DR. MICHAEL ALAN JOHNSON, DPM
Podiatry at Lynch Creek Way, Petaluma, CA

6034963, Mar 7, 2000

Oct 31, 1996

8/742085

John Shigeto Minami - San Jose CA
Ryo Koyama - Palo Alto CA
Michael Ward Johnson - Petaluma CA
Masaru Shinohara - Fremont CA
Thomas C. Poff - Rhonert Park CA
Daniel F. Burkes - Sunnyvale CA

iReady Corporation - Santa Clara CA

G06F 1300, G06F 1516

370401

A multiple network protocol encoder/decoder comprising a network protocol layer, data handler, O. S. State machine, and memory manager state machines implemented at a hardware gate level. Network packets are received from a physical transport level mechanism by the network protocol layer state machine which decodes network protocols such as TCP, IP, User Datagram Protocol (UDP), PPP, and Raw Socket concurrently as each byte is received. Each protocol handler parses and strips header information immediately from the packet, requiring no intermediate memory. The resulting data are passed to the data handler which consists of data state machines that decode data formats such as email, graphics, Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Java, and Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). Each data state machine reacts accordingly to the pertinent data, and any data that are required by more than one data state machine is provided to each state machine concurrently, and any data required more than once by a specific data state machine, are placed in a specific memory location with a pointer designating such data (thereby ensuring minimal memory usage). Resulting display data are immediately passed to a display controller.

5940479, Aug 17, 1999

Oct 1, 1996

8/724655

Kenneth R. Guy - Thousand Oaks CA
Jaswant R. Jain - Chatsworth CA
Ishwar V. Jasuja - Simi Valley CA
Michael W. Johnson - Petaluma CA
Albert Juandy - Greenbrae CA
Simon S. Lam - Agoura Hills CA
Anthony Y. Lee - Northridge CA
David Misunas - Thousand Oaks CA
Jacques A. Roth - San Rafael CA

Northern Telecom Limited - Montreal

H04M 1100, H04L 1228, H04J 312, H03M 1300

379 9301

A system and method for transmitting aural signals across a wide area network (WAN) from a local phone coupled to a computer, e. g. , a PC-phone, to a remote phone coupled to a KTS, PBX, or PSTN, for example. This capability is provided by the gateway unit of the present invention. The system of the present invention is quickly installed in a server or a personal computer coupled to a local area network. The system is connected to one or more of a PSTN, a private branch exchange, a key telephone system, a telephone, a facsimile machine, and a modem. In the case of voice transmission, a gateway unit translates received telephony signal into a format that is compatible with the telephone system or equipment connected thereto. The present invention can provide a voice quality that approaches, equals, or exceeds the voice quality of conventional telephone switched networks. This high voice quality is achieved by utilizing a high quality voice digitization algorithm on both the PC-phone and the gateway, by ensuring a low maximum network delay between the PC-phone and the gateway, by permitting a dynamic compensation for variations in network delay, and by utilizing a forward error correction technique for transmission over WANs that can recreate lost or delayed signals in a manner that recreates the signal so the lost signal is typically not detectable by a user.

6298057, Oct 2, 2001

Apr 19, 1996

8/634927

Kenneth R. Guy - Thousand Oaks CA
Jaswant R. Jain - Chatsworth CA
Ishwar V. Jasuja - Simi Valley CA
Michael W. Johnson - Petaluma CA
Albert Juandy - Petaluma CA
Simon S. Lam - Agoura Hills CA
Anthony Y. Lee - Northridge CA
David Misunas - Thousand Oaks CA
Jacques A. Roth - San Rafael CA

Nortel Networks Limited - St. Laurent

H04L 1228, H04J 316, G06F 1100

370389

A system and method for transparently transmitting aural signals across a wide area network (WAN). The system of present invention is connected to one or more of a private branch exchange, a key telephone system, a telephone, a facsimile machine, and a modem, for example. In the case of voice transmission, a user places a telephone call using the same procedure that is used when placing a telephone call over a conventional public switched network. The aural signals are translated into a format that is compatible with the local area network (LAN) and the translated signals are transmitted to a router or a switch that connects the LAN to the WAN. The data is transmitted across the WAN to a router or switch coupled to a second LAN. The data is then sent to a destination central site unit or PC which translates the signal into a format that is compatible with the telephone system connected thereto. The present invention provides a voice quality that approaches, equals, or exceeds the voice quality of conventional telephone switched networks.

2007004, Feb 22, 2007

Oct 10, 2006

11/546492

Michael Johnson - Petaluma CA, US
John Minami - San Jose CA, US
Ryo Koyama - Palo Alto CA, US

H03M 13/00

714758000

An offload system, method, and computer program product are provided for utilizing a hardware network interface for identifying data and calculating at least a portion of a cyclical redundancy check (CRC) value for the data.

7535913, May 19, 2009

Jun 5, 2003

10/456871

John Shigeto Minami - Honolulu HI, US
Robin Yasu Uyeshiro - Kailua HI, US
Michael Ward Johnson - Petaluma CA, US
Steve Su - Honolulu HI, US
Michael John Sebastian Smith - Palo Alto CA, US
Addison Kwuanming Chen - Honolulu HI, US
Mihir Shaileshbhai Doctor - Honolulu HI, US
Daniel Leo Greenfield - Honolulu HI, US

NVIDIA Corporation - Santa Clara CA

H04L 12/66, G06F 13/00, G06F 15/16

370401, 370466, 709230, 710105, 710315

The invention is embodied in a gigabit Ethernet adapter. A system according to the invention provides a compact hardware solution to handling high network communication speeds. In addition, the invention adapts to multiple communication protocols via a modular construction and design.

2008003, Feb 7, 2008

Oct 18, 2007

11/874817

Michael Johnson - Petaluma CA, US

G06F 15/16

709231000

An Internet client communicates with an Internet server such as an HTTP server or SMTP server through a TCP streaming socket on the Internet device with the Internet client. The TCP streaming sockets can be established through an Internet ready command line interface. The Internet ready command line interface includes “IR” commands that can establish, resume, release and terminate TCP sockets.

7483375, Jan 27, 2009

May 20, 2004

10/851357

Michael Ward Johnson - Petaluma CA, US
John Shigeto Minami - San Jose CA, US
Ryo Koyama - Palo Alto CA, US

NVIDIA Corporation - Santa Clara CA

G08C 15/00, H04L 12/56, G06F 15/173

370235, 3703955, 709224

An Internet network protocol stack, along with special logic, is embedded with a modem, thereby enabling a modem to become Internet-ready. As a result, the modem offloads much of the network protocol processing from the main CPU and improves the overall performance of the communication system.