Patents by Inventor William D. Gaskill

William D. Gaskill 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).

  • Domain based routing for managing devices operating behind a network address translator
    Patent number: 7706371
    Abstract: A domain based tunneling scheme allows a Network Management System (NMS) to manage devices in a private network operating behind a NAT boundary. A device in the private network provides the NMS with information including a public NAT IP address, a private device IP address, and a unique device identifier. The NMS uses the public NAT IP address to set up and maintain a tunnel to the private network. The NMS stores the NAT information and a tunnel identifier in a table entry associated with the device. The NMS then uses the tunnel and the contents of the table entry to conduct management operations with the device operating in the private network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel G. Wing, Shiva J. Shankar, Ottalingam Satyanarayanan, William D. Gaskill