Patents by Inventor John A. Schmid

John A. Schmid 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).

  • Hardware TCP accelerator
    Patent number: 9755731
    Abstract: A TCP/IP packet decoder fetches, from a packet received via a satellite communication system, IP version information, which is provided to version comparators. When a version comparator indicates a match, protocol information is provided to a TCP comparator. If the TCP comparator determines that the packet is a TCP data packet, a flag is raised causing generation of a TCP acknowledgment for transmission to a source device. In another embodiment, a layer 3 switch or router includes a TCP hardware filter to determine whether the received packet is a TCP data packet, thereby causing the TCP data packet to be mirrored for transmission to a modem. In a third embodiment, a TCP hardware filter, provides an indication to a layer 2 switch when a TCP data packet is received causing the TCP data packet to be mirrored for transmission to a modem, which generates and transmits a TCP acknowledgment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Li, John A. Schmid
  • Hardware TCP Accelerator
    Publication number: 20160204851
    Abstract: A TCP/IP packet decoder fetches, from a packet received via a satellite communication system, IP version information, which is provided to version comparators. When a version comparator indicates a match, protocol information is provided to a TCP comparator. If the TCP comparator determines that the packet is a TCP data packet, a flag is raised causing generation of a TCP acknowledgment for transmission to a source device. In another embodiment, a layer 3 switch or router includes a TCP hardware filter to determine whether the received packet is a TCP data packet, thereby causing the TCP data packet to be mirrored for transmission to a modem. In a third embodiment, a TCP hardware filter, provides an indication to a layer 2 switch when a TCP data packet is received causing the TCP data packet to be mirrored for transmission to a modem, which generates and transmits a TCP acknowledgment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Li, John A. Schmid
  • Methodology and System for Cash Handling and Accountancy Services
    Publication number: 20120059746
    Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: accessing, at a computer at a customer end, Internet web-page content from a provider end for obtaining access to virtual cash handling and accountancy services from the provider end for managing financial data. The financial data includes one or more cash handling data entries and one or more accountancy data entries. The managing step further includes the step of reconciling the one or more cash handling data entries with the one or more accountancy data entries. A system is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: Automated Payment Highway, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent P. Thomas, Steven Robert, John A. Schmid