John A Vastano

Address:

1221 Gronwall Ln, Los Altos, CA 94024

Phone:

650 941-5370

VIN:

5FNRL5H96CB134869

Make:

HONDA

Model:

ODYSSEY

Year:

2012

US Patent:

6349094, Feb 19, 2002

Filed:

Aug 25, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/383160

Inventors:

John Andrew Vastano - Palo Alto CA
Lance Kazumi Uyehara - San Jose CA
Ujjal Kumar Ghoshtagore - Long Beach CA

Assignee:

mDiversity Inc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

H04Q 700

US Classification:

370328, 370337

Abstract:

A communication system having a plurality of forward channel communications and a plurality of corresponding reverse channel communications from and to a plurality of mobile users. A plurality of broadcaster transmitters are distributed at macro-diverse locations for transmitting forward channel signals to the users under control of a broadcaster control unit. A plurality of collectors are distributed at macro-diverse locations for receiving reverse channel signals from the users which are processed to yield one or more sequences of data bits as a burst and corresponding initial confidence metrics for each bit. The collectors forward these reverse channel signals including the data bits and corresponding processed confidence metrics to aggregators. The system includes bandwidth control for minimizing backhaul bandwidth from collector to aggregator while maximizing signal quality.

US Patent:

6801927, Oct 5, 2004

Filed:

Oct 23, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/695724

Inventors:

Jack J. Smith - Saratoga CA
Richard T. Burright - San Jose CA
Eoin B. MacDonell - Sunnyvale CA
John A. Vastano - Santa Clara CA
William T. Weatherford - San Mateo CA

Assignee:

Akamba Corporation - Saratoga CA

International Classification:

G06F 1300

US Classification:

709202, 709203

Abstract:

An adapter card for managing connections between clients and a network server off-loads the connection management burden from the server. The adapter card includes a memory with an embedded proxy application and a communication protocol stack, a processing unit for executing the application code, a network controller for interfacing with an internetwork, and a bus protocol bridge for interfacing with the internal bus of the network server. The proxy application receives client requests on behalf of the server over relatively slow and unreliable network connections, and submits the requests to the server over fast, reliable bus connections. A proxy cache provides storage for server responses, so that the proxy application can provide the stored responses to clients without re-accessing the server. Buffers are allocated to a particular client connection only after it is determined that data will be exchanged between the server and the client.

US Patent:

6877036, Apr 5, 2005

Filed:

Sep 24, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/405608

Inventors:

Jack J. Smith - Saratoga CA, US
Richard T. Burright - San Jose CA, US
Eoin B. MacDonell - Sunnyvale CA, US
John A. Vastano - Santa Clara CA, US
William T. Weatherford - San Mateo CA, US

Assignee:

Akamba Corporation - Saratoga CA

International Classification:

G06F015/16

US Classification:

709227, 709202, 709203

Abstract:

An adapter card for managing connections between clients and a network server off-loads the connection management burden from the server. The adapter card includes a memory with an embedded proxy application and a communication protocol stack, a processing unit for executing the application code, a network controller for interfacing with an internetwork, and a bus protocol bridge for interfacing with the internal bus of the network server. The proxy application receives client requests on behalf of the server over relatively slow and unreliable network connections, and submits the requests to the server over fast, reliable bus connections.

US Patent:

20050198311, Sep 8, 2005

Filed:

Mar 22, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/085999

Inventors:

Jack Smith - Saratoga CA, US
Richard Burright - San Jose CA, US
W. Worley - Half Moon Bay CA, US
Eoin MacDonell - Sunnyvale CA, US
John Vastano - Santa Clara CA, US
William Weatherford - San Mateo CA, US

International Classification:

G06F015/16

US Classification:

709227000, 709203000

Abstract:

An adapter card for managing connections between clients and a network server off-loads the connection management burden from the server. The adapter card includes a memory with an embedded proxy application and a communication protocol stack, a processing unit for executing the application code, a network controller for interfacing with an internetwork, and a bus protocol bridge for interfacing with the internal bus of the network server. The proxy application receives client requests on behalf of the server over relatively slow and unreliable network connections, and submits the requests to the server over fast, reliable bus connections.

