Patents by Inventor Dileep Kumar Narayanan Nair

Dileep Kumar Narayanan Nair 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 device and method of operation
    Patent number: 7444539
    Abstract: A network device to maintain resource management within a network may comprise an emulator or watchdog that may send an emulation request to a resource manager for emulating a request of a client. Operability of the resource manager may be identified based on a reply of the resource manager to the emulation request. If the resource manager does not provide a response within a given time frame, then the watchdog may identify a failure condition for the resource manager. The watchdog may then initiate corrective actions for replacing the resource manager with a backup server responsive to identifying the fail condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Dileep Kumar Narayanan Nair, Sunil Bhupatrai Mehta, Anurag Dhingra
  • Network device and method of operation
    Patent number: 7028212
    Abstract: A network device to maintain resource management within a network may comprise an emulator or watchdog that may send an emulation request to a resource manager for emulating a request of a client. Operability of the resource manager may be identified based on a reply of the resource manager to the emulation request. If the resource manager does not provide a response within a given time frame, then the watchdog may identify a failure condition for the resource manager. The watchdog may then initiate corrective actions for replacing the resource manager with a backup server responsive to identifying the fail condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Dileep Kumar Narayanan Nair, Sunil Bhupatrai Mehta, Anurag Dhingra