Patents by Inventor Dan Simone

Dan Simone 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).

  • Application-aware wireless network system and method
    Patent number: 7865713
    Abstract: A technique for dynamically responding to threats in a wireless network involves deploying a single network including APs capable of booting from a plurality of software images. Individual APs can switch (or be switched) between multiple sets of software so that network managers can select the AP software most appropriate for a given instance. For example, if a threat is detected, multiple APs can be switched to sensor mode to deal with the threat. As another example, all of the APs can be switched to sensor mode after hours. Alternatively, a server can provide the software image(s) needed for an AP to operate in accordance with a desired functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Trapeze Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Stan Chesnutt, Jamsheed Bugwadia, Yun Freund, Roy Gignac, Matthew Stuart Gast, Dan Simone, Gary Eugene Morain
  • APPLICATION-AWARE WIRELESS NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20080162921
    Abstract: A technique for dynamically responding to threats in a wireless network involves deploying a single network including APs capable of booting from a plurality of software images. Individual APs can switch (or be switched) between multiple sets of software so that network managers can select the AP software most appropriate for a given instance. For example, if a threat is detected, multiple APs can be switched to sensor mode to deal with the threat. As another example, all of the APs can be switched to sensor mode after hours. Alternatively, a server can provide the software image(s) needed for an AP to operate in accordance with a desired functionality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: Trapeze Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Stan Chesnutt, Jamsheed Bugwadia, Yun Freund, Roy Gignac, Matthew S. Gast, Dan Simone, Gray E. Morain
  • Method and apparatus for multiple communications sessions
    Patent number: 7320036
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for multiple communications sessions is described. In one embodiment of the invention, a computer implemented method comprises establishing a session at a data link layer between a host and a remote access concentrator, determining a set of network layer information corresponding to the session, and applying the set of network layer information to the host at the data link layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Redback Networks Inc.
    Inventors: David Carrel, Che-Lin Ho, Dan Simone, Thomas Stoner
  • Protocol independent switch
    Patent number: 5574722
    Abstract: A data communications network providing for automatic reconfiguration of a hub concentrator or the like dependent on the protocol used by a device attached to the concentrator. The concentrator includes a circuit for receiving a message packet from a device coupled with the concentrator and for determining the protocol used in the transmission. Utilization of the disclosed circuit provides for automatic reconfiguration in the event a device is moved from one port on the concentrator to another port or a new device is connected to the concentrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: Bay Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Slykhouse, Robert Smith, Dan Simone