Patents by Inventor MARK COMEADOW

MARK COMEADOW 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).

  • Bypassing failed hub devices in hub-and-spoke telecommunication networks
    Patent number: 9674285
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method comprises using a first hub device: establishing one or more secure connections with one or more spoke devices logically arranged as spokes with respect to a data processing system; generating and sending via a high-speed link a hub probe to a second hub device; in response to determining that the second hub device is nonresponsive, transmitting, to the one or more spoke devices a first communication indicating that the second hub device is nonresponsive; using a spoke device, receiving the first communication indicating that the second hub device is nonresponsive; determining whether the spoke device has established a secure connection with the second hub device; in response to determining that the spoke device has established the secure connection with the second hub device, selecting a third hub device, establishing a secure connection with the third hub device, and communicating with the third hub device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederic Detienne, Mark Comeadow, Padmakumar Av, Thamilarasu Kandasamy
  • BYPASSING FAILED HUB DEVICES IN HUB-AND-SPOKE TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20160098327
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method comprises using a first hub device: establishing one or more secure connections with one or more spoke devices logically arranged as spokes with respect to a data processing system; generating and sending via a high-speed link a hub probe to a second hub device; in response to determining that the second hub device is nonresponsive, transmitting, to the one or more spoke devices a first communication indicating that the second hub device is nonresponsive; using a spoke device, receiving the first communication indicating that the second hub device is nonresponsive; determining whether the spoke device has established a secure connection with the second hub device; in response to determining that the spoke device has established the secure connection with the second hub device, selecting a third hub device, establishing a secure connection with the third hub device, and communicating with the third hub device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: FREDERIC DETIENNE, MARK COMEADOW, PADMAKUMAR AV, THAMILARASU KANDASAMY