Patents by Inventor Ian Douglas McDowall

Ian Douglas McDowall 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).

  • Routing network traffic
    Patent number: 9118581
    Abstract: A traffic manager (121-124) for, and a method of, routing network traffic to a plurality of server computers (131-138). The traffic manager includes a network interface (204) and a processor (201). The processor is configured to receive network traffic comprising a request (701, 702) from a client computer (102-105) via the network interface. The processor is configured to then identify, based on attributes of the request, a server computer that is responsible for servicing the request (a responsible server). The processor is configured to then route the request to the responsible server using the network interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Owen John Garrett, Ian Douglas McDowall
  • ROUTING NETWORK TRAFFIC
    Publication number: 20130103854
    Abstract: A traffic manager (121-124) for, and a method of, routing network traffic to a plurality of server computers (131-138). The traffic manager includes a network interface (204) and a processor (201). The processor is configured to receive network traffic comprising a request (701 ,702) from a client computer (102-105) via the network interface. The processor is configured to then identify, based on attributes of the request, a server computer that is responsible for servicing the request (a responsible server). The processor is configured to then route the request to the responsible server using the network interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: RIVERBED TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Owen John Garrett, Ian Douglas McDowall