Patents by Inventor Alan Ray Albrecht

Alan Ray Albrecht 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).

  • Tunnel encapsulation
    Patent number: 10256992
    Abstract: According to an example, a packet is tunnel encapsulated a packet according to a tunnel encapsulation template. The tunnel encapsulation template includes fields for the tunnel encapsulated packet, and the fields include static fields and variable fields. Field values are inserted into variable fields of the tunnel encapsulation template to generate the tunnel encapsulated packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Alan Ray Albrecht, Thomas A. Keaveny, Joseph Daniel Gleason
  • TUNNEL ENCAPSULATION
    Publication number: 20170279638
    Abstract: According to an example, a packet is tunnel encapsulated a packet according to a tunnel encapsulation template. The tunnel encapsulation template includes fields for the tunnel encapsulated packet, and the fields include static fields and variable fields. Field values are inserted into variable fields of the tunnel encapsulation template to generate the tunnel encapsulated packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Alan Ray ALBRECHT, Thomas A. KEAVENY, Joseph Daniel GLEASON
  • Output port based double Q tagging
    Patent number: 7738467
    Abstract: One embodiment disclosed relates to a method of processing a packet sent to a provider network. The packet is received via a user port of an edge switch of the network. Forwarding and routing by the edge switch is determined based on a user VID. A provider VLAN tag, including a provider VID, is inserted into the packet prior to transmission of the packet via a provider port of the edge switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Alan Ray Albrecht