Patents by Inventor William Christopher Fenner

William Christopher Fenner 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 monitoring a network
    Patent number: 7940685
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method that can comprise establishing a tunnel between a monitor and at least one router; sending a message to join a multicast transmission; and/or transmitting a packet via the tunnel to a router. The packet can comprise a source address of the network monitor and a destination address comprising a multicast address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, LP
    Inventors: Lee Michel Breslau, Christopher J. Chase, William Christopher Fenner, Subhabrata Sen