Patents by Inventor Mark Ryan Mayernick

Mark Ryan Mayernick 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).

  • Method and apparatus for router port configuration
    Patent number: 7460488
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for selectively configuring, in a router, physical ports to either a Wide Area Network (WAN) or a Local Area Network (LAN). Method steps include receiving a message to configure a physical port for use with either the LAN or WAN; associating, in response to receiving the message, a set of mapping assignments for using the physical port to access the network; and implementing the mapping assignments, in response to associating the mapping assignments, to configure the physical port for coupling to the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventor: Mark Ryan Mayernick
  • Method and apparatus for parameter borrowing for network address translator configuration
    Patent number: 6807184
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for parameter borrowing for network address translator (NAT) configuration by receiving, at a first dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) device, a DHCP lease request from a client, determining, from the DHCP lease request, first communication parameters of the client, and enabling the determined first communication parameters to be used by a second DHCP device, the determined first communication parameters adapted for use in upstream DHCP lease requests by the second DHCP device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing S.A.
    Inventors: Gary Robert Gutknecht, Mark Ryan Mayernick, David Lee Ryan
  • Method and apparatus for parameter borrowing for network address translator configuration
    Publication number: 20030147395
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for parameter borrowing for network address translator (NAT) configuration by receiving, at a first dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) device, a DHCP lease request from a client, determining, from the DHCP lease request, first communication parameters of the client, and enabling the determined first communication parameters to be used by a second DHCP device, the determined first communication parameters adapted for use in upstream DHCP lease requests by the second DHCP device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Gary Robert Gutknecht, Mark Ryan Mayernick, David Lee Ryan
  • Method and apparatus for dynamic host configuration protocol lease time determination
    Publication number: 20030147421
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for dynamic host configuration protocol lease time determination by receiving at a first dynamic host configuration protocol device, a message requesting allocation of an IP address to a client, and allocating to the requesting client a relatively short lease time, if a second dynamic host configuration protocol device does not contain the requested IP address lease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Gary Robert Gutknecht, David Lee Ryan, Mark Ryan Mayernick