Patents by Inventor Nathan Bycroft

Nathan Bycroft 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 SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC LINK FAILOVER MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20090249115
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and system for providing redundancy and resiliency features to network devices, such as switches and routers, that do not have built-in redundancy and resiliency features. Health-check messages are periodically transmitted over a first link that transmits network data. Upon detecting a failure of the first link, transmission of network data is switched to a second redundant link, while health check messages continue to be periodically transmitted over the first link. Upon detecting that the first link has been restored, transmission of network data is switched to the first link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: Allied Telesis Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nathan Bycroft, Seiichiro Satoh, Graham Walker