Patents by Inventor Ronald Willis

Ronald Willis 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).

  • Publication number: 20100065183
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a tread, two inextensible annular beads, a carcass ply having two turnup end portions, and an annular cap structure encompassing one of the turnup end portions. Each turnup end portion is wrapped around one of the annular beads. The cap structure has a U-shaped cross-section for surrounding the turnup end portion. The cap structure is constructed of reinforced fabric with fibers oriented in the range from ?45° to +45° with respect to a radial direction of the pneumatic tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Mingliang Du, Osama Hamzeh, Ding Xu, Ronald Willis White, Mahesh Kavaturu, Nizar Toumni, Olivier de Barsy
  • Publication number: 20080072282
    Abstract: System and methods for providing an intelligent overlay for providing dynamic control policies, keys and management of same for a data and/or communications network without requiring any change in the network hardware or architecture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventors: Ronald Willis, Charles Starrett, Donald McAlister
  • Publication number: 20080072281
    Abstract: System and methods for providing an intelligent overlay for providing dynamic control policies, keys and management of same for secure communication of information, data and/or communication over a network without requiring any change in the network hardware or infrastructure and requiring a minimum number of policies and SAs to create a full mesh, wherein the number of policies is less than N(N?1) and number of SAs is less than 2N(N?1), where N is the number of end points on the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventors: Ronald Willis, Charles Starrett
  • Publication number: 20080040775
    Abstract: A technique for securing message traffic in a data network using various methods for distributing security policies and keys, where policy definition is determined in a Management and Policy (MAP) functional layer that is responsible for policy distribution; a separate Key Authority Point (KAP) that is responsible for key generation, key distribution, and policy distribution; and a separate Policy Enforcement Point (PEP) which is responsible for enforcing the policies and applying the keys.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Brandon Hoff, Ronald Willis, Charles Starrett, Donald McAlister