Patents by Inventor Mike Giffin

Mike Giffin 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).

  • Patent number: 7089324
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a local network comprising a plurality of interconnected computing devices that dynamically assigns a new Internet gateway server for the local network when the currently assigned Internet gateway is not connected to the local network and the Internet. Each one of the computing devices capable of connecting to the Internet is given a different connection priority, which indicates the desirability of assigning the respective computing device as the Internet gateway server. When a computing device in the local network is unable to access the Internet through the currently assigned Internet gateway server, the computing device broadcasts a message to the entire local network requesting to become the new Internet gateway server. The request to become the gateway includes the connection priority of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Gateway Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel C. Milius, Mike Giffin, Mark D. Goddard, Jeff LaSor, Gary E. Sullivan
  • Patent number: D803188
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel Ashcraft, Mike Giffin, Britt Ashcraft, Deanna Griffith, John Crisco