Patents by Inventor David Zats

David Zats 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).

  • Switch proxy controller for switch virtualization
    Patent number: 10798022
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for switch virtualization by a switch proxy controller. In an aspect, a method includes receiving, by a switch proxy controller, a first request from a first switch fabric, where the first request indicates a first identifier that identifies the first request from other requests from the first switch fabric, generating a second request that indicates a second identifier that identifies the second request from other requests sent from the switch proxy controller to a switch, providing the second request to the switch, receiving, by the switch proxy controller, a first reply that indicates the second identifier indicated in the second request, generating, based on the second identifier indicated in the first reply, a second reply that indicates the first identifier, and selecting the first switch fabric to receive the second reply based on the second identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Horia Vlad Balan, Amin Vahdat, Vinay Kumar Bannai, Zhehua Wu, Steven Gribble, Andrew DeBock Ferguson, Muhammad Mukarram Tariq, Lorenzo Vicisano, David Zats
  • SWITCH PROXY CONTROLLER FOR SWITCH VIRTUALIZATION
    Publication number: 20190173807
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for switch virtualization by a switch proxy controller. In an aspect, a method includes receiving, by a switch proxy controller, a first request from a first switch fabric, where the first request indicates a first identifier that identifies the first request from other requests from the first switch fabric, generating a second request that indicates a second identifier that identifies the second request from other requests sent from the switch proxy controller to a switch, providing the second request to the switch, receiving, by the switch proxy controller, a first reply that indicates the second identifier indicated in the second request, generating, based on the second identifier indicated in the first reply, a second reply that indicates the first identifier, and selecting the first switch fabric to receive the second reply based on the second identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Horia Vlad Balan, Amin Vahdat, Vinay Kumar Bannai, Zhehua Wu, Steven Gribble, Andrew DeBock Ferguson, Muhammad Mukarram Tariq, Lorenzo Vicisano, David Zats