Patents by Inventor Francois Dessart

Francois Dessart 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 apparatus for optimizing and prioritizing the creation of a large number of VPN tunnels
    Patent number: 7921215
    Abstract: There is provided a communications network including a server forming part of a virtual private network, a plurality of client computers operative to request connection to the server and to be connected to the server when a request for connection is granted, thereby to be added to the virtual private network and a server response module, operative, in response to a connection request from at least one of the plurality of client computers which connection request cannot be processed by the server, to provide to the at least one of said plurality of client computers a server response indicating that the connection request should be retransmitted only after at least one criterion is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Francois Dessart
  • Method and apparatus for optimizing and prioritizing the creation of a large number of VPN tunnels
    Publication number: 20100180037
    Abstract: There is provided a communications network including a server forming part of a virtual private network, a plurality of client computers operative to request connection to the server and to be connected to the server when a request for connection is granted, thereby to be added to the virtual private network and a server response module, operative, in response to a connection request from at least one of the plurality of client computers which connection request cannot be processed by the server, to provide to the at least one of said plurality of client computers a server response indicating that the connection request should be retransmitted only after at least one criterion is met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventor: Francois Dessart