Patents by Inventor Frank Quatro

Frank Quatro 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).

  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERPRETING INPUTTED INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20220391420
    Abstract: Methods and systems for interpreting inputted information are described herein. In some embodiments, a method comprises processing inputted information wherein processing inputted information uses one or more intelligence modules using one or more intelligence models to process the inputted information; making, by the one or more intelligence modules, one or more decisions about inputted information based on the one or more intelligence models; learning, by the one or more intelligence modules, to update the one or more intelligence models; and interpreting inputted information based on the one or more decisions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventor: Frank Quatro
  • Method of maintaining network address translation mapping and client device employing same
    Patent number: 9794109
    Abstract: A client device and method for maintaining NAT mapping. In one embodiment the client device includes: (1) a network interface circuit operable to transmit a keepalive message on an interval to a NAT gateway and (2) an interval adjust circuit configured to: (2a) increment the interval upon an acknowledgment of the keepalive message and (2b) decrement the interval upon a failure to receive the acknowledgment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Gordon E. McKinney, Frank Quatro
  • Client credentials data structure and method of employing the same
    Patent number: 9100277
    Abstract: A client credentials data structure, a method of employing the same and a secure client-server communication system employing the data structure or the method. One embodiment of the data structure is associated with a client and includes: (1) a pre-provisioned set of credentials configured to register the client with a server, (2) a standard user set of credentials employable for secure client-server communication, and (3) a re-acquisition token combinable with the pre-provisioned set of credentials to allow the client to re-register the client with the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Colin Smiley, Gordon McKinney, Robert Farnum, Frank Quatro
  • METHOD OF MAINTAINING NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION MAPPING AND CLIENT DEVICE EMPLOYING SAME
    Publication number: 20140068044
    Abstract: A client device and method for maintaining NAT mapping. In one embodiment the client device includes: (1) a network interface circuit operable to transmit a keepalive message on an interval to a NAT gateway and (2) an interval adjust circuit configured to: (2a) increment the interval upon an acknowledgment of the keepalive message and (2b) decrement the interval upon a failure to receive the acknowledgment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: ALCATEL-LUCENT USA, INC.
    Inventors: Gordon E. McKinney, Frank Quatro
  • CLIENT CREDENTIALS DATA STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF EMPLOYING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140068745
    Abstract: A client credentials data structure, a method of employing the same and a secure client-server communication system employing the data structure or the method. One embodiment of the data structure is associated with a client and includes: (1) a pre-provisioned set of credentials configured to register the client with a server, (2) a standard user set of credentials employable for secure client-server communication, and (3) a re-acquisition token combinable with the pre-provisioned set of credentials to allow the client to re-register the client with the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC.
    Inventors: Colin Smiley, Gordon McKinney, Robert Farnum, Frank Quatro