Patents by Inventor Steven E. Smead

Steven E. Smead 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).

  • System and method for updating forwarding tables
    Patent number: 8416701
    Abstract: A system and method for updating forwarding tables in a blade packet manager is provided. The blade packet manager may include master and slave blades. A master management module on the master blade monitors the slave blades. Network address entry forwarding tables are maintained on the slave blades. A periodic sweep of slave blades for activity information is performed and reports are forwarded to the master blade. The master blade propagates the reported information from the master blade to each of the slave blades to update forwarding tables on each of the slave blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Steven E. Smead, John W. Flick, Cristene Sellers