Patents by Inventor Michael Semanko

Michael Semanko 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 content classification
    Patent number: 8010685
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is described to select a representative signature for use in identifying content in a packet stream. The method may comprise receiving the packet stream and obtaining content from a data payload of the packet. Thereafter, a plurality of signatures is identified from the content and a complexity score or a frequency score is determined based on the content. A signature of the plurality of signatures is then selected as the representative signature based on the complexity score or the frequency score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Sumeet Singh, George Varghese, Michael Ayres, Michael Semanko, Bashir Eghbali, Travis G Newhouse
  • Method and apparatus for content classification
    Publication number: 20060161986
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is described to select a representative signature for use in identifying content in a packet stream. The method may comprise receiving the packet stream and obtaining content from a data payload of the packet. Thereafter, a plurality of signatures is identified from the content and a complexity score or a frequency score is determined based on the content. A signature of the plurality of signatures is then selected as the representative signature based on the complexity score or the frequency score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Sumeet Singh, George Varghese, Michael Ayres, Michael Semanko, Bashir Eghbali, Travis Newhouse