US Patent:

58055762, Sep 8, 1998

Filed:

Apr 19, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/634141

Inventors:

William Spencer Worley - Half Moon Bay CA
David Amundson Howard - Mountain View CA
Karen Evelyn Coates - San Jose CA
John Andrew Vastano - Palo Alto CA

Assignee:

Cellular Telecom, Ltd. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

H04J 316

US Classification:

370337

Abstract:

TDMA communication system having forward channel communications and corresponding reverse channel communications between mobile users and a zone manager in an arbitrarily large broadcaster zone established by a broadcaster. The users are located within the broadcaster zone and the collectors are distributed in proximity to the broadcaster zone. The zone manager operates to control the selection of users to form user groups and for selecting collectors to form collector groups such that the difference between the propagation times from broadcaster to user to collector among users active with the same collector does not exceed a synchronization error such that user reverse channel signals at the collector are isolated from each other. Users are selected such that each of the users in the user group are located at a distance from each of said other users in the user group not greater than a distance UR. sub. max. Collectors are selected such that each of the collectors in a collector group is located at a distance from each of the other collectors in the collector group not greater than a distance C. sub.

US Patent:

57155160, Feb 3, 1998

Filed:

Oct 18, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/544913

Inventors:

David Amundson Howard - Mountain View CA
Bruce Denis Smith - Atherton CA
Karen Evelyn Coates - San Jose CA
John Andrew Vastano - Palo Alto CA

Assignee:

Cellular Telecom, Ltd. - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

H04Q 700
H04Q 900

US Classification:

455 331

Abstract:

A cellular communications system that includes forward channel communications to users and corresponding reverse channel communications from mobile users. The users travel from one area to another area over one or more zones. The forward channel communications are broadcast directly to users in a broadcaster zone. The reverse channel communications from users are not returned directly but are first collected at locations arrayed over the broadcaster zone. After collection, the reverse channel communications are forwarded to complete the full duplex communications. The forward channel communications are point to multipoint while the the reverse channel communications are multipoint to point. The communication system separately handles the point to multipoint forward path as a direct broadcast and the multipoint to point reverse path using multiple collection points. Since the forward and reverse paths are separately configured, the present invention optimizes both the forward and reverse paths.

US Patent:

6192038, Feb 20, 2001

Filed:

Feb 14, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/801711

Inventors:

John Walker Wallerius - Fremont CA
Andrew John Walters - Mountain View CA
John Andrew Vastano - Palo Alto CA

Assignee:

mDiversity Inc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

H04Q 700

US Classification:

370328

Abstract:

A communication system having a plurality of forward channel communications and a plurality of corresponding reverse channel communications from and to a plurality of mobile users. A plurality of collectors are distributed at macro-diverse locations for receiving reverse channel signals from the users. Each of the collectors includes micro-diversity receivers for receiving the reverse channel signals from users. The collectors process and forward the reverse channel signals to aggregators. The aggregators combine the reverse channel signals to yield a combined signal with fewer bit errors than occur in the absence of combining.

US Patent:

62123874, Apr 3, 2001

Filed:

Feb 2, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/017188

Inventors:

Michael David McLaughlin - Saratoga CA
Kevin Dean Raack - Los Gatos CA
John Andrew Vastano - Santa Clara CA
John Walker Wallerius - Fremont CA
Bruce Denis Smith - Atherton CA
David Amundson Howard - Newark CA
Karen Evelyn Coates - San Jose CA

Assignee:

SC-Wireless Inc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

H04Q 720

US Classification:

455450

Abstract:

The present invention is a communication system having a plurality of forward channel communications and a plurality of corresponding reverse channel communications in a region for communications with cellular users. Each region includes a plurality of zone managers. Each zone manager includes a broadcaster having a broadcaster transmitter for broadcasting a plurality of forward channel communications using broadband broadcaster signals to form a plurality of broadcaster forward channels. Each zone manager includes an aggregator for processing reverse channel communications. Each zone manager communicates with a collector group for receiving reverse channel communications from users and forwarding reverse channel communications to the aggregator. Each of the users includes a user receiver for receiving a different forward channel from said broadcaster and includes user transmitter means for broadcasting user reverse channel communications in a different user reverse channel. The collector group for each zone manager is formed of macro-diverse collectors some of which are located at other zone managers.