Patents by Inventor Alan Cheilek

Alan Cheilek 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 of constructing a forwarding database for a data communications network
    Publication number: 20070047463
    Abstract: A method of constructing a forwarding database for a data communications network comprising a plurality of network components and supporting at least first and second topologies having one or more common network components is described. The forwarding database includes a plurality of entries providing forwarding information for data destined for a related network component. The method comprises the step, performed at a constructing network component, of deriving topology dependent forwarding information for data destined for a network component. The method further comprises the step of including the topology dependent forwarding information at the related forwarding database entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Neil Alasdair Jarvis, Crispin Dent-Young, Alan Cheilek, Matthew Collins, Christian Cassar, Jesper Skriver