Patents by Inventor Robert E Penny

Robert E Penny 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).

  • Compiling method for command based router classifiers
    Patent number: 8260886
    Abstract: A method and compiler for compiling hierarchical command based policy rules to a flat filter list structure adapted for storage in a Content Addressable Memory (CAM), wherein the policy rules are organized in a tree-structure of classifiers. First, all of the possible search paths in the tree structure are found, and then only the valid search paths according to defined criteria are added to the flat filter list. The CAM may be a Ternary Content Addressed Memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Lars-Örjan Kling, Robert E Penny, Yonghui Jin