Patents by Inventor Benny L. Ammitzboell

Benny L. Ammitzboell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and system for emulating a single router in a switch stack
    Patent number: 6934292
    Abstract: A system and method for emulating a single router in a switch stack is described. The switch stack is connected to virtual local area networks (VLANs) and comprises a number of stack devices that can include routing devices (RDs) having interfaces to the VLANs and non-routing devices (NRDs). All of the interfaces of the RDs share the same router and VLAN configuration addresses, including router Media Access Control addresses. One RD is appointed as a master in the switch stack and all other RDs use the configuration addresses of the master. Each NRD is owned by a corresponding routing device according to an ownership algorithm. The shared configuration addresses allow the switch stack to appear as a “virtual router” to nodes belonging to VLANs connected to the switch stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Benny L. Ammitzboell