Patents by Inventor Thomas Aquinas Bresee

Thomas Aquinas Bresee 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).

  • Ethernet connectivity using layer 2 to layer 3 multiplexing
    Patent number: 11228460
    Abstract: A provisioning method and apparatus provided herein are directed to provisioning of customer equipment (CEs) remotely located at different customer sites via Ethernet. By assigning a CE IP address to a CE where the CE IP address is associated with a plurality of virtual local area network (VLAN) tags and assigning an aggregation equipment (AE) IP address to an AE, first communication between the CE and the AE may be established using the CE IP address and the AE IP address, a VLAN tag from the plurality of VLAN tags at the CE based on information received from the AE may automatically be selected, and second communication between the CE and the AE may be established using the selected VLAN tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Hailei Henry Cheng, Ryan Hollinger, Thomas Aquinas Bresee
  • ETHERNET CONNECTIVITY USING LAYER 2 TO LAYER 3 MULTIPLEXING
    Publication number: 20210184893
    Abstract: A provisioning method and apparatus provided herein are directed to provisioning of customer equipment (CEs) remotely located at different customer sites via Ethernet. By assigning a CE IP address to a CE where the CE IP address is associated with a plurality of virtual local area network (VLAN) tags and assigning an aggregation equipment (AE) IP address to an AE, first communication between the CE and the AE may be established using the CE IP address and the AE IP address, a VLAN tag from the plurality of VLAN tags at the CE based on information received from the AE may automatically be selected, and second communication between the CE and the AE may be established using the selected VLAN tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Hailei Henry Cheng, Ryan Hollinger, Thomas Aquinas Bresee