Patents by Inventor Nicholas M. Brailas

Nicholas M. Brailas 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).

  • System and method for connecting geographically distributed virtual local area networks
    Patent number: 7088714
    Abstract: A VLAN tagging unit associated with a WAN is used to add VLAN tags based upon logical interfaces. In one example, data received across the logical interface is tagged with an associated VLAN ID by the unit. In another embodiment, flow-based VLAN tagging is done in which in addition to the logical interface other indications are used in the VLAN tagging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Tasman Networks, Inc
    Inventors: Anand S. Athreya, Nicholas M. Brailas, Alampoondi E. Natarajan, Nehal Bhau
  • System and method for connecting geographically distributed virtual local area networks
    Publication number: 20020027906
    Abstract: A VLAN tagging unit associated with a WAN is used to add VLAN tags based upon logical interfaces. In one example, data received across the logical interface is tagged with an associated VLAN ID by the unit. In another embodiment, flow-based VLAN tagging is done in which in addition to the logical interface other indications are used in the VLAN tagging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventors: Anand S. Athreya, Nicholas M. Brailas, Alampoondi E. Natarajan, Nehal Bhau