Patents by Inventor Frederick J. Baker

Frederick J. Baker 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).

  • Patent number: 9674104
    Abstract: An example method for adapting Proportional Integral controller Enhanced (PIE) algorithm for varying network conditions is provided and includes estimating an average dequeue rate at which packets are dequeued from a queue of packets maintained in a buffer in a network element operating, estimating a current queuing latency for the queue of packets based on the average dequeue rate, determining a target delay based on the average dequeue rate, the target delay varying with the average dequeue rate according to a predetermined relationship, and calculating a current drop probability associated with a probability that packets arriving at the buffer will be dropped or marked, the current drop probability being calculated using at least the current queuing latency and the target delay. In some embodiments, a threshold for a number of bytes dequeued from the buffer is estimated based on network conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC
    Inventors: Rong Pan, Preethi Natarajan, Chiara Piglione, Mythili Suryanarayana Prabhu, Alon Bernstein, Frederick J. Baker
  • Patent number: 8156554
    Abstract: A method and system for verifying identification of an electronic mail message. An electronic mail message including a signature and a key is received, the signature identifying a domain from which the electronic mail message originated and the key for verifying the signature. A key registration server of the domain is accessed to verify the key. The key registration server provides for verifying that a key used to sign an electronic mail message is valid and that the sender is authorized by the domain to send the electronic mail message from the return address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: James L. Fenton, Michael A. Thomas, Frederick J. Baker
  • Patent number: 7650387
    Abstract: A method, a system, a machine-readable medium, and an apparatus for managing storage on a shared storage space, for example, on an email server, are provided. A plurality of emails is compared. If the content of each of the plurality of emails is the same, then a single copy is stored on the email server. Further, each recipient of the plurality of emails is enabled access to the stored email via a link to the single copy. Additionally, one or more attachments of the plurality of emails are compared. If an attachment is the same in each of the plurality of emails, then it is stored as a single copy. Further, a link is inserted in each of the plurality of emails, enabling access to the attachment from the single copy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Foo, Jeremy E. Stieglitz, Frederick J. Baker
  • Publication number: 20080320591
    Abstract: A method and system for verifying identification of an electronic mail message. An electronic mail message including a signature and a key is received, the signature identifying a domain from which the electronic mail message originated and the key for verifying the signature. A key registration server of the domain is accessed to verify the key. The key registration server provides for verifying that a key used to sign an electronic mail message is valid and that the sender is authorized by the domain to send the electronic mail message from the return address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: James L. Fenton, Michael A. Thomas, Frederick J. Baker
  • Patent number: 7437558
    Abstract: A method and system for verifying identification of an electronic mail message. An electronic mail message including a signature and a key is received, the signature identifying a domain from which the electronic mail message originated and the key for verifying the signature. A key registration server of the domain is accessed to verify the key. The key registration server provides for verifying that a key used to sign an electronic mail message is valid and that the sender is authorized by the domain to send the electronic mail message from the return address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: James L. Fenton, Michael A. Thomas, Frederick J Baker
  • Patent number: 4809265
    Abstract: A controller for a bridge interconnecting local area networks operates in two modes. In a first mode the controller receives and transmits station data frames with previously appended frame check sums. In a second mode the controller responds to requests for information from stations by generating data frames from an associated memory. The controller computes and appends frame check sums and then transmits the frames and check sums to the requesting station. The controller is constructed and is effective to operate in a way which insures that all station data frames transmitted from stations to the bridge are received by the bridge without interruption or loss during all periods of operation. The controller receives all such frames at all times, including the time intervals during which circuitry in the controller must be off line and reprogrammed for changing operation between the first and second modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1989
    Assignee: Vitalink Communications Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Hart, Frederick J. Baker
  • Patent number: 4706081
    Abstract: A communications system interconnects local Area Networks (LAN's) across broadcast simplex channels. The LAN's are connected independently and transparently of protocols above the data link layer so that the system appears to the user at a station in one Local Area Network as one large single network. A bridge interconnects the LAN's across simplex channels. The bridge is constructed to permit more than two local area networks to be interconnected across simplex channels to the bridge and to provide communication between stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1987
    Assignee: Vitalink Communications Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Hart, Frederick J. Baker