Patents by Inventor Lindsey Philip Poole

Lindsey Philip Poole 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).

  • Uncovering the differences in backbone networks
    Patent number: 8339965
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that discover comparative differences in performance of Internet Service Provider networks. The system can include devices, components, and/or processes that partitions measurement processes into cycles and measures at least one Internet Service Provider network every cycle, develops and distributes to interrogation nodes a list of destination Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to interrogate, and utilizes results delivered or retrieved from interrogation nodes to generate a report on the comparative performance of Internet Service Provider networks queried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ming Zhang, Ratul Mahajan, Lindsey Philip Poole, Vivek Sadananda Pai
  • UNCOVERING THE DIFFERENCES IN BACKBONE NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20090086640
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that discover comparative differences in performance of Internet Service Provider networks. The system can include devices, components, and/or processes that partitions measurement processes into cycles and measures at least one Internet Service Provider network every cycle, develops and distributes to interrogation nodes a list of destination Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to interrogate, and utilizes results delivered or retrieved from interrogation nodes to generate a report on the comparative performance of Internet Service Provider networks queried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming Zhang, Ratul Mahajan, Lindsey Philip Poole, Vivek Sadananda Pai