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CISCO SYSTEMS INC
US·109 granted patents·1 pending application·13,683 citations·filing 1988–2015
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110 records- 0199US6452981B1Spatio-temporal processing for interference handlingCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Sep 17, 2002·450 cites·18 claims
- 0299US6144711ASpatio-temporal processing for communicationCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 7, 2000·913 cites·32 claims
- 0398US6377631B1Transmitter incorporating spatio-temporal processingCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 23, 2002·275 cites·30 claims
- 0498US5473599AStandby router protocolCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1994·Granted Dec 5, 1995·902 cites·31 claims
- 0597US7472191B2Providing different network access levels in a network communication systemCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 30, 2008·64 cites·28 claims
- 0696US5959968APort aggregation protocolCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 28, 1999·359 cites·31 claims
- 0796US5617421AExtended domain computer network using standard linksCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1994·Granted Apr 1, 1997·477 cites·44 claims
- 0895US7966021B2Enhanced wireless node location using differential signal strength metricCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 21, 2011·31 cites·1 claims
- 0995US6831898B1Multiple packet paths to improve reliability in an IP networkCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 14, 2004·151 cites·36 claims
- 1095US6542754B1Synchronizing clock signals in wireless networksCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 1, 2003·194 cites·23 claims
- 1195US6219561B1Wireless communication network using time-varying vector channel equalization for adaptive spatial equalizationCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 17, 2001·157 cites·12 claims
- 1295US6181711B1System and method for transporting a compressed video and data bit stream over a communication channelCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Jan 30, 2001·349 cites·37 claims
- 1395US6091725AMethod for traffic management, traffic prioritization, access control, and packet forwarding in a datagram computer networkCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1995·Granted Jul 18, 2000·293 cites·6 claims
- 1495US5872783AArrangement for rendering forwarding decisions for packets transferred among network switchesCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Feb 16, 1999·346 cites·16 claims
- 1594US7532896B2Wireless node location mechanism using antenna pattern diversity to enhance accuracy of location estimatesCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2007·Granted May 12, 2009·25 cites·16 claims
- 1694US6449647B1Content-aware switching of network packetsCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Sep 10, 2002·311 cites·56 claims
- 1794US6243667B1Network flow switching and flow data exportCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Jun 5, 2001·292 cites·19 claims
- 1894US6132306ACellular communication system with dedicated repeater channelsCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Oct 17, 2000·323 cites·26 claims
- 1994US5519704AReliable transport protocol for internetwork routingCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1994·Granted May 21, 1996·504 cites·41 claims
- 2093US6606681B1Optimized content addressable memory (CAM)CISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 12, 2003·103 cites·8 claims
- 2193US6138019ACellular system hand-off protocolCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Oct 24, 2000·196 cites·6 claims
- 2293US5898687AArbitration mechanism for a multicast logic engine of a switching fabric circuitCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 27, 1999·358 cites·15 claims
- 2393US5678006ANetwork switch having network management agent functions distributed among multiple trunk and service modulesCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Oct 14, 1997·211 cites·13 claims
- 2492US7593356B1Method and system for dynamically assigning channels across multiple access elements in a wireless LANCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 22, 2009·59 cites·18 claims
- 2592US7433696B2Wireless node location mechanism featuring definition of search region to optimize location computationCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 7, 2008·91 cites·26 claims
- 2692US5854901AMethod and apparatus for serverless internet protocol address discovery using source address of broadcast or unicast packetCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Dec 29, 1998·307 cites·22 claims
- 2792US5852655ACommunication server apparatus having distributed switching and methodCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 22, 1998·140 cites·17 claims
- 2892US5793987AHot plug port adapter with separate PCI local bus and auxiliary busCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Aug 11, 1998·212 cites·28 claims
- 2992US5632021AComputer system with cascaded peripheral component interconnect (PCI) busesCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1995·Granted May 20, 1997·266 cites·14 claims
- 3091US5561669AComputer network switching system with expandable number of portsCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1994·Granted Oct 1, 1996·299 cites·16 claims
- 3190US9590948B2CCN routing using hardware-assisted hash tablesCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 7, 2017·11 cites·24 claims
- 3290US6948044B1Methods and apparatus for storage virtualizationCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 20, 2005·69 cites·33 claims
- 3390US6266705B1Look up mechanism and associated hash table for a network switchCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1998·Granted Jul 24, 2001·216 cites·16 claims
- 3490US6192026B1Medium access control protocol for OFDM wireless networksCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 20, 2001·223 cites·18 claims
- 3590US5088032AMethod and apparatus for routing communications among computer networksCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1988·Granted Feb 11, 1992·511 cites·64 claims
- 3688US7508801B1Light-weight access point protocolCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 24, 2009·40 cites·16 claims
- 3788US7012901B2Devices, software and methods for generating aggregate comfort noise in teleconferencing over VoIP networksCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 14, 2006·53 cites·22 claims
- 3888US6792457B1Multiple-level internet protocol accountingCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 14, 2004·49 cites·54 claims
- 3988US5666353AFrame based traffic policing for a digital switchCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 9, 1997·246 cites·32 claims
- 4088US5509006AApparatus and method for switching packets using tree memoryCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1994·Granted Apr 16, 1996·178 cites·36 claims
- 4187US7453840B1Containment of rogue systems in wireless network environmentsCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 18, 2008·43 cites·15 claims
- 4287US6044081ABridging and signalling subsystems and methods for private and hybrid communications systems including multimedia systemsCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 28, 2000·158 cites·30 claims
- 4387US5764641AEarly and integrated tail packet discard systemCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1995·Granted Jun 9, 1998·189 cites·24 claims
- 4486US9590887B2Method and system for keeping interest alive in a content centric networkCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 7, 2017·7 cites·18 claims
- 4586US7916690B2Graphical display of status information in a wireless network management systemCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 29, 2011·16 cites·23 claims
- 4686US7489661B2Dynamic transmit power configuration system for wireless network environmentsCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 10, 2009·10 cites·10 claims
- 4786US5867666AVirtual interfaces with dynamic bindingCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 2, 1999·182 cites·7 claims
- 4885US6598183B1Software tool for automated diagnosis and resolution of problems of voice, data and VoIP communications networksCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 22, 2003·89 cites·7 claims
- 4985US5805595ASystem and method for communicating packetized data over a channel bankCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 8, 1998·63 cites·37 claims
- 5084US7539169B1Directed association mechanism in wireless network environmentsCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2003·Granted May 26, 2009·36 cites·30 claims
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