Patents by Inventor Douglas D. Flint

Douglas D. Flint 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 and method to provide PPPoE connectivity to non-PPPoE clients
    Publication number: 20030167338
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a virtual Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) session between a client unable to support a PPPoE session and an access concentrator are disclosed herein. A gateway situated between the client and the access concentrator can act as a proxy PPPoE client between the client and the access concentrator, thereby allowing the client to send and receive data to/from the gateway in a protocol supported by the client, and the gateway provides this data to the access concentrator through a PPPoE session initiated and maintained by the gateway. Likewise, data from the access concentrator to the client is transmitted through the PPPoE session to the gateway, and the gateway reformats the data using a protocol supported by the client and then forwards the reformatted data to the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: GlobespanVirata Incorporated
    Inventors: David F. Hare, Jon A. Yusko, Douglas D. Flint