Inventor · Boxborough, MA, US

Ralph Droms

48Patents
14h-index
51Co-inventors
80Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 16, 2001 → Jul 17, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7143435B1 Method and apparatus for registering auto-configured network addresses based on connection authentication Electricity 39 Expired
US7648070B2 Locating, provisioning and identifying devices in a network Electricity 38 Active
US7336175B2 Methods and devices for locating and uniquely provisioning RFID devices Physics 31 Expired
US7568040B2 Techniques for establishing subscriber sessions on an access network using DHCP Electricity 29 Active
US7853708B2 Techniques for replacing point to point protocol with dynamic host configuration protocol Electricity 26 Active
US7325734B2 Methods and devices for assigning RFID device personality Electricity 20 Expired
US7039035B2 Arrangement in an access router for optimizing mobile router connections based on delegated network prefixes Electricity 19 Expired
US7789308B2 Locating and provisioning devices in a network Electricity 18 Active
US7502929B1 Method and apparatus for assigning network addresses based on connection authentication Electricity 18 Expired
US7586912B2 Techniques for exchanging DHCP information among DHCP relay agents and DHCP servers Electricity 17 Active
US7624181B2 Techniques for authenticating a subscriber for an access network using DHCP Electricity 17 Active
US7941512B2 Use of IPv6 in access networks Electricity 15 Active
US7882169B1 Method and apparatus for configuring relay processes used for dynamically configuring hosts in network communications Electricity 14 Expired
US7322523B2 Methods and devices for uniquely provisioning RFID devices Electricity 14 Expired
US8060623B2 Automated configuration of network device ports Electricity 12 Active
US8065515B2 Autoconfigured prefix delegation based on distributed hash Electricity 10 Active
US7646786B2 Neighbor discovery in cable networks Electricity 10 Expired
US7318101B2 Methods and apparatus supporting configuration in a network Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US7607021B2 Isolation approach for network users associated with elevated risk Electricity 8 Expired
US7529815B2 Methods and apparatus supporting configuration in a network Electricity 8 Active
US7814311B2 Role aware network security enforcement Electricity 8 Active
US7710967B2 Controlling advertisement of management prefixes Electricity 6 Active
US8045558B2 Extensions to IPv6 neighbor discovery protocol for automated prefix delegation Electricity 6 Active
US7658319B2 Methods and devices for assigning RFID device personality Electricity 5 Active
US8576857B2 Automatically identifying an edge-facing router Electricity 5 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.