Patents by Inventor Robert Monsen

Robert Monsen 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for transferring data using a filter index
    Patent number: 6625152
    Abstract: A server installation, which includes multiple servers, services a client request using a filter index that is different than a destination address associated with the client request. This enables clients to generate client requests for a server installation in a conventional manner without regard to whether a server installation is formed by one server or multiple servers. Accordingly, when a server installation is scaled by increasing the number of servers for redundancy, load distribution or capacity reasons, reconfiguration of the clients utilizing the servers is unnecessary. In one arrangement, the data resides in a data structure having (i) a device identifier that uniquely identifies the server host among multiple server hosts, and (ii) a filter index which is different than the device identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Monsen, Steven Berl, John G. Waclawsky