Patents by Inventor Kenneth Cates
Kenneth Cates 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).
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Patent number: 8081629Abstract: The benefits of a multicast-enabled network are realized by a flexible, easy to deploy, software-based solution that does not require reconfiguring of network routers. Systems and methods that implement this solution can perform as follows. A packet is received that was sent by a sender to at least one receiver, and the packet includes a parameter relating to a multicast announce address. A forwarding rules set is associated with the packet if the parameter has a defined value. This forwarding rules set is used to determine whether any of the at least one destination addresses included in the packet corresponds to one of the receivers that has a receiver format that must be converted. In addition, the forwarding rules set defines when a packet should be converted from a sender format to a receiver format before forwarding the packet.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2010Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Darby & Mohaine, L.L.C.Inventors: C. Kenneth Miller, Thomas Andresen, Thomas Gardner, Craig Michelson, Kenneth Cates, Marc White, Kary Robertson
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Publication number: 20100202454Abstract: The benefits of a multicast-enabled network are realized by a flexible, easy to deploy, software-based solution that does not require reconfiguring of network routers. Systems and methods that implement this solution can perform as follows. A packet is received that was sent by a sender to at least one receiver, and the packet includes a parameter relating to a multicast announce address. A forwarding rules set is associated with the packet if the parameter has a defined value. This forwarding rules set is used to determine whether any of the at least one destination addresses included in the packet corresponds to one of the receivers that has a receiver format that must be converted. In addition, the forwarding rules set defines when a packet should be converted from a sender format to a receiver format before forwarding the packet.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2010Publication date: August 12, 2010Inventors: C. Kenneth Miller, Thomas Andresen, Thomas Gardner, Craig Michelson, Kenneth Cates, Marc White, Kary Robertson
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Patent number: 7710961Abstract: The benefits of a multicast-enabled network are realized by a flexible, easy to deploy, software-based solution that does not require reconfiguring of network routers. Systems and methods that implement this solution can perform as follows. A packet is received that was sent by a sender to at least one receiver, and the packet includes a parameter relating to a multicast announce address. A forwarding rules set is associated with the packet if the parameter has a defined value. This forwarding rules set is used to determine whether any of the at least one destination addresses included in the packet corresponds to one of the receivers that has a receiver format that must be converted. In addition, the forwarding rules set defines when a packet should be converted from a sender format to a receiver format before forwarding the packet.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2004Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Inventors: C. Kenneth Miller, Thomas Andresen, Thomas Gardner, Craig Michelson, Kenneth Cates, Marc White, Kary Robertson
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Publication number: 20050100016Abstract: The benefits of a multicast-enabled network are realized by a flexible, easy to deploy, software-based solution that does not require reconfiguring of network routers. Systems and methods that implement this solution can perform as follows. A packet is received that was sent by a sender to at least one receiver, and the packet includes a parameter relating to a multicast announce address. A forwarding rules set is associated with the packet if the parameter has a defined value. This forwarding rules set is used to determine whether any of the at least one destination addresses included in the packet corresponds to one of the receivers that has a receiver format that must be converted. In addition, the forwarding rules set defines when a packet should be converted from a sender format to a receiver format before forwarding the packet.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2004Publication date: May 12, 2005Applicant: The Fantastic CorporationInventors: C. Miller, Thomas Andresen, Thomas Gardner, Craig Michelson, Kenneth Cates, Marc White, Kary Robertson
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Patent number: 6873627Abstract: The benefits of a multicast-enabled network are realized by a flexible, easy to deploy, software-based solution that does not require reconfiguring of network routers. Systems and methods that implement this solution can perform as follows. A packet is received that was sent by a sender to at least one receiver, and the packet includes a parameter relating to a multicast announce address. A forwarding rules set is associated with the packet if the parameter has a defined value. This forwarding rules set is used to determine whether any of the at least one destination addresses included in the packet corresponds to one of the receivers that has a receiver format that must be converted. In addition, the forwarding rules set defines when a packet should be converted from a sender format to a receiver format before forwarding the packet.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1999Date of Patent: March 29, 2005Assignee: The Fantastic CorporationInventors: C. Kenneth Miller, Thomas Andresen, Thomas Gardner, Craig Michelson, Kenneth Cates, Marc White, Kary Robertson
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Patent number: 6453438Abstract: This invention relates to a system and method for managing a session during which data is sent to receivers, wherein retransmission of the data to the receivers can be automatically rescheduled if the receiver did not receive some or all of the data. An object of the invention is to send content to receivers that did not or could not receive data during a multicast data transmission session. In accordance with this and other objects of the invention, one aspect of the invention relates to a method of managing a session during which data is sent to receivers. A first message is sent over a network a message to a list comprising at least one receiver, the first message relating to receiving data during a first session. Replies are received over the network from the receivers on the list. Based on the replies received, each receiver on the list that will not be receiving data during the first session is identified.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 1999Date of Patent: September 17, 2002Assignee: The Fantastic CorporationInventors: C. Kenneth Miller, Kenneth Cates, Richard Fiorentino, Alan Rosenberg
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Patent number: 6151696Abstract: A data transmission method quickly and reliably transfers data (e.g., a computer file) from a source to recipients. While the frames are being transmitted, negative acknowledgments from recipients are received by the source. These acknowledgments indicate which frames require retransmission. After all frames have been transmitted out, a retransmission is performed by the source for only those frames which the acknowledgments indicate require retransmission. Additional retransmissions can occur. This multi-pass data transfer technique requires only negative acknowledgements to be sent by the recipients. Features include the ability to set the transmission rate and to define multicast groups. Also, it is possible to determine the capacity of links of unknown capacity using a "multicast network probe" feature of the invention, and to determine the frame error rates of known-capacity links by utilizing the same feature.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 1998Date of Patent: November 21, 2000Assignee: StarBurst Communications CorporationInventors: C. Kenneth Miller, Kary Robertson, Kenneth Cates, Marc White
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Patent number: 5920701Abstract: The transmission of data (e.g., a computer file) from one or more content sources over a network to one or more replicated servers is scheduled and performed according to the schedule. The content sources request the schedule from a network resource scheduler. The scheduler receives the requests and determines if and how the various requests can be accommodated. The scheduler determines at least a start time and a transfer rate for each of the content sources that can be accommodated.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 1996Date of Patent: July 6, 1999Assignee: StarBurst Communications CorporationInventors: C. Kenneth Miller, Terrance E. Bradley, Kenneth Cates, Kary Robertson
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Patent number: 5727002Abstract: A data transmission method quickly and reliably transfers data (e.g., a computer file) from a source to recipients. While the frames are being transmitted, negative acknowledgments from recipients are received by the source. These acknowledgments indicate which frames require retransmission. After all frames have been transmitted out, a retransmission is performed by the source for only those frames which the acknowledgments indicate require retransmission. Additional retransmissions can occur. This multi-pass data transfer technique requires only negative acknowledgements to be sent by the recipients. Features include the ability to set the transmission rate and to define multicast groups. Also, it is possible to determine the capacity of links of unknown capacity using a "multicast network probe" feature of the invention, and to determine the frame error rates of known-capacity links by utilizing the same feature.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 1996Date of Patent: March 10, 1998Assignee: Starburst Communications CorporationInventors: C. Kenneth Miller, Kary Robertson, Kenneth Cates, Marc White