Patents Examined by Nassar Moazzami
  • Patent number: 7877796
    Abstract: A method and system for best effort propagation of security group information is disclosed. The method includes determining if a reserved group identifier is associated with a destination and, if the reserved group identifier is associated with the destination, indicating that a packet received at a network node can be sent to another network node. The packet includes destination information that identifies the destination as a destination of the packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael R. Smith
  • Patent number: 7702914
    Abstract: A method for providing access control to a single sign-on computer network is disclosed. A user is assigned to multiple groups within a computer network. In response to an access request by the user, the computer network determines a group pass count based on a user profile of the user. The group pass count is a number of groups in which the access request meets all their access requirements. The computer network grants the access request if the group pass count is greater than a predetermined high group pass threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul T. Baffes, John Michael Garrison, Michael Gilfix, Allan Hsu, Tyron Jerrod Stading
  • Patent number: 6370630
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for accessing an external memory having a first width at at at a first data rate. The external data is reformatted to have a second predefined width larger than the first width. The data having the second predefined width is then provided at a second rate to one of several possible processing units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: ATI International Srl
    Inventors: Carl K. Mizuyabu, Andy E. Gruber, Brad Hollister