Patents by Inventor L. Michele Wright Goodwin

L. Michele Wright Goodwin 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).

  • Data communication system with distributed multicasting
    Patent number: 6711163
    Abstract: A bridge provides distributed multicast forwarding with sub-interface granularity. Forwarding decisions on multicast data packets transmitted on the bridge backplane are made by network interfaces by referencing local multicast databases. Each network interface forwards multicast data packets only on local ports which belong to the multicast group identified in the packet. A management interface transmits forwarding updates to the network interfaces. A particular network interface is made responsible for forwarding multicast packets to management interface for learning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Steven William Reid, L. Michele Wright Goodwin