Patents by Inventor Matthew Pipher

Matthew Pipher 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).

  • Bridging routed encapsulation
    Patent number: 7327722
    Abstract: A technique for forwarding packets. An intermediate node assigns a link-layer address to an interface. Packets that specify the link-layer address as the destination address are processed and forwarded over the interface towards a destination. Packets received on the interface are processed including specifying the link-layer address as the source address of the packet and forwarded towards a destination specified in the packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Pipher, Kevin W. McGrattan