plug-in fails to detect the broadband card; and one or more devices to select, when the first vendor-specific plug-in fails to detect the broadband card, a second vendor-specific plug-in provided in the network device, to detect the broadband card, the first vendor-specific plug-in being associated with a first vendor, and the second vendor-specific plug-in being associated with a different, second vendor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventor: Chris H. Knapp
  • Generic broadband application and plug-ins
    Patent number: 8010636
    Abstract: A device may receive a broadband card, dynamically load a non-generic plug-in to detect the broadband card, determine whether the loaded non-generic plug-in detects the broadband card, dynamically load a generic plug-in when the loaded non-generic plug-in does not detect the broadband card, and use the generic plug-in to certify the broadband card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Chris H Knapp
  • GENERIC BROADBAND APPLICATION AND PLUG-INS
    Publication number: 20100138547
    Abstract: A device may receive a broadband card, dynamically load a non-generic plug-in to detect the broadband card, determine whether the loaded non-generic plug-in detects the broadband card, dynamically load a generic plug-in when the loaded non-generic plug-in does not detect the broadband card, and use the generic plug-in to certify the broadband card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: VERIZON BUSINESS NETWORK SERVICES INC.
    Inventor: Chris H. Knapp