Patents by Inventor William C. DeStein

William C. DeStein 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).

  • Proximity-based redirection system for robust and scalable service-node location in an internetwork
    Patent number: 6901445
    Abstract: A proximity-oriented redirection system for service-to-client attachment in a virtual overlay distribution network. The virtual overlay distribution network includes addressable routers for routing packet traffic, wherein a packet of data is routed from a source node to a destination node based on address fields of the packet. The invention includes a redirector coupled to at least one of the addressable routers and includes: logic for accepting a service request from a client; logic for determining a selected server for handling the service request, the selected server being one of a plurality of servers that can handle the service request; and logic for generating a redirection message directed to the client for redirecting the service request to the selected server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Fastforward Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven McCanne, William C. DeStein
  • Proximity-based redirection system for robust and scalable service-node location in an internetwork
    Publication number: 20030105865
    Abstract: A proximity-oriented redirection system for service-to-client attachment in a virtual overlay distribution network. The virtual overlay distribution network includes addressable routers for routing packet traffic, wherein a packet of data is routed from a source node to a destination node based on address fields of the packet. The invention includes a redirector coupled to at least one of the addressable routers and includes: logic for accepting a service request from a client; logic for determining a selected server for handling the service request, the selected server being one of a plurality of servers that can handle the service request; and logic for generating a redirection message directed to the client for redirecting the service request to the selected server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Applicant: FastForward Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven McCanne, William C. Destein
  • Proximity-based redirection system for robust and scalable service-node location in an internetwork
    Patent number: 6415323
    Abstract: A proximity-oriented redirection system for service-to-client attachment in a virtual overlay distribution network. The virtual overlay distribution network includes addressable routers for routing packet traffic, wherein a packet of data is routed from a source node to a destination node based on address fields of the packet. The invention includes a redirector coupled to at least one of the addressable routers and includes: logic for accepting a service request from a client; logic for determining a selected server for handling the service request, the selected server being one of a plurality of servers that can handle the service request; and logic for generating a redirection message directed to the client for redirecting the service request to the selected server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: FastForward Networks
    Inventors: Steven McCanne, William C. Destein