Patents by Inventor Kevin George Miles

Kevin George Miles 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 apparatus for determining a data communication network repair strategy
    Patent number: 7869350
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for determining a repair strategy for a data communication network. The data communication network has as components nodes and links. The method comprises a step of implementing a link repair strategy for an adjacent link to an adjacent node. The method further monitors for a probe packet to the adjacent node and, if such a packet is received, implements a node repair strategy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Stewart Frederick Bryant, Kevin George Miles, Ian Michael Charles Shand
  • Method and apparatus for constructing a backup route in a data communications network
    Patent number: 7707307
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for constructing a backup route from a source node around an adjacent component. The source node derives a first set of nodes reachable from it without traversing the adjacent component and a second set of nodes from which a neighbor node of adjacent components is reachable without traversing the adjacent component. The source node then constructs a backup route via an intermediate node in the intersection of the first and second sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin George Miles, Ian Michael Charles Shand, Stewart Frederick Bryant, Stefano Benedetto Previdi, John Anthony Harper, Clarence Filsfils
  • Method and apparatus for forwarding data in a data communications network
    Patent number: 7042838
    Abstract: A method of forwarding data in a data communications network comprising a plurality of nodes comprises the step of forwarding data according to a forwarding strategy implemented at a forwarding node. Where the implemented strategy comprises a repair strategy to compensate for a change in the network, the method further comprises the step of encapsulating the data in a primary repair encapsulating packet and marking the primary repairing encapsulating packet as repaired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Michael Charles Shand, Stewart Frederick Bryant, Clarence Filsfils, Kevin George Miles