Patents by Inventor Scott M. Geng

Scott M. Geng 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).

  • Distributed multicast system and method in a network
    Patent number: 8086755
    Abstract: The invention provides multicast communication using distributed topologies in a network. The control nodes in the network build a distributed topology of processor nodes for providing multicast packet distribution. Multiple processor nodes in the network participate in the decisions regarding the forwarding of multicast packets as opposed to multicast communications being centralized in the control nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Egenera, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward T. Duffy, IV, Scott M. Geng, Hai Huang, Hua Qin