Patents by Inventor Roy Michael Brooks

Roy Michael Brooks 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).

  • Router configured for outputting update messages specifying a detected attribute change of a connected active path according to a prescribed routing protocol
    Patent number: 7720054
    Abstract: A first router is configured for monitoring prescribed attributes of an active path connected to the first router, and supplying an update message to a second router, according to a prescribed routing protocol such as Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), that specifies a detected change by the first router in at least one of the prescribed attributes of the connected active path. Hence, the second router, in response to receiving the update message, can update an internal topology table based on the detected change in the active path connected to the first router, and selectively adjust an internal routing table based on the detected change relative to queuing policies for prescribed data flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Donnie Van Savage, Donald Earl Slice, Jr., Roy Michael Brooks, Matthew Henry Birkner