Patents by Inventor Michael Earnhart

Michael Earnhart 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).

  • Methods for managing client defined response requirements in DNS query and devices thereof
    Patent number: 9838259
    Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and an application traffic manager computing device for determining whether a received query from a client computing device to resolve a hostname comprises a domain name with a value indicating type of internet protocol version. The received query is processed by truncating a portion of the domain name with the value indicating type of internet protocol version from the received query when the domain name with the value indicating type of internet protocol version is determined to be present. An internet protocol address is received from at least one of a plurality of servers based on the truncated portion of the domain name with the value indicating type of internet protocol version. The format of the received internet protocol address is determined for conforming to one or more policies. One or more actions are performed based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: F5 Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Earnhart, Brent Blood, George Michael Lowell, Jr., Nat Thirasuttakorn