Patents by Inventor Vinay Bannai

Vinay Bannai 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).

  • Logical port system and method
    Patent number: 8611363
    Abstract: Logical ports allow multiple customers to be connected to and to receive different services over a common physical port of a packet forwarding device. Such logical ports allow for customer separation and may be created based on VLAN ID and MPLS labels. In one embodiment, each service provided via a packet forwarding device is associated with a unique logical port. The logical port may span multiple physical ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Adtran, Inc.
    Inventors: Vinay Bannai, Theodora Karali, Peter Geoffrey Jones, Jacqueline M. Zoucha, Arun Sastry
  • System and method for providing transparent LAN services
    Patent number: 8565235
    Abstract: A system and method provide transparent LAN services in a metro-WAN environment to extend enterprise LANs over metro and wide area networks. The transparent LAN services generally provide customers with a layer two Ethernet connectivity with MAC learning capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Adtran, Inc.
    Inventors: Vinay Bannai, Theodora Karali, Peter Geoffrey Jones, Jacqueline M. Zoucha, Arun Sastry
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TRANSPARENT LAN SERVICES
    Publication number: 20090074413
    Abstract: A system and method provide transparent LAN services in a metro-WAN environment to extend enterprise LANs over metro and wide area networks. The transparent LAN services generally provide customers with a layer two Ethernet connectivity with MAC learning capabilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: ADTRAN, INC.
    Inventors: VINAY BANNAI, THEODORA KARALI, PETER GEOFFREY JONES, JACQUELINE M. ZOUCHA, ARUN SASTRY
  • Logical port system and method
    Publication number: 20030206548
    Abstract: Logical ports allow multiple customers to be connected to and to receive different services over a common physical port of a packet forwarding device. Such logical ports allow for customer separation and may be created based on VLAN ID and MPLS labels. In one embodiment, each service provided via a packet forwarding device is associated with a unique logical port. The logical port may span multiple physical ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Vinay Bannai, Theodora Karali, Peter Geoffrey Jones, Jacqueline M. Zoucha, Arun Sastry
  • System and method for providing transparent lan services
    Publication number: 20030208525
    Abstract: A system and method provide transparent LAN services in a metro-WAN environment to extend enterprise LANs over metro and wide area networks. The transparent LAN services generally provide customers with a layer two Ethernet connectivity with MAC learning capabilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Vinay Bannai, Luh Luh Ting, Mukesh Hira, Atul Shinde, Raj Sharma