Patents by Inventor Brian C. Bradley

Brian C. Bradley 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).

  • Implementing a tiered cache topology with anycast networks
    Patent number: 11729083
    Abstract: A control server receives probe data from a plurality of data centers indicating measured latencies with a first IP address associated with an origin server. The control server sums the measured latencies of a first data center having a lowest measured latency and a second data center. When the sum is below a threshold value, the control server determines the IP address to be an anycast IP address and selects a proper subset of the plurality of data centers as proxying data centers for other data centers in the plurality of data centers. When the sum is not below the threshold value, the control server determines the IP address to not be an anycast IP address and selects the first data center having the lowest measure latencies as the proxying data center for other data centers in the plurality of data centers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: CLOUDFLARE, INC.
    Inventors: Zaidoon Abd Al Hadi, Samantha Aki Shugaeva, Yuchen Wu, Brian C. Bradley
  • IMPLEMENTING A TIERED CACHE TOPOLOGY WITH ANYCAST NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20230117875
    Abstract: A control server receives probe data from a plurality of data centers indicating measured latencies with a first IP address associated with an origin server. The control server sums the measured latencies of a first data center having a lowest measured latency and a second data center. When the sum is below a threshold value, the control server determines the IP address to be an anycast IP address and selects a proper subset of the plurality of data centers as proxying data centers for other data centers in the plurality of data centers. When the sum is not below the threshold value, the control server determines the IP address to not be an anycast IP address and selects the first data center having the lowest measure latencies as the proxying data center for other data centers in the plurality of data centers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Zaidoon Abd Al Hadi, Samantha Aki Shugaeva, Yuchen Wu, Brian C. Bradley
  • Implementing a tiered cache topology with anycast networks
    Patent number: 11411849
    Abstract: A control server receives probe data from a plurality of data centers indicating measured latencies with a first IP address associated with an origin server. The control server sums the measured latencies of a first data center having a lowest measured latency and a second data center. When the sum is below a threshold value, the control server determines the IP address to be an anycast IP address and selects a proper subset of the plurality of data centers as proxying data centers for other data centers in the plurality of data centers. When the sum is not below the threshold value, the control server determines the IP address to not be an anycast IP address and selects the first data center having the lowest measure latencies as the proxying data center for other data centers in the plurality of data centers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Cloudflare, Inc.
    Inventors: Zaidoon Abd Al Hadi, Samantha Aki Shugaeva, Yuchen Wu, Brian C. Bradley