Patents by Inventor Daniel D. Kan

Daniel D. Kan 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 of monitoring packets in flight for optimizing packet traffic in a network
    Patent number: 8369216
    Abstract: Systems and methods of optimizing packet flow in a network are disclosed. An internetwork has a first network and plural second networks. A respective packet-in-flight counter is established for each one of the plural second networks and a respective maximum packet-in-flight indication for each one of the plural second networks. The respective packet-in-flight counter for each one of the plural second networks when a request packet is sent from any node in the first network to any node in that one of the plural second networks, or a response packet is received from any node that one of the plural second networks. it is determined whether a second request packet can be sent from any node in the first network to any of the plurality of nodes in one of the plural second networks, based on processing a value of the respective packet-in-flight counter for that one of the plural second networks and a value of the respective maximum packet-in-flight indication for that one of the plural second networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Silver Spring Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel D. Kan
  • System and Method of Monitoring Packets in Flight for Optimizing Packet Traffic in a Network
    Publication number: 20120092993
    Abstract: Systems and methods of optimizing packet flow in a network are disclosed. An internetwork has a first network and plural second networks. A respective packet-in-flight counter is established for each one of the plural second networks and a respective maximum packet-in-flight indication for each one of the plural second networks. The respective packet-in-flight counter for each one of the plural second networks when a request packet is sent from any node in the first network to any node in that one of the plural second networks, or a response packet is received from any node that one of the plural second networks. it is determined whether a second request packet can be sent from any node in the first network to any of the plurality of nodes in one of the plural second networks, based on processing a value of the respective packet-in-flight counter for that one of the plural second networks and a value of the respective maximum packet-in-flight indication for that one of the plural second networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: SILVER SPRING NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventor: Daniel D. Kan