Patents by Inventor Joe Wayne Blackard
Joe Wayne Blackard 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).
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Patent number: 8570866Abstract: A network node includes a classify engine interfaced with the Internet. The classify engine accepts packets from the Internet and determines classification information for each packet. A process engine is interfaced with the classify engine, and has ports, each port being associated with a function. A controller is interfaced with the classify engine and the process engine. The controller programs the classify engine with a dataflow program to route each packet to a predetermined port of the process engine based on the classification information of the packet.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2012Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Charles R. Buckman, Dennis J. Cox, Donovan M. Kolbly, Craig S. Cantrell, Brian C. Smith, Jon H. Werner, Marc Willebeek-LeMair, Joe Wayne Blackard, Francis S. Webster, III
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Publication number: 20120140672Abstract: A network node includes a classify engine interfaced with the Internet. The classify engine accepts packets from the Internet and determines classification information for each packet. A process engine is interfaced with the classify engine, and has ports, each port being associated with a function. A controller is interfaced with the classify engine and the process engine. The controller programs the classify engine with a dataflow program to route each packet to a predetermined port of the process engine based on the classification information of the packet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2012Publication date: June 7, 2012Inventors: Charles R. Buckman, Dennis J. Cox, Donovan M. Kolbly, Craig S. Cantrell, Brian C. Smith, Jon H. Werner, Marc Willebeek-LeMair, Joe Wayne Blackard, Francis S. Webster, III
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Patent number: 8125905Abstract: A system and method provides a broadband network node for a best effort network such as the Internet or intranets which supports the inexpensive and rapid deployment of services to the best efforts network. Separate data path and control path mechanisms allow high-speed data transfers with parallel processing flows for the data path that are controlled across data flows by the control path. Packets are classified, modified and shaped to enable the service on the network with an accountant to track packet traffic for control and billing purposes. A series of processing blades perform a modification function for each blade that processes packets according to classifications. The processing blades are modular and scalable for insertion in the broad band switch to rapidly adapt the broadband network node for new services.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2009Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Charles R Buckman, Dennis J Cox, Donovan M Kolby, Craig S Cantrell, Brian C Smith, John H Werner, Marc Willebeek-LeMair, Joe Wayne Blackard, Francis S. Webster, III
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Publication number: 20090323550Abstract: A system and method provides a broadband network node for a best effort network such as the Internet or intranets which supports the inexpensive and rapid deployment of services to the best efforts network. Separate data path and control path mechanisms allow high-speed data transfers with parallel processing flows for the data path that are controlled across data flows by the control path. Packets are classified, modified and shaped to enable the service on the network with an accountant to track packet traffic for control and billing purposes. A series of processing blades perform a modification function for each blade that processes packets according to classifications. The processing blades are modular and scalable for insertion in the broadband switch to rapidly adapt the broadband network node for new services.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2009Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: 3COM CORPORATIONInventors: Charles R. Buckman, Dennis J. Cox, Donovan M. Kolbly, Craig S. Cantrell, Brian C. Smith, Jon H. Werner, Marc Willebeek-LeMair, Joe Wayne Blackard, Francis S. Webster, III
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Patent number: 7633868Abstract: A system and method provides a broadband network node for a best effort network such as the Internet or intranets which supports the inexpensive and rapid deployment of services to the best efforts network. Separate data path and control path mechanisms allow high-speed data transfers with parallel processing flows for the data path that are controlled across data flows by the control path. Packets are classified, modified and shaped to enable the service on the network with an accountant to track packet traffic for control and billing purposes. A series of processing blades perform a modification function for each blade that processes packets according to classifications. The processing blades are modular and scalable for insertion in the broad band switch to rapidly adapt the broadband network node for new services.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2006Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: TippingPoint Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Charles R. Buckman, Dennis J. Cox, Donovan M. Kolbly, Craig S. Cantrell, Brian C. Smith, Jon H. Werner, Marc Willebeek-LeMair, Joe Wayne Blackard, Francis S. Webster, III
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Patent number: 7095715Abstract: A system and method provides a broadband network node for a best effort network such as the Internet or intranets which supports the inexpensive and rapid deployment of services to the best efforts network. Separate data path and control path mechanisms allow high-speed data transfers with parallel processing flows for the data path that are controlled across data flows by the control path. Packets are classified, modified and shaped to enable the service on the network with an accountant to track packet traffic for control and billing purposes. A series of processing blades perform a modification function for each blade that processes packets according to classifications. The processing blades are modular and scalable for insertion in the broad band switch to rapidly adapt the broadband network node for new services.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2001Date of Patent: August 22, 2006Assignee: 3Com CorporationInventors: Charles R. Buckman, Dennis J. Cox, Donovan M. Kolbly, Craig S. Cantrell, Brian C. Smith, Jon H. Werner, Marc Willebeek-LeMair, Joe Wayne Blackard, Francis S. Webster, III
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Publication number: 20030012147Abstract: A system and method provides a broadband network node for a best effort network such as the Internet or intranets which supports the inexpensive and rapid deployment of services to the best efforts network. Separate data path and control path mechanisms allow high-speed data transfers with parallel processing flows for the data path that are controlled across data flows by the control path. Packets are classified, modified and shaped to enable the service on the network with an accountant to track packet traffic for control and billing purposes. A series of processing blades perform a modification function for each blade that processes packets according to classifications. The processing blades are modular and scalable for insertion in the broad band switch to rapidly adapt the broadband network node for new services.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2001Publication date: January 16, 2003Inventors: Charles R. Buckman, Dennis J. Cox, Donovan M. Kolbly, Craig S. Cantrell, Brian C. Smith, Jon H. Werner, Marc Willebeek-LeMair, Joe Wayne Blackard, Francis S. Webster
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Publication number: 20020188732Abstract: A system and method for allocating bandwidth across a network to and from different end point nodes improves the predictability and efficiency of best effort network architectures. Advanced traffic processors associated with end point nodes detect and classify packets transferred across a network and allocate bandwidth. A packet policy module of the advanced traffic processor allocates bandwidth by applying policy definitions, flow ID rules, and flow policy maps to prioritize packet flows. In one embodiment, bandwidth is allocated on demand on a per-download basis so that bulk file transfers are provided substantially reduced download times through allocation of bandwidth for a premium fee.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2001Publication date: December 12, 2002Inventors: Charles R. Buckman, Dennis J. Cox, Donovan M. Kolbly, Craig Cantrell, Brian C. Smith, Jon H. Werner, Marc Willebeek-LeMair, Joe Wayne Blackard, Francis S. Webster
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Patent number: 5918020Abstract: A data processing system and a method implement a unique push, or streaming, model for communicating time sensitive encoded data, such as video and audio data, in a communication network. A pacing mechanism is implemented in the data processing system to allow a client to pace a streaming server in a stable way such that a fill level of a client buffer will oscillate around a single threshold value. A simple protocol is implemented to protect pacing primitives, allow recovery for pacing primitives, and to keep a client and a server synchronized during the pacing operation. To implement the pacing mechanism, the streaming server transmits data at a slightly faster rate than it was encoded. Subsequently, a decoder circuit at the client, or receiver, uses the transmitted data at the encoded rate. Thus, the utilization of buffers in the client will gradually increase. When the utilization of buffers reaches a threshold level, the client provides a pacing message to the server.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 1997Date of Patent: June 29, 1999Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Joe Wayne Blackard, Richard Adams Gillaspy, William John Henthorn, Lynn Erich Petersen, Lance W. Russell, Gary Roy Shippy