Patents by Inventor Michael Takefman

Michael Takefman 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).

  • Method and apparatus for preventing loops in a network by controlling broadcasts
    Patent number: 9088484
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for eliminating loops associated with interconnects between clusters are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for operating a cluster of an interconnect group that includes at least one node and is in communication with a plurality of interconnects includes broadcasting a first frame on the interconnects. The method also includes receiving a second frame, the second frame being received on only a first interconnect, and blocking the second frame from being broadcast on the first interconnect. Finally, the method includes broadcasting the received second frame throughout the cluster such that no node in the cluster receives more than one copy of the second frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Takefman, Jimmy P. Ervin, James S. Alexander, Parveen Bhagwatula, Steven J. Faulkner
  • Method and apparatus for preventing loops in a network by controlling broadcasts
    Patent number: 8615599
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for eliminating loops associated with interconnects between clusters are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for operating a cluster of an interconnect group that includes at least one node and is in communication with a plurality of interconnects includes broadcasting a first frame on the interconnects. The method also includes receiving a second frame, the second frame being received on only a first interconnect, and blocking the second frame from being broadcast on the first interconnect. Finally, the method includes broadcasting the received second frame throughout the cluster such that no node in the cluster receives more than one copy of the second frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Takefman, Jimmy P. Ervin, James S. Alexander, Parveen Bhagwatula, Steven J. Faulkner