Patents by Inventor Christopher Dwane Thomas

Christopher Dwane Thomas 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).

  • Patent number: 11469955
    Abstract: An electronic device is described. The electronic device includes a stack of computer network devices, such as a stack of switches and/or routers. This stack of computer network devices includes data planes and ports for directing packets or frames in a wireless network based at least in part on destinations of the packets or frames. Moreover, the electronic device may include multiple controllers (such as processors) that operate as master nodes and that perform network functions for the stack of computer network devices using a database. This database may include a common database that is accessible by the multiple controllers or multiple instances of the database in the multiple controllers, where the multiple instances of the database are synchronized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Dwane Thomas, Renjith Kumar Ponnappan
  • Publication number: 20210014118
    Abstract: An electronic device is described. The electronic device includes a stack of computer network devices, such as a stack of switches and/or routers. This stack of computer network devices includes data planes and ports for directing packets or frames in a wireless network based at least in part on destinations of the packets or frames. Moreover, the electronic device may include multiple controllers (such as processors) that operate as master nodes and that perform network functions for the stack of computer network devices using a database. This database may include a common database that is accessible by the multiple controllers or multiple instances of the database in the multiple controllers, where the multiple instances of the database are synchronized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Dwane Thomas, Renjith Kumar Ponnappan