Patents by Inventor Lee C. Stevens

Lee C. Stevens 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).

  • Local area network and message packet for a telecommunications device
    Patent number: 7009969
    Abstract: A telecommunications device includes a sender coupled to a local area network. The sender generates a message packet including an arbitration code and a data packet and communicates a first value of the arbitration code using the network. The sender determines a network value and compares the first value with the network value to determine whether the sender may communicate the data packet using the network. The arbitration code may further include a message priority code and a sender address. In another embodiment, the message packet further includes a destination code according to which the sender communicates the data packet as a point-to-point, multi-cast, or broadcast message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent K. Parrish, Christopher A. Metildi, Lee C. Stevens