Patents by Inventor Salim Virani

Salim Virani 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).

  • Multi-interface mobility client
    Patent number: 8526409
    Abstract: A mobile node comprises: a plurality of network interfaces, each with a respective device driver; a network layer; a multi-interface driver capable of communication with each network interface by way of the respective device driver for that network interface, the multi-interface driver handling communications from the network layer to any of the network interfaces; the multi-interface driver switching from a first one of the network interfaces to a second one of the network interfaces by changing the one of the plurality of network interfaces with which the multi-interface driver communicates, while hiding the switching from the network layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Girish P. Chandranmenon, Yui-Wah Lee, Scott C. Miller, Luca Salgarelli, Salim Virani
  • MULTI-INTERFACE MOBILITY CLIENT
    Publication number: 20100023763
    Abstract: A mobile node comprises: a plurality of network interfaces, each with a respective device driver; a network layer; a multi-interface driver capable of communication with each network interface by way of the respective device driver for that network interface, the multi-interface driver handling communications from the network layer to any of the network interfaces; the multi-interface driver switching from a first one of the network interfaces to a second one of the network interfaces by changing the one of the plurality of network interfaces with which the multi-interface driver communicates, while hiding the switching from the network layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Girish P. Chandranmenon, Yui-Wah Lee, Scott C. Miller, Luca Salgarelli, Salim Virani
  • Multi-interface mobility client
    Patent number: 7599323
    Abstract: A mobile node comprises: a plurality of network interfaces, each with a respective device driver; a network layer; a multi-interface driver capable of communication with each network interface by way of the respective device driver for that network interface, the multi-interface driver handling communications from the network layer to any of the network interfaces; the multi-interface driver switching from a first one of the network interfaces to a second one of the network interfaces by changing the one of the plurality of network interfaces with which the multi-interface driver communicates, while hiding the switching from the network layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventors: Girish P. Chandranmenon, Yui-Wah Lee, Scott C. Miller, Luca Salgarelli, Salim Virani
  • Multi-interface mobility client
    Publication number: 20040077341
    Abstract: A mobile node comprises: a plurality of network interfaces, each with a respective device driver; a network layer; a multi-interface driver capable of communication with each network interface by way of the respective device driver for that network interface, the multi-interface driver handling communications from the network layer to any of the network interfaces; the multi-interface driver switching from a first one of the network interfaces to a second one of the network interfaces by changing the one of the plurality of network interfaces with which the multi-interface driver communicates, while hiding the switching from the network layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Girish P. Chandranmenon, Yui-Wah Lee, Scott C. Miller, Luca Salgarelli, Salim Virani