Patents by Inventor Joseph Roy Stone

Joseph Roy Stone 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).

  • Method and system to identify and alleviate remote overload
    Patent number: 7978599
    Abstract: A method and system to identify an overload state in a remote network device within a communications network in which a local network device can send at least one message to the remote network device. The method comprises detecting at least one message transmission timeout for the message sent from the local network device to the remote network device, the message transmission timeout corresponding to a retransmission of the message from the local network device to the remote network device. The number of message transmission timeouts for the message or several messages is counted, with the method further comprising comparing the number of message transmission timeouts to a predetermined timeout threshold so that an overload state for the remote network device can be inferred when the number of message transmission timeouts exceeds the predetermined timeout threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Roy Stone, Flemming Stig Andreasen
  • Network discovery and dynamic adaptation of insufficient QoS resources
    Patent number: 7930386
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is illustrated as including receiving a data packet at a network device, and upshifting a Quality of Service (QoS) reservation, wherein the upshifting is based upon an observed increase type selected from the group consisting of an observed increase in network traffic, data packet size, and data packet frequency. In a further embodiment, a network device is illustrated as possessing a receiver to receive data packets, and an upshifter to upshift a Quality of Service (QoS) reservation, wherein the upshifter observes an increase type selected from the group consisting of an observed increase in network traffic, data packet size, and data packet frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Alan Davis, Joseph Roy Stone, Flemming Stig Andreasen, Michael Anthony Ramalho
  • NETWORK DISCOVERY AND DYNAMIC ADAPTATION OF INSUFFICIENT QOS RESOURCES
    Publication number: 20080192763
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is illustrated as including receiving a data packet at a network device, and upshifting a Quality of Service (QoS) reservation, wherein the upshifting is based upon an observed increase type selected from the group consisting of an observed increase in network traffic, data packet size, and data packet frequency. In a further embodiment, a network device is illustrated as possessing a receiver to receive data packets, and an upshifter to upshift a Quality of Service (QoS) reservation, wherein the upshifter observes an increase type selected from the group consisting of an observed increase in network traffic, data packet size, and data packet frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Alan Davis, Joseph Roy Stone, Flemming Stig Andreasen, Michael Anthony Ramalho
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY AND ALLEVIATE REMOTE OVERLOAD
    Publication number: 20080117816
    Abstract: A method and system to identify an overload state in a remote network device within a communications network in which a local network device can send at least one message to the remote network device. The method comprises detecting at least one message transmission timeout for the message sent from the local network device to the remote network device, the message transmission timeout corresponding to a retransmission of the message from the local network device to the remote network device. The number of message transmission timeouts for the message or several messages is counted, with the method further comprising comparing the number of message transmission timeouts to a predetermined timeout threshold so that an overload state for the remote network device can be inferred when the number of message transmission timeouts exceeds the predetermined timeout threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Joseph Roy Stone, Flemming Stig Andreasen