Patents by Inventor Howard L. Berkey, III

Howard L. Berkey, III 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).

  • Network address translation type for flexible neighbor selection in overlay networks
    Patent number: 8041835
    Abstract: An overlay network uses flexible neighbor selection based on network address translation (NAT) to define routing between nodes. The NAT type is used as a flexible neighbor selection criteria, either alone or in conjunction with other criteria. A method of selecting a neighboring node for a first node in a distributed hash table network includes determining a desired key value for a node finger table entry and requesting a set of candidate neighboring nodes near this desired key value. The method determines a network address translation type of each of the set of candidate neighboring nodes and ranks the set of candidate neighboring nodes accordingly. The method selects one of the set of candidate neighboring nodes based on the ranking. The NAT types of candidate neighboring nodes are determined by sending probe messages or from data received from a central overlay network server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yutaka Takeda, Howard L. Berkey, III, Payton R. White, Attila Vass
  • NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION TYPE FOR FLEXIBLE NEIGHBOR SELECTION IN OVERLAY NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20100205282
    Abstract: An overlay network uses flexible neighbor selection based on network address translation (NAT) to define routing between nodes. The NAT type is used as a flexible neighbor selection criteria, either alone or in conjunction with other criteria. A method of selecting a neighboring node for a first node in a distributed hash table network includes determining a desired key value for a node finger table entry and requesting a set of candidate neighboring nodes near this desired key value. The method determines a network address translation type of each of the set of candidate neighboring nodes and ranks the set of candidate neighboring nodes accordingly. The method selects one of the set of candidate neighboring nodes based on the ranking. The NAT types of candidate neighboring nodes are determined by sending probe messages or from data received from a central overlay network server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yutaka TAKEDA, Howard L. Berkey, III, Payton R. White, Attila Vass
  • Network address translation type for flexible neighbor selection in overlay networks
    Patent number: 7725597
    Abstract: An overlay network uses flexible neighbor selection based on network address translation (NAT) to define routing between nodes. The NAT type is used as a flexible neighbor selection criteria, either alone or in conjunction with other criteria. A method of selecting a neighboring node for a first node in a distributed hash table network includes determining a desired key value for a node finger table entry and requesting a set of candidate neighboring nodes near this desired key value. The method determines a network address translation type of each of the set of candidate neighboring nodes and ranks the set of candidate neighboring nodes accordingly. The method selects one of the set of candidate neighboring nodes based on the ranking. The NAT types of candidate neighboring nodes are determined by sending probe messages or from data received from a central overlay network server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yutaka Takeda, Howard L. Berkey, III, Payton R. White, Attila Vass