Patents by Inventor Brain C. Smith

Brain C. Smith 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).

  • System and method for programming network nodes
    Publication number: 20030033519
    Abstract: A system and method programs network nodes of a packet-based network to provide services. A service creation tool provides an interface for defining packet processing behaviors in a domain specific programming language and package the service for deployment to the network. A service control center deploys, provisions and monitors the service on programmable nodes. Network processors associated with the programmable nodes have packet processing behaviors translated from the programming language to operation code with a network processor abstraction layer. The service control center and network nodes use a three layer architecture to represent service, execution environment and infrastructure functionality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2001
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: Tippingpoint Technologies,Inc.
    Inventors: Charles R. Buckman, Dennis J. Cox, Donovan M. Kolbly, Craig S. Cantrell, Brain C. Smith, Jon H. Werner, Marc Willebeek-LeMair, J. Wayne Blackard, Francis S. Webster