Patents by Inventor Robert W. Maclntosh

Robert W. Maclntosh 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 improved IGMP group membership messaging
    Publication number: 20080123644
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a Report message processing load at an IGMPv3 proxy/router. A <max_records> variable governs a number of current-state Group Records that can be sent in an IGMPv3 Report message in response to a General Membership Query (GMQ). The <max_records> variable may be provisioned in IGMPv3 hosts, or dynamically provided by the IGMPv3 proxy/routers, which embed the <max_records> variable in the GMQs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: ALCATEL
    Inventors: Charles Michael Storry, Frank Desseyn, Robert W. Maclntosh