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| Patent # | Description |
|---|---|
| US-9,258,266 |
Host detection by top of rack switch devices in data center environments Techniques are provided for detecting and identifying host devices in a network. At a switch device, a packet is received from a server that is interfaced with... |
| US-9,258,255 |
Hierarchical programming of dual-stack switches in a network environment An example method for hierarchical programming of dual-stack switches in a network environment is provided and includes receiving packets from the network at a... |
| US-9,258,243 |
Symmetric service chain binding A plurality of network nodes are deployed in a network, each network node configured to apply a service function to traffic that passes through the respective... |
| US-9,258,213 |
Detecting and mitigating forwarding loops in stateful network devices In one embodiment, a stateful device receives a packet on a particular interface of a stateful device in a computer network, where the packet includes source... |
| US-9,258,212 |
Supporting arbitrary routing criteria in software defined networks System, method, and computer program product to route data communications based on non-routing criteria, by receiving, by a network element, a data packet,... |
| US-9,258,208 |
Multiple path availability between walkable clusters In one embodiment, a method comprises creating, in a computing network, a hierarchal routing topology for reaching a destination, the hierarchal routing... |
| US-9,258,185 |
Fibre channel over Ethernet support in a trill network environment An example method for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) support in a Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) network environment is provided and... |
| US-9,258,174 |
Server-layer path negotiation between client and server network layers In one embodiment, negotiation is performed between the client-layer (e.g., Layer-3 or Layer-2) network and the server-layer (e.g., optical) network to... |
| US-9,258,127 |
System and method for providing cryptographic video verification A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes generating a first document and a second document associated with video data that includes a group... |
| US-9,258,098 |
Exclusive and overlapping transmission unit allocation and use in a
network One embodiment allocates and uses exclusive and overlapping transmission units in a network. One embodiment includes sending information, from a first network... |
| US-9,258,097 |
Configuring new paths in a wireless deterministic network In one embodiment, a first node in a wireless deterministic network communicates to a second node configuration information identifying a destination-facing... |
| US-9,258,010 |
Monotonic segmented digital to analog converter In one implementation, a digital analog converter (DAC) is monotonic because the output moves only in the direction of the input and segmented because a more... |
| US-9,257,858 |
Apparatus and method for controlling a charging circuit in a power over
ethernet device A charging circuit and method for charging a power storage device in a power over Ethernet environment are necessary to prevent unnecessary power consumption.... |
| US-9,256,572 |
Multi-fabric SAN based data migration In one embodiment, a network device in a network obtains information identifying first storage and second storage. The network device notifies one or more other... |
| US-9,256,552 |
Selective access to executable memory In an embodiment, a data processing method comprises, in a computer executing a supervisor program: the supervisor program establishing a plurality of different... |
| US-9,256,548 |
Rule-based virtual address translation for accessing data In one embodiment, rule-based virtual address translation is performed for accessing data (e.g., reading and/or writing data) typically stored in different... |
| US-9,256,039 |
Electromagnetic isolating ball spring A device including a port barrel, a ball spring, a first enclosure part, and a mounting plate disposed adjacent to the first enclosure part is disclosed. The... |
| US-9,256,037 |
Variable optical attenuator In one embodiment, a variable optical attenuator includes a core configured to propagate optical data signals and a cladding surrounding at least part of the... |
| US-9,253,810 |
Localizing a mobile data path in a radio access network under control of a
mobile packet core in a network... A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes establishing a control channel between a first entity associated with an access network and a second... |
| US-9,253,748 |
Network-enabled light fixture for locating movable object In one embodiment, a method comprises a wireless detector in a lighting element detecting a movable object within a prescribed detection zone of the wireless... |
| US-9,253,693 |
Optimizing a neighbor list of access points In an example embodiment, a neighbor radio/access point (AP) list is obtained. The neighbor AP list is optimized for a client that is associated with a current... |
| US-9,253,636 |
Wireless roaming and authentication In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a Wi-Fi authentication request from a mobile device at a wireless controller, the request including a network... |
| US-9,253,326 |
Handling redirect calls In a particular embodiment, a network device receives, from a first device, a first call request for a second device. The network device may then send the first... |
| US-9,253,274 |
Service insertion architecture In one embodiment, an apparatus can include a service broker configured to: (i) register a service classifier, and to provide context information to the service... |
| US-9,253,250 |
Local reroute protection for multicast multiprotocol label switching In one embodiment, a merge process can determine a primary tree among nodes in a communication network, determine a backup tree for a protected segment of the... |
| US-9,253,237 |
Rich media status and feedback for devices and infrastructure components
