Patents by Inventor Maurice Goodfellow

Maurice Goodfellow 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).

  • Link aggregation control for network devices
    Publication number: 20020110148
    Abstract: A link aggregator control which produces for a system in which the aggregator is located data units identifying the system and a partner identity for a partner system, and in response to a change from an old system identity to a new system identity produces data units identifying the new system identity and distinctively identifying the old system identity in place of the partner identity Where the system identity and partner identity are each in the form of a globally administered unicast media access control the old system identity is represented in the form of a locally administered multicast address in place of the partner identity
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: Graeme A. Hickman, Maurice A. Goodfellow, Ernest L. Bell