Patents by Inventor M. Neil N. Mammen

M. Neil N. Mammen 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 managing multiple data flows in a content search system
    Patent number: 7644080
    Abstract: A content search system for determining whether a plurality of input strings each belonging to any one of a number of different process flows matches one or more of a plurality of regular expressions, including a search circuit for searching the input strings for the regular expressions and a data management unit including a control circuit having an input to receive the plurality of input strings, wherein each input string has an associated flow identification (ID) value, a packet queue having a number of storage locations for storing the input strings, and a flow engine that forwards a selected input string from the packet queue to the search circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: NetLogic Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: M. Neil N. Mammen, Martin Fabry, Sanjay Sreenath, Minh G. Lieu
  • Method and apparatus for managing multiple data flows in a content search system
    Publication number: 20080071779
    Abstract: A content search system for determining whether a plurality of input strings each belonging to any one of a number of different process flows matches one or more of a plurality of regular expressions, including a search circuit for searching the input strings for the regular expressions and a data management unit including a control circuit having an input to receive the plurality of input strings, wherein each input string has an associated flow identification (ID) value, a packet queue having a number of storage locations for storing the input strings, and a flow engine that forwards a selected input string from the packet queue to the search circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventors: M. Neil N. Mammen, Martin Fabry, Sanjay Sreenath, Minh G. Lieu