Patents by Inventor Scott W. Gross

Scott W. Gross 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).

  • Platform for private internet protocol (IP) cloud services
    Patent number: 9515985
    Abstract: A device receives data from a user device, where the data is associated with a customer address, and the customer address is associated with the user device. The device verifies that the customer address is associated with a customer that subscribes to a private cloud service. The device translates, when the customer address is verified, the customer address to an address that is unique to a customer virtual route forwarding (VRF) function provide by the device. The device provides, based on translating the customer address, the data to the customer VRF function via the unique address. The device routes, based on providing the data to the customer VRF function, the data to the private cloud service via the customer VRF function and a secure connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Richard C. Schell, William F. Copeland, Scott W. Gross, Thomas J. O'Keefe, Luis M. Tomotaki
  • PLATFORM FOR PRIVATE INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) CLOUD SERVICES
    Publication number: 20140250240
    Abstract: A device receives data from a user device, where the data is associated with a customer address, and the customer address is associated with the user device. The device verifies that the customer address is associated with a customer that subscribes to a private cloud service. The device translates, when the customer address is verified, the customer address to an address that is unique to a customer virtual route forwarding (VRF) function provide by the device. The device provides, based on translating the customer address, the data to the customer VRF function via the unique address. The device routes, based on providing the data to the customer VRF function, the data to the private cloud service via the customer VRF function and a secure connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Richard C. Schell, William F. Copeland, Scott W. Gross, Thomas J. O'Keefe, Luis M. Tomotaki