Patents by Inventor Robin Grindley

Robin Grindley 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 supporting differentiated performance for multiple categories of packets in a passive optical network
    Patent number: 8964538
    Abstract: Embodiments of an apparatus including a user network interface configured to receive from a network a packet to be transmitted upstream over a PON are provided herein. The packet is marked with a first category type or a second category type. The apparatus further includes an upstream first in, first out (FIFO) queue configured to store the packet if the packet is marked with the first category type or the second category type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Glen Kramer, Ryan Edgar Hirth, Robin Grindley, Edward Wayne Boyd
  • Method and Apparatus for Supporting Differentiated Performance for Multiple Categories of Packets in a Passive Optical Network
    Publication number: 20120076495
    Abstract: Embodiments of an apparatus including a user network interface configured to receive from a network a packet to be transmitted upstream over a PON are provided herein. The packet is marked with a first category type or a second category type. The apparatus further includes an upstream first in, first out (FIFO) queue configured to store the packet if the packet is marked with the first category type or the second category type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Glen KRAMER, Ryan Edgar Hirth, Robin Grindley, Edward Wayne Boyd