Patents by Inventor William LeRette

William LeRette 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).

  • Method and apparatus for transparent auto-recovery in chain and ring networks
    Patent number: 7801028
    Abstract: The invention described herein provides a system and method for fault isolation and auto-recovery in chained loop or ring networking systems (103). According to aspects of the method and the associated path-selection algorithms described, fault isolation and auto-recovery operations can be handled locally on each node on a loop and the overall fault recovery time under a link failure condition can be minimized. In addition, the method allows for auto-recovery operations that are transparent to the rest of network and to remote hosts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Schneider Automation Inc.
    Inventors: Shaozheng Steven Jin, William LeRette
  • Method and Apparatus for Transparent Auto-Recovery in Chain and Ring Networks
    Publication number: 20090168643
    Abstract: The invention described herein provides a system and method for fault isolation and auto-recovery in chained loop or ring networking systems (103). According to aspects of the method and the associated path-selection algorithms described, fault isolation and auto-recovery operations can be handled locally on each node on a loop and the overall fault recovery time under a link failure condition can be minimized. In addition, the method allows for auto-recovery operations that are transparent to the rest of network and to remote hosts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: Schneider Automation Inc.
    Inventors: Shaozheng Steven Jin, William LeRette