Patents by Inventor Steven W. Wood

Steven W. Wood 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).

  • Patent number: 11870691
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an electronic device maintains one or more tunnel-based overlays for a communication network. The communication network includes two or more physical provider networks. The device maintains a mapping between a particular application and the one or more overlays for the communication network. The device adjusts the mapping between the particular application and the one or more overlays for the communication network. The device causes one or more routers in the communication network to route traffic for the particular application according to the adjusted mapping between the application and the one or more overlays for the communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Dana L. Blair, Michael L. Sullenberger, Solomon T. Lucas, Steven W. Wood, Anand Oswal
  • Publication number: 20220255859
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an electronic device maintains one or more tunnel-based overlays for a communication network. The communication network includes two or more physical provider networks. The device maintains a mapping between a particular application and the one or more overlays for the communication network. The device adjusts the mapping between the particular application and the one or more overlays for the communication network. The device causes one or more routers in the communication network to route traffic for the particular application according to the adjusted mapping between the application and the one or more overlays for the communication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Dana L. Blair, Michael L. Sullenberger, Solomon T. Lucas, Steven W. Wood, Anand Oswal
  • Patent number: 11290377
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an electronic device maintains one or more tunnel-based overlays for a communication network. The communication network includes two or more physical provider networks. The device maintains a mapping between a particular application and the one or more overlays for the communication network. The device adjusts the mapping between the particular application and the one or more overlays for the communication network. The device causes one or more routers in the communication network to route traffic for the particular application according to the adjusted mapping between the application and the one or more overlays for the communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Dana L. Blair, Michael L. Sullenberger, Solomon T. Lucas, Steven W. Wood, Anand Oswal
  • Publication number: 20200412647
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an electronic device maintains one or more tunnel-based overlays for a communication network. The communication network includes two or more physical provider networks. The device maintains a mapping between a particular application and the one or more overlays for the communication network. The device adjusts the mapping between the particular application and the one or more overlays for the communication network. The device causes one or more routers in the communication network to route traffic for the particular application according to the adjusted mapping between the application and the one or more overlays for the communication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Dana L. Blair, Michael L. Sullenberger, Solomon T. Lucas, Steven W. Wood, Anand Oswal
  • Patent number: 10797992
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an electronic device maintains one or more tunnel-based overlays for a communication network. The communication network includes two or more physical provider networks. The device maintains a mapping between a particular application and the one or more overlays for the communication network. The device adjusts the mapping between the particular application and the one or more overlays for the communication network. The device causes one or more routers in the communication network to route traffic for the particular application according to the adjusted mapping between the application and the one or more overlays for the communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Dana L. Blair, Michael L. Sullenberger, Solomon T. Lucas, Steven W. Wood, Anand Oswal
  • Publication number: 20170012870
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an electronic device maintains one or more tunnel-based overlays for a communication network. The communication network includes two or more physical provider networks. The device maintains a mapping between a particular application and the one or more overlays for the communication network. The device adjusts the mapping between the particular application and the one or more overlays for the communication network. The device causes one or more routers in the communication network to route traffic for the particular application according to the adjusted mapping between the application and the one or more overlays for the communication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Dana L. Blair, Michael L. Sullenberger, Solomon T. Lucas, Steven W. Wood, Anand Oswal
  • Publication number: 20130139221
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for performing web authentication of mobile wireless devices that roam from a wireless wide area network to a wireless local area network. A redirect rule is invoked when a request is received from the mobile wireless device for world wide web access in order to obtain authentication for the mobile wireless device before permitting world wide web access. When a world wide web access request is received from the mobile wireless device, it is redirected to an authentication portal to allow a user of the mobile wireless device to enter user credentials to allow for world wide web access using the IP address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Srinath Gundavelli, Arun C. Alex, Rajesh P. Velandy, Rajesh S. Pazhyannur, Mark Grayson, Rajeev Koodli, Gaetan Feige, Steven W. Wood
  • Patent number: 6114873
    Abstract: An array architecture built out of content addressable memories (CAMs) is disclosed. This architecture is re-programmable and exhibits pre-synthesis deterministic timing behavior. This architecture can be re-programmed to store control-flow as well as data-flow dominated applications. The target application is partitioned into basic functional units, which are then transformed to a representation suitable for storage in CAMs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Corporation
    Inventors: Zohair M. Sahraoui, John M. Chapman, James S. Fujimoto, Andrew E. King, Andrew C. E. LaCroix, Steven W. Wood
  • Patent number: 5612923
    Abstract: Disclosed is a design detail for an innovative time multiplexed read port architecture implemented as part of a high-speed 9-port time slot interchange random access memory. It provides a practical, high-speed, low-power and area efficient read port structure to allow eight random access reads per clock cycle. Because all timing is internally generated from a single rising clock transition of a system clock signal, no special control or clocking is required externally to the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Assignee: Northern Telecom Limited
    Inventors: Garnet F. R. Gibson, Steven W. Wood
  • Patent number: 5561638
    Abstract: A multi-port SRAM (static random access memory) core array has a core cell with a single-ended, pseudo-differential write access port and differential, indirect access read ports. The architecture of the features of the multi-port SRAM core array allows direct scaling of the number of write and read access ports to any practical limit with no adverse effects on cell stability margins and therefore data integrity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1996
    Assignee: Northern Telecom Limited
    Inventors: Garnet F. R. Gibson, Steven W. Wood