Patents by Inventor Ganesh P. Murthy

Ganesh P. Murthy 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).

  • Forwarding table optimization with flow data
    Patent number: 9106443
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving from a server, flow data for a plurality of flows at a network device, the flow data comprising for each flow, a destination address and a time indicating when a last packet was processed for the flow at the server, updating a flow table at the network device, identifying one of the flows in the flow table as an inactive flow, and removing a route for the inactive flow from a forwarding information base at the network device. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yaonan Liang, Chengelpet V. Ramesh, Ganesh P. Murthy, Ming Zhang, Rajesh B. Nataraja
  • FORWARDING TABLE OPTIMIZATION WITH FLOW DATA
    Publication number: 20140119379
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving from a server, flow data for a plurality of flows at a network device, the flow data comprising for each flow, a destination address and a time indicating when a last packet was processed for the flow at the server, updating a flow table at the network device, identifying one of the flows in the flow table as an inactive flow, and removing a route for the inactive flow from a forwarding information base at the network device. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Yaonan Liang, Chengelpet V. Ramesh, Ganesh P. Murthy, Ming Zhang, Rajesh B. Nataraja