Patents by Inventor Stein Somers

Stein Somers 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).

  • Using routing information and inter-layer relationships to determine utilization in a transport network
    Patent number: 9166920
    Abstract: Embodiments provide systems, methods, and computer program products for mapping higher-layer circuits, links, flows, and services to lower layer circuit and connection elements to determine utilization of the lower layer circuit elements based on the high-layer traffic. Higher layer configuration data and lower layer configuration data are imported to populate a model. An inter-layer relationship is either directly or indirectly mapped from the higher layers to the lower layer. Once the inter-layer relationship is established, the higher-layer circuits, links, flows, and services are inspected using the lower layer circuit and connection elements. Circuit and packet-based utilization is determined for the lower layer elements based on the higher-layer traffic flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: RIVERBED TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Gordon Bolt, Stein Somers, Xiaofeng Liu
  • USING ROUTING INFORMATION AND INTER-LAYER RELATIONSHIPS TO DETERMINE UTILIZATION IN A TRANSPORT NETWORK
    Publication number: 20130188488
    Abstract: Embodiments provide systems, methods, and computer program products for mapping higher-layer circuits, links, flows, and services to lower layer circuit and connection elements to determine utilization of the lower layer circuit elements based on the high-layer traffic. Higher layer configuration data and lower layer configuration data are imported to populate a model. An inter-layer relationship is either directly or indirectly mapped from the higher layers to the lower layer. Once the inter-layer relationship is established, the higher-layer circuits, links, flows, and services are inspected using the lower layer circuit and connection elements. Circuit and packet-based utilization is determined for the lower layer elements based on the higher-layer traffic flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: OPNET Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon BOLT, Stein Somers, Xiaofeng Liu