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William N. Eatherton
Also filed as: EATHERTON WILLIAM · EATHERTON WILLIAM N · EATHERTON WILLIAM NORMAN
31 granted patents·1,464 citations·filing 1999–2015
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31 records- 0198US6697382B1Distributing and synchronizing a representation of time between components of a packet switching systemCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 24, 2004·97 cites·13 claims
- 0297US9680805B1Method and system for key managementSKYPORT SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 13, 2017·39 cites·17 claims
- 0396US9906493B1Method and system for verifying the integrity of computing devicesSKYPORT SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 27, 2018·27 cites·17 claims
- 0496US9531715B1Method and system for protecting credentialsSKYPORT SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Dec 27, 2016·23 cites·19 claims
- 0596US6560610B1Data structure using a tree bitmap and method for rapid classification of data in a databaseUNIV WASHINGTON·Filed 1999·Granted May 6, 2003·389 cites·36 claims
- 0695US9584436B1Method and system for managing class of service in a networkSKYPORT SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 28, 2017·15 cites·12 claims
- 0794US9680824B1Method and system for authentication by intermediariesSKYPORT SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 13, 2017·13 cites·14 claims
- 0894US9531677B1Method and system for managing network accessSKYPORT SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Dec 27, 2016·14 cites·20 claims
- 0994US7613134B2Method and apparatus for storing tree data structures among and within multiple memory channelsCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 3, 2009·29 cites·22 claims
- 1093US6990063B1Distributing fault indications and maintaining and using a data structure indicating faults to route traffic in a packet switching systemUNIV WASHINGTON·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 24, 2006·109 cites·10 claims
- 1192US10193879B1Method and system for software application deploymentCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 29, 2019·8 cites·20 claims
- 1292US6728211B1Method and apparatus for delaying packets being sent from a component of a packet switching systemCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 27, 2004·95 cites·25 claims
- 1392US6654342B1Accumulating and distributing flow control information via update messages and piggybacked flow control information in other messages in a packet switching systemCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 25, 2003·92 cites·24 claims
- 1491US6775737B1Method and apparatus for allocating and using range identifiers as input values to content-addressable memoriesCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 10, 2004·95 cites·42 claims
- 1590US9686278B1Method and system for configuring computing devicesSKYPORT SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 20, 2017·6 cites·18 claims
- 1689US6728732B1Data structure using a tree bitmap and method for rapid classification of data in a databaseUNIV WASHINGTON·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 27, 2004·55 cites·11 claims
- 1787US7352739B1Method and apparatus for storing tree data structures among and within multiple memory channelsCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 1, 2008·42 cites·29 claims
- 1885US7249149B1Tree bitmap data structures and their use in performing lookup operationsUNIV WASHINGTON·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 24, 2007·45 cites·21 claims
- 1985US7028136B1Managing idle time and performing lookup operations to adapt to refresh requirements or operational rates of the particular associative memory or other devices used to implement the systemCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 11, 2006·44 cites·24 claims
- 2084US10803027B1Method and system for managing file system access and interactionCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 13, 2020·3 cites·20 claims
- 2184US7349415B2Method and apparatus for generating and using enhanced tree bitmap data structures in determining a longest prefix matchCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 25, 2008·33 cites·6 claims
- 2284US7103708B2Performing lookup operations using associative memories optionally including modifying a search key in generating a lookup word and possibly forcing a no-hit indication in response to matching a particular entryCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 5, 2006·39 cites·34 claims
- 2383US6747972B1Method and apparatus for reducing the required size of sequence numbers used in resequencing packetsCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 8, 2004·41 cites·62 claims
- 2481US7237059B2Performing lookup operations on associative memory entriesCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 26, 2007·11 cites·31 claims
- 2579US7304999B2Methods and apparatus for processing packets including distributing packets across multiple packet processing engines and gathering the processed packets from the processing enginesCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 4, 2007·27 cites·34 claims
- 2677US7065609B2Performing lookup operations using associative memories optionally including selectively determining which associative memory blocks to use in identifying a result and possibly propagating error indicationsCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 20, 2006·25 cites·38 claims
- 2773US7313093B1Methods and apparatus for selectively discarding packets during overload conditionsCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 25, 2007·17 cites·4 claims
- 2872US7664897B2Method and apparatus for communicating over a resource interconnectCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 16, 2010·4 cites·29 claims
- 2968US7899067B2Method and apparatus for generating and using enhanced tree bitmap data structures in determining a longest prefix matchCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 1, 2011·9 cites·19 claims
- 3068US7404015B2Methods and apparatus for processing packets including accessing one or more resources shared among processing enginesCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 22, 2008·12 cites·29 claims
- 3157US7496035B1Methods and apparatus for defining flow types and instances thereof such as for identifying packets corresponding to instances of the flow typesCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 24, 2009·6 cites·31 claims
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