Patents by Inventor Sean HOPE

Sean HOPE 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).

  • Forwarding rules among lookup tables in a multi-stage packet processor
    Patent number: 11431626
    Abstract: Processing an ingress packet in a packet pipeline to determine a forwarding rule includes identifying a matching rule in each forwarding table in the pipeline. Prefix lengths of the respective matching rules are compared. The matching rule with the greatest prefix length serves as the basis for forwarding an egress packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Chih-Yen Wang, Prashanth Krishnamurthy, Sean Hope, Tula Kraiser
  • Forwarding Rules Among Lookup Tables in a Multi-Stage Packet Processor
    Publication number: 20220109626
    Abstract: Processing an ingress packet in a packet pipeline to determine a forwarding rule includes identifying a matching rule in each forwarding table in the pipeline. Prefix lengths of the respective matching rules are compared. The matching rule with the greatest prefix length serves as the basis for forwarding an egress packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Chih-Yen WANG, Prashanth KRISHNAMURTHY, Sean HOPE, Tula KRAISER