Patents by Inventor Genesh Chennimalal Sankaran

Genesh Chennimalal Sankaran 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 determining the mergeability of spanning tree instances
    Patent number: 7701881
    Abstract: A system and method provide for reducing a number of topology instances in a network portion implementing a multiple instance topology. Various embodiments further provide for determining if one or more of the topology instances are merge-able or conditionally merge-able to form a lesser number of representative topology instances, and if so, for causing merging of the topology instances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Genesh Chennimalal Sankaran