Patents by Inventor Jason Andrew Willis

Jason Andrew Willis 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, method and computer program product for caching domain name system information on a network gateway
    Patent number: 7152118
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product is provided for caching domain name system (DNS) information on a network gateway. In particular, a network gateway that interfaces one or more customer premises equipment (CPE) devices to an IP network maintains a centralized on-board cache for storing domain names and corresponding IP addresses. The domain names and IP addresses in the cache are used by the network gateway to resolve DNS queries generated by application programs running on the CPE devices in a manner that is transparent to the CPE devices and that does not expend CPE resources. The cache may be initially loaded by an attached CPE or an external network entity and is continuously populated with information extracted from DNS messages exchanged between a CPE device and the external IP network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Edward Anderson, IV, Thomas Carroll Willis, Jr., Jason Andrew Willis
  • System, method and computer program product for caching domain name system information on a network gateway
    Publication number: 20030172183
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product is provided for caching domain name system (DNS) information on a network gateway. In particular, a network gateway that interfaces one or more customer premises equipment (CPE) devices to an IP network maintains a centralized on-board cache for storing domain names and corresponding IP addresses. The domain names and IP addresses in the cache are used by the network gateway to resolve DNS queries generated by application programs running on the CPE devices in a manner that is transparent to the CPE devices and that does not expend CPE resources. The cache may be initially loaded by an attached CPE or an external network entity and is continuously populated with information extracted from DNS messages exchanged between a CPE device and the external IP network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Edward Anderson, Thomas Carroll Willis, Jason Andrew Willis