Patents by Inventor Gerry White

Gerry White 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 apparatus providing a cable modem management and provisioning system
    Patent number: 6487592
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for allowing HTTP communication between a first device and a second device, the second device executing an HTTP shell acting as a relay, to relay HTTP requests from the first device to a third device for response. The third device communicates with the second device over SNMP and stores web pages and other information for generating HTTP responses to the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Wilson Sawyer, Gerry White
  • Method and apparatus for providing dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) tagging
    Patent number: 6466986
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for providing dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) tagging for employing a DHCP server as a non-volatile repository. In one embodiment, the method includes tagging one or more messages from a client computer to the DHCP server with a media access control (MAC) address of a cable modem that is attached to the client computer for storing the MAC address as part of a lease record in the DHCP server. The method further includes receiving a request for the MAC address of the cable modem based on the Internet protocol (IP) address of the client computer from a remote device for transmitting packets to the client computer, obtaining the MAC address of the cable modem corresponding to the IP address of the client computer from the DHCP server, and transmitting the MAC address to the remote device. Consequently, the client computer's traffic through the remote device is directed to the client computer's cable modem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Wilson E. Sawyer, Gerry White, Patricia A. Hansen
  • Method and apparatus for providing configuration information in a network
    Patent number: 6408392
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing message authentication between a first device (such as a provisioning server) and a plurality of other devices (such as cable modems) without need to share a secret key between the first device and the plurality of second devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventor: Gerry White
  • Method and apparatus for providing configuration information in a network
    Publication number: 20010032311
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing message authentication between a first device (such as a provisioning server) and a plurality of other devices (such as cable modems) without need to share a secret key between the first device and the plurality of second devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Inventor: Gerry White
  • Method and apparatus for providing configuration information in a network
    Patent number: 6233687
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing message authentication between a first device (such as a provisioning server) and a plurality of other devices (such as cable modems) without need to share a secret key between the first device and the plurality of second devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventor: Gerry White