Patents by Inventor Eric Ley-Abegnoli

Eric Ley-Abegnoli 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 for improved load balancing and high availability in a data processing system having an IP host with a MARP layer
    Patent number: 7003581
    Abstract: A data transmission system and method for transmitting packetized data from an Internet Protocol (IP) host, having at least an IP layer and a network layer, to a plurality of workstations by the intermediary of an IP network, wherein the IP host is connected to the IP network via a layer 2 network interfacing the IP network with a set of routers. The IP host further includes a Multiple Address Resolution Protocol (MARP) layer between the IP layer and the network layer for selecting one of the set of routers in response to the next hop IP addresses provided by the IP layer to the MARP layer when a packet of data is be transmitted from the IP host to one of the workstations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Lamberton, Eric Ley-Abegnoli, Pierre Secondo, Pascal Thubert