Patents by Inventor Steven M. Cloud

Steven M. Cloud 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).

  • Wireless-aware network switch
    Patent number: 8374125
    Abstract: An application-specific integrated circuit and related network switch are disclosed. The integrated circuit includes switch circuitry for receiving a 802.11 wireless data frame and forwarding it to a predetermined port. Inspection circuitry is provided for inspecting attributes of the data frame. Decision circuitry is provided for instructing the switch circuitry to forward the data frame based on the attributes, both 802.3 wired and 802.11 wireless.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Clark A. Carty, James M. Cisar, James A. Amos, Steven M. Cloud, Robert A. Bowser, Gordon Mackay
  • WIRELESS-AWARE NETWORK SWITCH
    Publication number: 20080279166
    Abstract: An application-specific integrated circuit and related network switch are disclosed. The integrated circuit includes switch circuitry for receiving a 802.11 wireless data frame and forwarding it to a predetermined port. Inspection circuitry is provided for inspecting attributes of the data frame. Decision circuitry is provided for instructing the switch circuitry to forward the data frame based on the attributes, both 802.3 wired and 802.11 wireless.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Clark A. CARTY, James M. CISAR, James A. AMOS, Steven M. CLOUD, Robert A. BOWSER, Gordon MACKAY
  • Wireless-aware network switch and switch ASIC
    Patent number: 7433342
    Abstract: An application-specific integrated circuit and related network switch are disclosed. The integrated circuit includes switch circuitry for receiving a 802.11 wireless data frame and forwarding it to a predetermined port. Inspection circuitry is provided for inspecting attributes of the data frame. Decision circuitry is provided for instructing the switch circuitry to forward the data frame based on the attributes, both 802.3 wired and 802.11 wireless.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Inventors: Clark A. Carty, James M. Cisar, James A. Amos, Steven M. Cloud, Robert A. Bowser, Gordon Mackay
  • PC card initialization for microprocessor based devices
    Patent number: 5845114
    Abstract: An electronic device including a microprocessor which executes code for carrying out a predefined set of operations; a non-volatile memory for storing code accessed by the microprocessor in order for the microprocessor to carry out the predefined set of operations; a PC Card slot coupled to the microprocessor; and a control circuit for, when the device is in an initialization state, providing for code stored in a PC Card inserted in the PC Card slot to be written to the non-volatile memory by the microprocessor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Telxon Corporation
    Inventor: Steven M. Cloud
  • Network security appliance
    Patent number: D832838
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Fortress Cyber Security, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Monroe, Steven M. Cloud, Brian Millif, Patrick Brown, Peter Whitworth