Patents by Inventor Kevin J. Humphries

Kevin J. Humphries 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).

  • IP multicast snooping and routing with multi-chassis link aggregation
    Patent number: 8472447
    Abstract: Aggregation Switches connected via a virtual fabric link (VFL) are each active and able to perform at least limited IP multicast snooping. The resulting IP multicast snooping information is maintained internally within each Aggregation Switch and shared substantially in real-time therebetween via the VFL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventor: Kevin J. Humphries
  • IP Multicast Snooping and Routing with Multi-Chassis Link Aggregation
    Publication number: 20120033668
    Abstract: Aggregation Switches connected via a virtual fabric link (VFL) are each active and able to perform at least limited IP multicast snooping. The resulting IP multicast snooping information is maintained internally within each Aggregation Switch and shared substantially in real-time therebetween via the VFL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: ALCATEL-LUCENT USA, INC.
    Inventor: Kevin J. Humphries