Patents by Inventor Stacy W. Smith

Stacy W. Smith 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 determination of optimum path routing
    Publication number: 20030182410
    Abstract: The method and apparatus of the present invention provide for selection of the optimum mirror site server for a particular client request preferably using anycast IP addressing. Additionally, network performance data such as data pipe load, server load and server configuration are considered to ensure that each communication transaction is completed using the best performance available at the time of the client request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Sapna Balan, Thomas Normile, Stacy W. Smith