Patents by Inventor Fred C. Rogers

Fred C. Rogers 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).

  • Data communications method and structure
    Patent number: 9060022
    Abstract: An embodiment of a method, system, and structure communicating messaging data in a header of a packet are provided. The data structure includes a data packet comprising a header and a payload, wherein part of the header includes first and second data portions, wherein the first data portion indicates a type of message encoded in the second data portion, and wherein the second data portion includes message data. An embodiment of a method includes encoding a communications message, which would otherwise be inclusive in a payload portion of a packet into a portion of a header of a packet, encoding an indication that indicates a type of messaging that said messaging is, and facilitating the communication of the packet to a destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Manish Mangal, Fred C. Rogers, Jeremy R. Breau
  • Data communications method and structure
    Patent number: 7715397
    Abstract: An embodiment of a method, system, and structure communicating messaging data in a header of a packet are provided. The data structure includes a data packet comprising a header and a payload, wherein part of the header includes first and second data portions, wherein the first data portion indicates a type of message encoded in the second data portion, and wherein the second data portion includes message data. An embodiment of a method includes encoding a communications message, which would otherwise be inclusive in a payload portion of a packet into a portion of a header of a packet, encoding an indication that indicates a type of messaging that said messaging is, and facilitating the communication of the packet to a destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Manish Mangal, Fred C. Rogers, Jeremy R. Breau
  • DATA COMMUNICATIONS METHOD AND STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20080075081
    Abstract: An embodiment of a method, system, and structure communicating messaging data in a header of a packet are provided. The data structure includes a data packet comprising a header and a payload, wherein part of the header includes first and second data portions, wherein the first data portion indicates a type of message encoded in the second data portion, and wherein the second data portion includes message data. An embodiment of a method includes encoding a communications message, which would otherwise be inclusive in a payload portion of a packet into a portion of a header of a packet, encoding an indication that indicates a type of messaging that said messaging is, and facilitating the communication of the packet to a destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Manish Mangal, Fred C. Rogers, Jeremy R. Breau