Patents by Inventor William Blackert

William Blackert 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).

  • Assisted port identification by connection an Activation device to a physical port and detecting a state change for a particular software virtual interface
    Patent number: 10693717
    Abstract: Process to associate a set of physical ports on a physical device with a set of software virtual interfaces. Process includes placing the set of software virtual interfaces to be associated with a set of N physical ports in an enabled state which has a first link state when no activation device is connected to a particular software virtual interface and a second link state when an activation device is connected to the particular software virtual interface. Connecting an activation device such as a loopback connector to a physical port to shift the software virtual interface to the second link state to map that particular physical port to that particular software virtual interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: ADVA OPTICAL NETWORKING SE
    Inventors: William Blackert, Brian Van Voorhis, Robert Woods
  • Assisted Port Identification
    Publication number: 20190245742
    Abstract: Process to associate a set of physical ports on a physical device with a set of software virtual interfaces. Process includes placing the set of software virtual interfaces to be associated with a set of N physical ports in an enabled state which has a first link state when no activation device is connected to a particular software virtual interface and a second link state when an activation device is connected to the particular software virtual interface. Connecting an activation device such as a loopback connector to a physical port to shift the software virtual interface to the second link state to map that particular physical port to that particular software virtual interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: William Blackert, Brian Van Voorhis, Robert Woods