Patents by Inventor Luis Filipe de Sousa Silva

Luis Filipe de Sousa Silva 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).

  • System and method utilizing multiple search trees to route data within a data processing network
    Patent number: 5761440
    Abstract: A system and method for efficiently routing data within a network, such as a local area network. A search tree is utilized within the bridge/router in order to store addresses. The search tree is utilized by the router for more efficiently and more quickly determining where one or more received frames of data are to be transmitted within the network. Maintenance of the search trees is also provided so that new addresses may be added to the search trees and addresses may be deleted from the search trees. The search trees are developed by partitioning the addresses into bit groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jose Geraldo Bueno De Marco, Jeffrey Wayne Kidd, Edward Hau-Chun Ku, Karen Park Heron, Simin Hosne Sanaye, Luis Filipe de Sousa Silva