Edward G Koch Deceased1900 W Nickerson St UNIT 116, Seattle, WA 98119

6359888, Mar 19, 2002

Jul 5, 2000

09/609890

Edward L. Koch - San Rafael CA
Stefan Soucek - Trumau, AT

Coactive Networks, Inc. - Sausalito CA

H04L 1228

370394, 370389, 714 1

The present invention provides a method for reliable stale packet recognition in a network. The method includes: rewriting a packets transaction identifier (TID) such that the rewritten TID is not a same TID as a previous transaction if the packet could be erroneously seen as a duplicate packet by the receiving router; sending the packet to the receiving router; and blocking the sent packet from transmission to the receiving node if a transaction timer has expired and if the sent packets TID is the same TID as the previous transaction. The method blocks duplicate packets which arrive at the receiving router after the expiration of the transaction timer. When a packet for a new transaction to be sent to the receiving node is assigned the same TID as the previous transaction, the sending router rewrites the packets TID to avoid the erroneous recognition of this packet as a duplicate by the receiving router. In this manner, if a packet with the original TID is truly part of a new transaction, it will not be blocked from the receiving node. With this method, errors in the control network due to erroneous duplicate detection when run over an IP network are prevented.

6421743, Jul 16, 2002

Sep 23, 1999

09/404397

David Morris Byron - San Francisco CA
Edward L Koch - San Rafael CA

Coactive Networks, Inc. - Sausalito CA

G06F 300

710 3, 710 7, 710 8, 710 11, 710 72

The present invention provides a method and system for data transmission in a computer network. The method includes sending data with a first structure to a connector, the connector coupled between the front-end and the back-end, the data being either from the front-end or the back-end; and mapping the data to a second structure by the connector, such that a change in a configuration of at least one control point at the back-end is transparent to the front-end. In the preferred, the method includes an additional device, a connector, that serves as a gateway between the enterprise and the control network. The enterprise defines structures, data points, that it prefers to use and configures the gateway to use them. From then on, communication between the enterprise and the connector uses those structures. The enterprise also configures the gateway to communicate with the desired elements of the control network by defining input/output points.

6633574, Oct 14, 2003

Mar 17, 1999

09/271410

Edward L Koch - San Rafael CA
Jeffrey Warren Scott - San Francisco CA
Thomas Ian Armitage - Tiburon CA

LOYTEC Electronics GmbH - Vienna

H04L 1228

370410, 370389, 370236

The present invention is a method for acknowledgment of receipt of a message in a network, where the network includes a plurality of nodes. The method includes sending a message from a first node of the plurality of nodes destined for a second node of the plurality of nodes; setting a timer for the first node for receipt of an acknowledgment packet from the second node; determining if a wait acknowledge packet is received by the first node; and resetting the timer if the wait acknowledge packet is received by the first node. The present invention adds a wait acknowledge event to the state in the acknowledgment protocol which waits for an acknowledgement packet from the destination node. The wait acknowledge packet notifies the recipient that the message sent by the originating node has been received and forwarded. As long as the message is being properly forwarded to the next hop, wait acknowledge packets will continue to be sent to the originating node. In this manner, the amount of time the originating node waits for the acknowledgment packet from the destination node is dynamic and is dependent upon the actual length of time it takes for the message to be transmitted through the network.

6671264, Dec 30, 2003

Jul 5, 2000

09/610082

Edward L. Koch - San Rafael CA
Stefan Soucek - Trumau, AT

Loytec Electronics GmbH - Vienna

H04B 144

370282, 370389

The present invention provides a method for reliable stale packet recognition in a network. The method includes: labeling a packet with a super transaction identifier (STID), the STID uniquely indicating a transaction; sending the packet with the STID to the receiving router; and blocking the sent packet from transmission to the receiving node if a transaction timer for the transaction indicated by the STID has expired. The method adds a STID to each packet. Each transaction is assigned a unique STID by the sending router, and each packet of the transaction is labeled with this STID. The receiving router uses the STID to block duplicate packets with the same STID which arrive after the expiration of the transaction timer. In this manner, stale packets are reliably detected by the receiving router.

7617246, Nov 10, 2009

Feb 20, 2007

11/709330

Edward Lee Koch - San Rafael CA, US
Daniel Allan Hennage - Mill Valley CA, US
Wesley Clay Collier - Piedmont CA, US

Geopeg, Inc. - Piedmont CA

G06F 17/30
G06F 7/00

7071041, 707101, 707102, 707204

A system and method for geo-coding user generated content is described. The system comprises a content source, a content management module, a content repository, a location source, a location repository, a geo-coding module, and a geo-location object data sheet (GDS). The content source captures the user generated content. The content management module manages the user generated content. The content repository stores the user generated content. The location source generates a plurality of location data, and the location repository stores the location data. The geo-coding module generates the geo-located object data sheet (GDS) that associates the user generated content with the corresponding location data. The GDS depository stores the geo-located object data sheet.

7904483, Mar 8, 2011

Dec 23, 2006

11/645001

Edward Lee Koch - San Rafael CA, US
Daniel Allan Hennage - Mill Valley CA, US
Wesley Clay Collier - Piedmont CA, US

Geopeg, Inc. - Piedmont CA

G06F 17/30
G06F 7/00

707802, 707798

A system and method for presenting digital information is described. The system comprises a local client, a plurality of geo-located objects (GLOBs), a GLOB Data Sheet, a grouping of GLOBS, and a display device are described. The local client is configured to collect a plurality of objects, in which each object is composed of digital information. Each of the geo-located objects (GLOBs) comprises a location component that is associated with each object. One GLOB Data Sheet (GDS) is associated with each GLOB and each GDS is configured as a data structure that comprises one or more auxiliary data fields that are searchable and store auxiliary information associated with each GLOB. The grouping of GLOBs is organized as a function of time and location information that is gathered from each GDS. The display device is configured to present the organized grouping of GLOBs. The display device is also configured to receive at least one computer instruction that allows additional information that is extracted from the associated GDS to be presented on the display device.

7917543, Mar 29, 2011

Oct 1, 2009

12/571547

Edward Lee Koch - San Rafael CA, US
Daniel Allan Hennage - Mill Valley CA, US
Wesley Clay Collier - Piedmont CA, US

Geopeg, Inc. - Piedmont CA

G06F 17/30
G06F 7/00

707802

A system and method for geo-coding user generated content is described. The system comprises a content source, a content management module, a content repository, a location source, a location repository, a geo-coding module, and a geo-location object data sheet (GDS). The content source captures the user generated content. The content management module manages the user generated content. The content repository stores the user generated content. The location source generates a plurality of location data, and the location repository stores the location data. The geo-coding module generates the geo-located object data sheet (GDS) that associates the user generated content with the corresponding location data. The GDS depository stores the geo-located object data sheet.

8001256, Aug 16, 2011

Mar 30, 2009

12/414001

Dietmar Loy - Sausalito CA, US
Edward L Koch - San Rafael CA, US

G06F 15/173
G06F 15/16

709230, 709223

The present invention provides a system with multiple network protocol support. The system includes: a first memory, the first memory comprising program instructions for processing upper and lower layers of the network protocol; a first processor, where the first processor processes the upper layers of the network protocol for a data packet according to the program instructions in the first memory; and a second processor, where the second processor processes lower layers of the network protocol for the data packet according to the program instructions in the first memory. When the network protocol is changed, instructions for the new protocol is fetched from a second memory and placed in the first memory. Thus, the hardware of the system need not be redesigned when changing protocols, and the same on-system unit is used to implement each protocol. This increases flexibility, provides cost effectiveness, and increases the reliability of the system.