Patents by Inventor Winston D. Lew

Winston D. Lew 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).

  • Multi-protocol network registration and address resolution
    Patent number: 8285862
    Abstract: The functionality of communications standards and protocols that are application-layer specific are overlaid on an IP-based infrastructure, by employing an IP DNS server as the registration host for IP and other communications standards based and protocol based communications. Communication can occur at either the IP layer or the communications standards or protocol application layer. At the IP layer, a host application can interrogate network nodes. To extend this service to other communications standards or protocol communications, device registration and resolve services are implemented on the DNS server. Similar to the manner in which an IP-based service uses a native, IP-based DNS resolve request, a host can utilize a resolution request against the communications standards and protocol-enabled DNS server for standards and protocol application-layer interrogation of endpoints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Silver Spring Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: James Pace, Winston D. Lew, Daniel McKernan, Sterling Hughes, Jana van Greunen, William L. Pugh
  • MULTI-PROTOCOL NETWORK REGISTRATION AND ADDRESS RESOLUTION
    Publication number: 20110131342
    Abstract: The functionality of communications standards and protocols that are application-layer specific are overlaid on an IP-based infrastructure, by employing an IP DNS server as the registration host for IP and other communications standards based and protocol based communications. Communication can occur at either the IP layer or the communications standards or protocol application layer. At the IP layer, a host application can interrogate network nodes. To extend this service to other communications standards or protocol communications, device registration and resolve services are implemented on the DNS server. Similar to the manner in which an IP-based service uses a native, IP-based DNS resolve request, a host can utilize a resolution request against the communications standards and protocol-enabled DNS server for standards and protocol application-layer interrogation of endpoints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: SILVER SPRING NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: James Pace, Winston D. Lew, Daniel McKernan, Sterling Hughes, Jana van Greunen, William L. Pugh
  • Multi-protocol network registration and address resolution
    Patent number: 7783764
    Abstract: The functionality of a C12.22 application layer is overlaid on an IP-based infrastructure, by employing an IP DNS server as the registration host for both IP- and C12.22-based communications. Communication can occur at either the IP layer or the C12.22 application layer. At the IP layer, a host application can interrogate network nodes. To extend this service to C12.22 communications, C12.22 registration and resolve services are implemented on the DNS server. Similar to the manner in which an IP-based service uses a native, IP-based DNS resolve request, a C12.22 host can utilize a C12.22 resolution request against the C12.22-enabled DNS server for C12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Silver Spring Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: James Pace, Winston D. Lew, Daniel S. McKernan
  • Multi-Protocol Network Registration and Address Resolution
    Publication number: 20090300191
    Abstract: The functionality of a C12.22 application layer is overlaid on an IP-based infrastructure, by employing an IP DNS server as the registration host for both IP- and C12.22-based communications. Communication can occur at either the IP layer or the C12.22 application layer. At the IP layer, a host application can interrogate network nodes. To extend this service to C12.22 communications, C12.22 registration and resolve services are implemented on the DNS server. Similar to the manner in which an IP-based service uses a native, IP-based DNS resolve request, a C12.22 host can utilize a C12.22 resolution request against the C12.22-enabled DNS server for C12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: SILVER SPRING NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: James Pace, Winston D. Lew, Daniel S. McKernan