Patents by Inventor Andre Broido

Andre Broido 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).

  • UDP transport for web services
    Patent number: 7882268
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products for routing of search requests and replies using UDP transport are provided. In some implementations, a method is provided. The method includes receiving a query at a client, converting the query into the form of a domain name in a DNS format, transmitting the query as a DNS request for a DNS record to a first server, where the DNS request is transmitted in the payload of a UDP packet, appending information identifying the client and the first server to the UDP packet, transmitting the UDP packet from the first server to one or more second servers to respond to the query, generating one or more DNS replies in response to the query, and transmitting the one or more DNS replies to the client in the payload of one or more UDP packets, the transmitted replies bypassing the first server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Andre Broido