KARY ROBERTSON
Massage Therapy in Plum Island, MA

6873627, Mar 29, 2005

Jul 30, 1999

09/364761

C. Kenneth Miller - Concord MA, US
Thomas Andresen - Westboro MA, US
Thomas Gardner - Grafton MA, US
Craig Michelson - Brighton MA, US
Kenneth Cates - Salem NH, US
Marc White - Wayland MA, US
Kary Robertson - Newburyport MA, US

The Fantastic Corporation - Zug

H04J003/16

370466, 370432

The benefits of a multicast-enabled network are realized by a flexible, easy to deploy, software-based solution that does not require reconfiguring of network routers. Systems and methods that implement this solution can perform as follows. A packet is received that was sent by a sender to at least one receiver, and the packet includes a parameter relating to a multicast announce address. A forwarding rules set is associated with the packet if the parameter has a defined value. This forwarding rules set is used to determine whether any of the at least one destination addresses included in the packet corresponds to one of the receivers that has a receiver format that must be converted. In addition, the forwarding rules set defines when a packet should be converted from a sender format to a receiver format before forwarding the packet. The packet is converted from the sender format to the receiver format for each destination address identified as requiring conversion, and forwarded in accordance with the forwarding rules set.

7710961, May 4, 2010

Oct 1, 2004

10/957535

C. Kenneth Miller - Concord MA, US
Thomas Andresen - Westboro MA, US
Thomas Gardner - Grafton MA, US
Craig Michelson - Brighton MA, US
Kenneth Cates - Salem NH, US
Marc White - Wayland MA, US
Kary Robertson - Newburyport MA, US

H04L 12/28

370390, 370392, 370432, 709203

The benefits of a multicast-enabled network are realized by a flexible, easy to deploy, software-based solution that does not require reconfiguring of network routers. Systems and methods that implement this solution can perform as follows. A packet is received that was sent by a sender to at least one receiver, and the packet includes a parameter relating to a multicast announce address. A forwarding rules set is associated with the packet if the parameter has a defined value. This forwarding rules set is used to determine whether any of the at least one destination addresses included in the packet corresponds to one of the receivers that has a receiver format that must be converted. In addition, the forwarding rules set defines when a packet should be converted from a sender format to a receiver format before forwarding the packet. The packet is converted from the sender format to the receiver format for each destination address identified as requiring conversion, and forwarded in accordance with the forwarding rules set.

8081629, Dec 20, 2011

Apr 19, 2010

12/763066

C. Kenneth Miller - Concord MA, US
Thomas Andresen - Westboro MA, US
Thomas Gardner - Grafton MA, US
Craig Michelson - Brighton MA, US
Kenneth Cates - Salem NH, US
Marc White - Wayland MA, US
Kary Robertson - Newburyport MA, US

Darby & Mohaine, L.L.C. - Wilmington DE

H04L 12/28

370390, 370392, 709238

The benefits of a multicast-enabled network are realized by a flexible, easy to deploy, software-based solution that does not require reconfiguring of network routers. Systems and methods that implement this solution can perform as follows. A packet is received that was sent by a sender to at least one receiver, and the packet includes a parameter relating to a multicast announce address. A forwarding rules set is associated with the packet if the parameter has a defined value. This forwarding rules set is used to determine whether any of the at least one destination addresses included in the packet corresponds to one of the receivers that has a receiver format that must be converted. In addition, the forwarding rules set defines when a packet should be converted from a sender format to a receiver format before forwarding the packet. The packet is converted from the sender format to the receiver format for each destination address identified as requiring conversion, and forwarded in accordance with the forwarding rules set.

5727002, Mar 10, 1998

Jan 16, 1996

8/585948

C. Kenneth Miller - Concord MA
Kary Robertson - Newburyport MA
Kenneth Cates - Salem NH
Marc White - Wayland MA

Starburst Communications Corporation - Concord MA

H04L 116, G06F 1300

371 32

A data transmission method quickly and reliably transfers data (e. g. , a computer file) from a source to recipients. While the frames are being transmitted, negative acknowledgments from recipients are received by the source. These acknowledgments indicate which frames require retransmission. After all frames have been transmitted out, a retransmission is performed by the source for only those frames which the acknowledgments indicate require retransmission. Additional retransmissions can occur. This multi-pass data transfer technique requires only negative acknowledgements to be sent by the recipients. Features include the ability to set the transmission rate and to define multicast groups. Also, it is possible to determine the capacity of links of unknown capacity using a "multicast network probe" feature of the invention, and to determine the frame error rates of known-capacity links by utilizing the same feature. A "multicast ping" feature of the invention can be used to determine the connectivity between a source and members of a multicast group.

5920701, Jul 6, 1999

Aug 28, 1996

8/704115

C. Kenneth Miller - Concord MA
Terrance E. Bradley - Hopkinton MA
Kenneth Cates - Salem NH
Kary Robertson - Newburyport MA

StarBurst Communications Corporation - Concord MA

H04L 1200

39520058

The transmission of data (e. g. , a computer file) from one or more content sources over a network to one or more replicated servers is scheduled and performed according to the schedule. The content sources request the schedule from a network resource scheduler. The scheduler receives the requests and determines if and how the various requests can be accommodated. The scheduler determines at least a start time and a transfer rate for each of the content sources that can be accommodated.

6151696, Nov 21, 2000

Jan 23, 1998

9/012386

C. Kenneth Miller - Concord MA
Kary Robertson - Newburyport MA
Kenneth Cates - Salem NH
Marc White - Wayland MA

StarBurst Communications Corporation - Concord MA

H04L 116

714748

A data transmission method quickly and reliably transfers data (e. g. , a computer file) from a source to recipients. While the frames are being transmitted, negative acknowledgments from recipients are received by the source. These acknowledgments indicate which frames require retransmission. After all frames have been transmitted out, a retransmission is performed by the source for only those frames which the acknowledgments indicate require retransmission. Additional retransmissions can occur. This multi-pass data transfer technique requires only negative acknowledgements to be sent by the recipients. Features include the ability to set the transmission rate and to define multicast groups. Also, it is possible to determine the capacity of links of unknown capacity using a "multicast network probe" feature of the invention, and to determine the frame error rates of known-capacity links by utilizing the same feature. A "multicast ping" feature of the invention can be used to determine the connectivity between a source and members of a multicast group.