Patents by Inventor Roberto Henrique J. Da Silva

Roberto Henrique J. Da Silva 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 network element configured for limiting the number virtual local area networks creatable by GVRP
    Patent number: 7957325
    Abstract: A Layer 2 device configured for providing at least one of bridging and switching functionality in a local area network comprising computer readable instructions for providing GVRP functionality and computer-readable instructions for limiting the number of dynamic VLANs that the GVRP functionality creates on a Layer 2 device of a local area network and on all ports of a data plane card of the Layer 2 device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Laurence Rose, Roberto Henrique J. Da Silva
  • Method and Network Element Configured for Limiting the Number Virtual Local Area Networks Creatable by GVRP
    Publication number: 20070211737
    Abstract: A Layer 2 device configured for providing at least one of bridging and switching functionality in a local area network comprising computer readable instructions for providing GVRP functionality and computer-readable instructions for limiting the number of dynamic VLANs that the GVRP functionality creates on a Layer 2 device of a local area network and on all ports of a data plane card of the Layer 2 device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: ALCATEL
    Inventors: Laurence Rose, Roberto Henrique J. Da Silva