Patents by Inventor Ray Beechinor

Ray Beechinor 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).

  • Trunking in stacked communication devices
    Patent number: 6801953
    Abstract: Trunking or other relationship is defined between ports on different devices in a cascade-connected stack of network devices. When network communications are passed via the cascade connection an indication is included of whether it originated from a port that is part of a trunk and thereby port-mismatch errors can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: 3Com Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Jennings, John Hickey, Edele O'Malley, Kam Choi, Ray Beechinor