Patents by Inventor Landon Kuhn

Landon Kuhn 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).

  • Mapping protocol endpoints to networked devices and applications based on capabilities
    Patent number: 9565091
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions which cause processors to perform: collecting, at a management computer located separately with respect to a networked plurality of devices, device information about each of the devices; for each particular device: determining matches between the device capabilities for the particular device, and features of software applications; for a particular match: determining a particular software application that is configured to control the particular device; based at least in part on the device information for the particular device, determining a particular protocol endpoint from protocol endpoints that is configured to communicate control instructions from the particular software application to the particular device; creating data comprising a mapping between the particular software application, the particular protocol endpoint and the particular computing device; configuring an application computer program to use the mapping a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Dupre, Michael Elford, Landon Kuhn, Steve Gorretta
  • MAPPING PROTOCOL ENDPOINTS TO NETWORKED DEVICES AND APPLICATIONS BASED ON CAPABILITIES
    Publication number: 20150172158
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions which cause processors to perform: collecting, at a management computer located separately with respect to a networked plurality of devices, device information about each of the devices; for each particular device: determining matches between the device capabilities for the particular device, and features of software applications; for a particular match: determining a particular software application that is configured to control the particular device; based at least in part on the device information for the particular device, determining a particular protocol endpoint from protocol endpoints that is configured to communicate control instructions from the particular software application to the particular device; creating data comprising a mapping between the particular software application, the particular protocol endpoint and the particular computing device; configuring an application computer program to use the mapping a
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Anthony Dupre, Michael Elford, Landon Kuhn, Steve Gorretta
  • Mapping protocol endpoints to networked devices and applications based on capabilities
    Patent number: 9015306
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions which cause processors to perform: collecting, at a management computer located separately with respect to a networked plurality of devices, device information about each of the devices; for each particular device: determining matches between the device capabilities for the particular device, and features of software applications; for a particular match: determining a particular software application that is configured to control the particular device; based at least in part on the device information for the particular device, determining a particular protocol endpoint from protocol endpoints that is configured to communicate control instructions from the particular software application to the particular device; creating data comprising a mapping between the particular software application, the particular protocol endpoint and the particular computing device; configuring an application computer program to use the mapping a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Dupre, Michael Elford, Landon Kuhn, Steve Gorretta