using in path signaling A STUN message is received at a router device in a network from a client device in the network along a network path. The STUN message is evaluated for... |
| US-9,253,172 |
Changing group member reachability information In an embodiment, a method comprises obtaining a second network address at a computer node, which has been already associated with a first network address and... |
| US-9,253,140 |
System and method for optimizing within subnet communication in a network
environment A method for optimizing within subnet communication in a network environment is provided and includes receiving, at a Top-Of-Rack (ToR) switch, an advertisement... |
| US-9,253,089 |
System and method for routing using path identifiers In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first packet sent by a first node. The packet includes a first Layer 3 source address, a first Layer 3... |
| US-9,253,088 |
Breaking loops in overlay networks using an IP transport header In one embodiment, a device receives a payload encapsulated in an Internet Protocol (IP) transport header having a time-to-live (TTL) value, and decapsulates... |
| US-9,253,081 |
Trigger message routing according to a service class In one embodiment, a machine type communication (MTC) device can receive registration associated with a new device upon the new device registration for a... |
| US-9,253,066 |
Remote monitoring and controlling of network utilization A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by processors, cause the processors to perform: at a management... |
| US-9,253,041 |
Advertising layer 0 network topology information to a layer 3 network In one embodiment, techniques are provided to generate a Border Gateway Protocol-Link State (BGP-LS) advertisement message comprising information configured to... |
| US-9,253,027 |
Graceful handling of critical traffic blackholing faults In one embodiment, a network device may detect a data plane critical fault condition, while a corresponding control plane is not experiencing a critical fault... |
| US-9,253,021 |
Hierarchical schema to provide an aggregated view of device capabilities
in a network In one embodiment, an aggregation device within a computer network domain receives one or more capability messages from one or more devices in the computer... |
| US-9,252,971 |
System and method for provisioning connections as a distributed digital
cross-connect over a packet network A method includes receiving a request to provision a path associated with at least a portion of a packet network and determining whether a router is associated... |
| US-9,252,964 |
Dynamically optimized many tree multicast networks In one embodiment, an example method is provided and includes sending link data from a node to a control entity; querying the control entity for a Many Tree... |
| US-9,252,902 |
Precision timing in a data over cable service interface specification
(DOCSIS) system An accurate non-Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (non-DOCSIS) clock signal is generated at the downstream output of a DOCSIS network. In one... |
| US-9,251,760 |
Copy protection from capture devices for photos and videos Embodiments provide techniques for providing copy protection from capturing a displayed image using one or more camera devices. Embodiments generate a plurality... |
| US-9,250,673 |
Power over Ethernet parameter storage Presented herein are techniques for storing parameter values determined by a power sourcing equipment (PSE) device during a Power over Ethernet (PoE) detection... |
| US-9,250,084 |
System and method for navigating using multiple modalities A system for navigating includes an interface operable to receive position information of a first modality. The position information of the first modality is... |
| US-9,247,528 |
System and method for reducing paging in UTRAN/GERAN/E-UTRAN networks when
idle signaling reduction is active Systems and methods are provided for avoiding excessive paging through messaging-based solutions on a mobile network that supports multiple radio access... |
| US-9,247,394 |
Using neighboring access points to provide client device location data Techniques are presented to determine a location of a wireless client device operating in a wireless local area network. A beacon report request action frame is... |
| US-9,247,319 |
Panel assembly In one example embodiment, a panel assembly is provided that includes a first panel element having a first side edge to be attached to a communications rack,... |
| US-9,247,310 |
DOCSIS out-of-band control signal frequency conversion for legacy set-top
boxes Techniques are provided for up-converting a downstream set-top box control signal to a frequency that is above a cable television system upstream communications... |
| US-9,247,283 |
Mosaic presentation screen production In one embodiment, a method implemented on a computing device includes: receiving one or more video mosaic source services, each of the one or more video mosaic... |
| US-9,246,956 |
Method for pairing a computer with a video conference device A method including: generating a random identification token on a computer, said identification token identifying the computer; modulating the identification... |
| US-9,246,849 |
Technique for implementing virtual fabric membership assignments for
devices in a storage area network A technique is provided for facilitating fabric membership login for an N_Port of a storage area network. A communication from a network node is received. The... |
| US-9,246,845 |
Overlaying receive schedules for energy-constrained devices in
channel-hopping networks In one embodiment, a time at which a first device in a frequency-hopping communication network is expected to transmit a data message is determined. A first... |
| US-9,246,837 |
System and method for managing out of order packets in a network
environment A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes creating at a network element an entry designating an out of order ("OOO") sequence number range... |
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