Patents by Inventor Tim Bleidorn

Tim Bleidorn 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).

  • Automatic local gateway router backup of a network gateway router
    Patent number: 11240098
    Abstract: Automatic local gateway router backup of a network gateway router is disclosed. A local gateway router communicatively coupled to a local subnet determines that a network gateway router that serves as a default gateway router for the local subnet has stopped responding. The local gateway router and the network gateway router are configured to communicate with one another via a tunnel implemented by a tunneling protocol. In response to determining that the network gateway router has stopped responding, automatically switching, by the local gateway router, from a tunneling mode to a routing mode, such that the local gateway router becomes the default gateway router for the local subnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Tim Bleidorn, Cheryl Warne, Shane Newberg, Christopher Teague
  • AUTOMATIC LOCAL GATEWAY ROUTER BACKUP OF A NETWORK GATEWAY ROUTER
    Publication number: 20210314217
    Abstract: Automatic local gateway router backup of a network gateway router is disclosed. A local gateway router communicatively coupled to a local subnet determines that a network gateway router that serves as a default gateway router for the local subnet has stopped responding. The local gateway router and the network gateway router are configured to communicate with one another via a tunnel implemented by a tunneling protocol. In response to determining that the network gateway router has stopped responding, automatically switching, by the local gateway router, from a tunneling mode to a routing mode, such that the local gateway router becomes the default gateway router for the local subnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Tim Bleidorn, Cheryl Warne, Shane Newberg, Christopher Teague