Patents by Inventor Christopher L. Garner

Christopher L. Garner 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).

  • Network traffic data scrubbing with services offered via anycasted addresses
    Patent number: 11095680
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques for filtering network traffic in an anycasting environment includes receiving network traffic addressed to a plurality of anycasted servers at an edge router, the plurality of anycasted servers comprising one or more anycasted servers. The network traffic is received from the edge server at least one data scrubbing appliance. The at least one data scrubbing appliance filters out undesirable traffic from the network traffic. The at least one data scrubbing appliance “on-ramps” the filtered network traffic to the plurality of anycasted servers. The filtered network traffic is transmitted to the plurality of anycasted servers in a load balanced manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Donald J. Smith, Michael Glenn, John A. Schiel, Christopher L. Garner
  • Network Traffic Data Scrubbing With Services Offered via Anycasted Addresses
    Publication number: 20160241590
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques for filtering network traffic in an anycasting environment includes receiving network traffic addressed to a plurality of anycasted servers at an edge router, the plurality of anycasted servers comprising one or more anycasted servers. The network traffic is received from the edge server at least one data scrubbing appliance. The at least one data scrubbing appliance filters out undesirable traffic from the network traffic. The at least one data scrubbing appliance “on-ramps” the filtered network traffic to the plurality of anycasted servers. The filtered network traffic is transmitted to the plurality of anycasted servers in a load balanced manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Donald J. Smith, Michael Glenn, John A. Schiel, Christopher L. Garner
  • Network traffic data scrubbing with services offered via anycasted addresses
    Patent number: 9350706
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques for filtering network traffic in an anycasting environment includes receiving network traffic addressed to a plurality of anycasted servers at an edge router, the plurality of anycasted servers comprising one or more anycasted servers. The network traffic is received from the edge server at least one data scrubbing appliance. The at least one data scrubbing appliance filters out undesirable traffic from the network traffic. The at least one data scrubbing appliance “on-ramps” the filtered network traffic to the plurality of anycasted servers. The filtered network traffic is transmitted to the plurality of anycasted servers in a load balanced manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Donald J. Smith, Michael Glenn, John A. Schiel, Christopher L. Garner