Patents by Inventor Martin Pepin

Martin Pepin 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).

  • Simplification of Layer 2 VPLS control plane
    Publication number: 20240259306
    Abstract: A Provider Edge (PE) node is configured to provide a Layer 2 Virtual Private Local Area Network (LAN) service (VPLS) having a simplified control plane. The PE node includes circuitry configured to receive a packet from a second PE node in the network, wherein the packet includes (1) a Destination Media Access Control (MAC) address associated with a destination Customer Edge (CE) node, (2) a source MAC address associated with a source CE node, and (3) a Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) Identifier used to represent one of the second PE node and a multihome configuration including the second PE node, and learn the source MAC address associated with the source CE node as being reachable via the one of the second PE node and the multihome configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Sami Boutros, Muthurajah Sivabalan, David Henry Gilson, Tao Wang, Martin Pepin
  • USE OF TELEPHONY FEATURES AND PHONES TO ENABLE AND DISABLE SECURE REMOTE ACCESS
    Publication number: 20140007220
    Abstract: System and method to control a virtual private network (VPN) connection, including the steps of: establishing a VPN connection between a VPN client associated with a communication terminal of an end-user and a remote VPN gateway; configuring the VPN client to recognize a shortcode provided by the communication terminal; and controlling the VPN connection based upon the shortcode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Avaya Inc.
    Inventor: Martin Pepin