Patents by Inventor Shao-Kong Kao

Shao-Kong Kao 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).

  • Hitless software upgrades
    Patent number: 9378005
    Abstract: Disclosed is a technique for facilitating software upgrade for a switching system comprising a first management processor and a second management processor and a set of one or more line processors, the techniques comprising receiving a signal to perform a software upgrade for a line processor from the set of line processors, and performing a software upgrade for the line processor without substantially affecting packet switching performed by the switching system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Foundry Networks, LLC
    Inventors: Rajiv Ramanathan, Ron Talmor, Shao-Kong Kao, Anthony Ho, Rudramahesh Rugge
  • Hitless software upgrades
    Patent number: 8448162
    Abstract: Disclosed is a technique for facilitating software upgrade for a switching system comprising a first management processor and a second management processor and a set of one or more line processors, the techniques comprising receiving a signal to perform a software upgrade for a line processor from the set of line processors, and performing a software upgrade for the line processor without substantially affecting packet switching performed by the switching system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Foundry Networks, LLC
    Inventors: Rajiv Ramanathan, Ron Talmor, Shao-Kong Kao, Anthony Ho, Rudramahesh Rugge
  • Hitless software upgrades
    Publication number: 20090279549
    Abstract: Disclosed is a technique for facilitating software upgrade for a switching system comprising a first management processor and a second management processor and a set of one or more line processors, the techniques comprising receiving a signal to perform a software upgrade for a line processor from the set of line processors, and performing a software upgrade for the line processor without substantially affecting packet switching performed by the switching system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: Foundry Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajiv Ramanathan, Ron Talmor, Shao-Kong Kao, Anthony Ho, Rudramahesh Rugge