Patents by Inventor Orlando P. Metcalf, III

Orlando P. Metcalf, III 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 system for device addressing on a computer network
    Patent number: 6842454
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for communicating information over a communications network from a sending device to a target device is disclosed. The sending device determines a network location of a target device to which a first frame of information is to be sent. The first frame of information is formatted for a first communications protocol and includes a device address field configured to store a device identifier that corresponds to the target device. Then the sending device selects, based on the network location of the target device, an addressing scheme from among plural different addressing schemes. The device identifier is generated for the first frame on the basis of the selected addressing scheme. The sending device encapsulates the first frame of information in a second frame of information formatted for a second communications protocol and including a destination address field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Schneider Automation Inc.
    Inventor: Orlando P. Metcalf, III