Patents by Inventor Gary B. Mahaffey

Gary B. Mahaffey 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 exchanging information in a mobile wireless network environment
    Patent number: 10110433
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes communicating a message from a network element to a remote data plane element in order to request a data plane resource for hosting a session for a particular subscriber. The remote data plane element is designated to host a data plane function for a particular mobile network subscriber and the data plane resource comprises at least one of memory space and processor allocation. The method further includes discovering nodes capable of supporting the control plane functions; discovering nodes capable of supporting the data plane functions for the session; and performing a system-specific internal configuration to support separation of the data plane functions and the control plane functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary B. Mahaffey, Jayaraman R. Iyer, Michel Khouderchah, Kent K. Leung, Robert A. Mackie, Timothy P. Stammers, Hy Quoc Pham
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING INFORMATION IN A MOBILE WIRELESS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20150172119
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes communicating a message from a network element to a remote data plane element in order to request a data plane resource for hosting a session for a particular subscriber. The remote data plane element is designated to host a data plane function for a particular mobile network subscriber and the data plane resource comprises at least one of memory space and processor allocation. The method further includes discovering nodes capable of supporting the control plane functions; discovering nodes capable of supporting the data plane functions for the session; and performing a system-specific internal configuration to support separation of the data plane functions and the control plane functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Gary B. Mahaffey, Jayaraman R. Iyer, Michel Khouderchah, Kent K. Leung, Robert A. Mackie, Timothy P. Stammers, Hy Quoc Pham
  • System and method for exchanging information in a mobile wireless network environment
    Patent number: 9003057
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes communicating a message to a remote data plane element in order to request a data plane resource for hosting a session. The method also includes receiving a response at a network element acknowledging the message. Data plane traffic is managed at the remote data plane element based on enforcement rules. The enforcement rules are provisioned in a table element at the remote data plane element, and the table element reflects a portion of a master table element included in the network element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary B. Mahaffey, Jayaraman R. Iyer, Michel Khouderchah, Kent K. Leung, Robert A. Mackie, Timothy P. Stammers, Hy Quoc Pham
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING INFORMATION IN A MOBILE WIRELESS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20120173661
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes communicating a message to a remote data plane element in order to request a data plane resource for hosting a session. The method also includes receiving a response at a network element acknowledging the message. Data plane traffic is managed at the remote data plane element based on enforcement rules. The enforcement rules are provisioned in a table element at the remote data plane element, and the table element reflects a portion of a master table element included in the network element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Gary B. Mahaffey, Jayaraman R. Iyer, Michel Khouderchah, Kent K. Leung, Robert A. Mackie, Timothy P. Stammers, Hy Quoc Pham