Patents by Inventor Ta-Wen Tai

Ta-Wen Tai 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: 20060235949
    Abstract: A firmware update method used in a network. The network includes a firmware server, an update initiator, and a plurality of electronic devices. The method includes the following steps: transmitting an update initiating command from the update initiator to each of the electronic devices; transmitting a firmware update request from each of the electronic devices to the firmware server in response to the update initiating command; transmitting an update code from the firmware server to each of the electronic devices in response to the firmware update request; and updating firmware of each of the electronic devices with the update code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Ta-Wen Tai, Chien-Chung Tai
  • Publication number: 20050050153
    Abstract: A network equipment management system comprises a plurality of network equipment, a management computer for managing the network equipments, and a management agent coupled between the management computer and the network equipments, wherein the job of the management agent is to represent the management computer and to manage the network equipment for the management computer. When the management computer sends a managing packet to the management agent, the management agent changes the address information contained in the managing packet to generate an agent managing packet and sends the agent managing packet to a first network equipment of the network equipment. When the first network equipment sends a replying packet to the management agent, the management agent changes the address information contained in the replying packet to generate an agent replying packet and sends the agent replying packet to the management computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Ta-Wen Tai, Chien-Chung Tai