Patents by Inventor Tak Kuen Tang

Tak Kuen Tang 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 PROVIDING IN-SERVICE FIRMWARE UPGRADABILITY IN A NETWORK ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20170093616
    Abstract: A system and method for providing in-service firmware upgradability in a network element having a programmable device configured to support a plurality of application service engines or instances. A static core infrastructure portion of the programmable device is architected in a multi-layered functionality for effectuating a packet redirection scheme for packets intended for service processing by a particular application service engine that is being upgraded, whereby the remaining application service engines continue to provide service functionality without interruption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Desmond Yan, Tak Kuen Tang, Thomas Ng
  • Customer traffic forwarding continues while control plane is reset
    Patent number: 8554949
    Abstract: A method and apparatus selectively resetting a control plane in a network element is described. One embodiment of the invention is a network element with a selective reset controller that can reset the control plane of the network element without interrupting the data traffic processing of the data plane of the network element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Ericsson AB
    Inventors: Eric Goodill, Manuel Jude Fernandes, Tak Kuen Tang, Lei Glen Chen
  • Customer traffic forwarding continues while control plane is reset
    Publication number: 20070220358
    Abstract: A method and apparatus selectively resetting a control plane in a network element is described. One embodiment of the invention is a network element with a selective reset controller that can reset the control plane of the network element without interrupting the data traffic processing of the data plane of the network element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventors: Eric Goodill, Manuel Jude Fernandes, Tak Kuen Tang, Lei Glen Chen