Patents by Inventor Michael MacFaden

Michael MacFaden 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).

  • Binding application communication ports to dynamic subsets of network interfaces
    Patent number: 10116515
    Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems receive a request to bind a socket for a computer application to a tag. The tag is mapped to a network address for each of a subset of interfaces. The request identifies the computer application using a port number. The subset of interfaces includes one or more interfaces within the computer and less than all interfaces within the computer. An interface within the subset of interfaces receives a protocol data unit (PDU) including the port number included in the bind request and a destination address. The received PDU is delivered via the socket in response to resolving a mapping between the tag included in the bind request and the destination address of the PDU and further based upon determining the port number included in the bind request was included in the received PDU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael MacFaden
  • BINDING APPLICATION COMMUNICATION PORTS TO DYNAMIC SUBSETS OF NETWORK INTERFACES
    Publication number: 20170346859
    Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems receive a request to bind a socket for a computer application to a tag. The tag is mapped to a network address for each of a subset of interfaces. The request identifies the computer application using a port number. The subset of interfaces includes one or more interfaces within the computer and less than all interfaces within the computer. An interface within the subset of interfaces receives a protocol data unit (PDU) including the port number included in the bind request and a destination address. The received PDU is delivered via the socket in response to resolving a mapping between the tag included in the bind request and the destination address of the PDU and further based upon determining the port number included in the bind request was included in the received PDU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventor: Michael MacFaden