Patents by Inventor Allen B. Mimms

Allen B. Mimms 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 system for scaling network traffic managers using connection keys
    Patent number: 8004971
    Abstract: A method and system is directed to distributing a flow of packets over a network to multiple traffic management devices. An apparatus receives each packet from a network and may act as a layer 2 switch, or router, to distribute the packet to one of a group of traffic management devices. The apparatus also may receive packets from servers for which the traffic management devices are managing communications. When distributing packets, a target traffic management device is selected from the group of traffic management devices. A connection key associated with the received packet and an identifier associated with the selected traffic management device are saved such that subsequent received packets in the flow of packets are delivered to the same traffic management device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: F5 Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul I. Szabo, Greg Davis, David D. Schmitt, Allen B. Mimms, Richard R. Masters