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Donald B. Grosser
Also filed as: GROSSER DONALD · GROSSER DONALD B · GROSSER JR DONALD B · GROSSER JR DONALD BRUCE
35 granted patents·6 pending applications·1,105 citations·filing 1997–2025
97Inventor score
Files withEXTREME NETWORKS INC22GROSSER DONALD B9GROSSER JR DONALD B4ROVNER EDWARD J2CISCO TECH IND1
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41 records- 0195US8730963B1Methods, systems, and computer readable media for improved multi-switch link aggregation group (MLAG) convergenceGROSSER JR DONALD B·Filed 2010·Granted May 20, 2014·75 cites·15 claims
- 0295US8499093B2Methods, systems, and computer readable media for stateless load balancing of network traffic flowsGROSSER DONALD B·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 30, 2013·65 cites·28 claims
- 0393US7483370B1Methods and systems for hitless switch management module failover and upgradeEXTREME NETWORKS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 27, 2009·327 cites·44 claims
- 0491US7558273B1Methods and systems for associating and translating virtual local area network (VLAN) tagsEXTREME NETWORKS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 7, 2009·136 cites·44 claims
- 0591US6956816B1Fault tolerant automatic protection switching for distributed routersEXTREME NETWORKS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 18, 2005·83 cites·21 claims
- 0689US7269135B2Methods and systems for providing redundant connectivity across a network using a tunneling protocolEXTREME NETWORKS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 11, 2007·82 cites·33 claims
- 0788US9385942B2Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing N-node multi-switch link aggregation groups (MLAGs)EXTREME NETWORKS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 5, 2016·12 cites·29 claims
- 0888US7724734B1Methods, systems, and computer program products for controlling updating of a layer 3 host table based on packet forwarding lookup miss countsEXTREME NETWORKS INC·Filed 2005·Granted May 25, 2010·19 cites·22 claims
- 0987US7362700B2Methods and systems for hitless restart of layer 3 packet forwardingEXTREME NETWORKS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 22, 2008·63 cites·37 claims
- 1086US8208418B1Methods, systems, and computer readable media for conserving multicast port list resources in an internet protocol (IP) packet forwarding deviceGROSSER JR DONALD B·Filed 2009·Granted Jun 26, 2012·20 cites·18 claims
- 1185US11909606B2Systems and methods for determining flow and path analytics of an application of a network using sampled packet inspectionEXTREME NETWORKS INC·Filed 2021·Granted Feb 20, 2024·1 cites·20 claims
- 1285US8059658B1Method and system for automatic expansion and contraction of IP host forwarding databaseROVNER EDWARD J·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 15, 2011·26 cites·21 claims
- 1383US11190418B2Systems and methods for determining flow and path analytics of an application of a network using sampled packet inspectionEXTREME NETWORKS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 30, 2021·3 cites·21 claims
- 1483US7660259B1Methods and systems for hybrid hardware- and software-base media access control (MAC) address learningEXTREME NETWORKS INC·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 9, 2010·43 cites·42 claims
- 1581US9008091B1Methods, systems, and computer readable media for improved multicast scaling through policy based redirectionGROSSER JR DONALD B·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 14, 2015·7 cites·9 claims
- 1681US2025293959A1Systems and methods for determining flow and path analytics of an application of a network using sampled packet inspectionEXTREME NETWORKS INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 1780US12341670B2Systems and methods for determining flow and path analytics of an application of a network using sampled packet inspectionEXTREME NETWORKS INC·Filed 2024·Granted Jun 24, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 1878US8891533B2Methods systems and apparatuses for dynamically tagging VLANsGROSSER DONALD B·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 18, 2014·4 cites·30 claims
- 1977US9716615B1Apparatus and method for network ring resiliency, availability and performanceGROSSER DONALD B·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 25, 2017·5 cites·17 claims
- 2076US7856019B2Convergence of multicast trafficEXTREME NETWORKS INC·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 21, 2010·8 cites·17 claims
- 2175US7843927B1Methods, systems, and computer program products for routing packets at a multi-mode layer 3 packet forwarding deviceEXTREME NETWORKS INC·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 30, 2010·6 cites·16 claims
- 2274US9143437B1Apparatus and method for multicast data packet forwardingGROSSER DONALD B·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 22, 2015·6 cites·14 claims
- 2369US10673744B2Methods, systems, and computer readable media for advanced distribution in a link aggregation groupEXTREME NETWORKS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 2, 2020·2 cites·22 claims
- 2468US2025358184A1Method and apparatus to create a virtualized replica of a computer networkEXTREME NETWORKS INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 2566US8605726B2Methods, systems, and computer readable media for next hop scaling with link aggregationGROSSER JR DONALD B·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 10, 2013·2 cites·20 claims
- 2666US6473798B1Method and system for testing a layer-2 tunnel in a data communication networkCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1998·Granted Oct 29, 2002·61 cites·22 claims
- 2761US8660118B2Methods, systems, and computer readable media for next hop scalingGROSSER DONALD B·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 25, 2014·1 cites·23 claims
- 2860US8705532B2Methods, systems, and computer program products for selective layer 2 port blocking using layer 2 source addressesGROSSER DONALD B·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 22, 2014·3 cites·22 claims
- 2959US12407572B2Method and apparatus to create a virtualized replica of a computer networkEXTREME NETWORKS INC·Filed 2023·Granted Sep 2, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 3058US6202094B1Adding links simultaneously to a multilink bundle using bandwidth allocation protocolIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 13, 2001·42 cites·26 claims
- 3157US7733899B1Methods, systems, and computer program products for rate-based distribution of layer 2 packets for in-line processing at a layer 2 packet forwarding device at a transmission rate less than a received transmission rateEXTREME NETWORKS INC·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 8, 2010·1 cites·15 claims
- 3256US9391803B2Methods systems and apparatuses for dynamically tagging VLANsGROSSER DONALD B·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 12, 2016·0 cites·17 claims
- 3350US8174980B2Methods, systems, and computer readable media for dynamically rate limiting slowpath processing of exception packetsFORD JEFFREY A·Filed 2008·Granted May 8, 2012·2 cites·19 claims
- 3450US2016285647A1Methods, systems, and apparatuses for dynamically tagging vlansEXTREME NETWORKS INC·Filed 2016·Application pending·0 cites
- 3545US10505679B2Systems and methods for hardware-implemented anomaly detection in VLAN network using loopback portEXTREME NETWORKS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 10, 2019·0 cites·20 claims
- 3644US2015163133A1Load sharing of mpls pseudo-wiresGROSSER DONALD B·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
- 3743US2025047754A1Method and apparatus to create a virtualized replica of a computer networkEXTREME NETWORKS INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 3842US2015163140A1Method and system for dynamic usage of multiple tables for internet protocol hostsROVNER EDWARD J·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
- 3941US8331373B2Methods, systems, and computer readable media for automatically selecting between internet protocol switching modes on a per-module basis in a packet forwarding deviceGROSSER DONALD B·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 11, 2012·0 cites·29 claims
- 4039US10187293B2Apparatus and method for multicast data packet forwardingEXTREME NETWORKS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 22, 2019·0 cites·20 claims
- 4131US8117336B2Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing accidental stack join protectionDERNOSEK LOUIS A·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 14, 2012·0 cites·15 claims
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