Patents by Inventor Glenford E. Mapp

Glenford E. Mapp 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 handling flows in a network
    Patent number: 7729352
    Abstract: A flow in a network is identified and handled by using a virtual host address. A packet is received at a switch with a first virtual host address as its destination address. If the packet is the first packet of a flow received by the switch, then a second virtual host address is determined by the switch. The first virtual host address is stored in a packet forwarding table correlated with the second virtual host address. A subsequently received packet of the same flow has the same first virtual host address as its destination address, and is forwarded to the second virtual host address in accordance with the packet forwarding table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: AT & T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander G. Fraser, Glenford E. Mapp
  • System and method for handling flows in a network
    Patent number: 6970475
    Abstract: A flow in a network is identified and handled by using a virtual host address. A packet is received at a switch with a first virtual host address as its destination address. If the packet is the first packet of a flow received by the switch, then a second virtual host address is determined by the switch. The first virtual host address is stored in a packet forwarding table correlated with the second virtual host address. A subsequently received packet of the same flow has the same first virtual host address as its destination address, and is forwarded to the second virtual host address in accordance with the packet forwarding table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: AT&T Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander G. Fraser, Glenford E. Mapp