Patents by Inventor Paul K. Wolfe, Jr.

Paul K. Wolfe, Jr. 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 providing local area network clients with internetwork identification data
    Patent number: 5287103
    Abstract: An arrangement providing an internetwork identification in response to a broadcast message from a LAN client wherein the broadcast message comprises the LAN client's LAN address. The exemplary apparatus comprises a receiver for receiving a message from the LAN and a translator coupled to the receiver for providing a translation of the LAN address to an internetwork identification responsive to determining that the received message is a broadcast message request for internetwork identification. The translator comprises a first device for determining that the received message comprises a broadcast message request for an internetwork identification and a second device coupled to the first device and responsive thereto for receiving the LAN address and providing the internetwork identification. The second device may comprise a disk system or other writable, nonvolatile electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1994
    Assignee: AT&T Bell Laboratories
    Inventors: Marlon Z. Kasprzyk, Paul K. Wolfe, Jr.