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Norman W. Finn
Also filed as: FINN NORMAN · FINN NORMAN W · FINN NORMAN WILLIAM
110 granted patents·3 pending applications·4,429 citations·filing 1989–2024
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113 records- 0198US7515542B2Broadband access note with a virtual maintenance end pointCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 7, 2009·123 cites·16 claims
- 0298US6937576B1Multiple instance spanning tree protocolCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 30, 2005·249 cites·27 claims
- 0397US6219699B1Multiple VLAN Architecture systemCISCO TECH INC·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 17, 2001·571 cites·20 claims
- 0496US7653011B2Spanning tree protocol for wireless networksCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 26, 2010·72 cites·54 claims
- 0596US7177946B1Optimal sync for rapid spanning tree protocolCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 13, 2007·154 cites·13 claims
- 0696US6298061B1Port aggregation protocolCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 2, 2001·139 cites·7 claims
- 0796US5959968APort aggregation protocolCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 28, 1999·359 cites·31 claims
- 0896US5742604AInterswitch link mechanism for connecting high-performance network switchesCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 21, 1998·569 cites·20 claims
- 0995US8850015B2Network-network interfaceFINN NORMAN W·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 30, 2014·37 cites·22 claims
- 1095US7392407B2Method and apparatus for negotiating power between power sourcing equipment and powerable devicesCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 24, 2008·39 cites·1 claims
- 1195US7328267B1TCP proxy connection management in a gigabit environmentCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 5, 2008·110 cites·60 claims
- 1293US8090866B1TCP proxy connection management in a gigabit environmentBASHYAM MURALI·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 3, 2012·92 cites·104 claims
- 1393US7821972B1System and method for building large-scale layer 2 computer networksCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 26, 2010·36 cites·13 claims
- 1493US7499456B2Multi-tiered virtual local area network (VLAN) domain mapping mechanismCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 3, 2009·30 cites·20 claims
- 1593US6304901B1Multiple VLAN architecture systemCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 16, 2001·89 cites·27 claims
- 1693US6035105AMultiple VLAN architecture systemCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1996·Granted Mar 7, 2000·253 cites·26 claims
- 1793US5058110AProtocol processorULTRA NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES·Filed 1989·Granted Oct 15, 1991·239 cites·45 claims
- 1892US9226292B2Resilient forwarding of packets in an ARC chain topology networkTHUBERT PASCAL·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 29, 2015·10 cites·20 claims
- 1991US9282164B2Application hints for network actionCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 8, 2016·24 cites·17 claims
- 2091US8681641B1Loop mitigation mechanism for ethernet networksSAJASSI ALI·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 25, 2014·25 cites·19 claims
- 2191US5959989ASystem for efficient multicast distribution in a virtual local area network environmentCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 28, 1999·313 cites·29 claims
- 2290US8767587B1Exploratory linktrace operations in a computer networkFINN NORMAN W·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 1, 2014·18 cites·14 claims
- 2390US7606939B1Scaling private virtual local area networks (VLANs) across large metropolitan area networks (MANs).CISCO TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 20, 2009·64 cites·28 claims
- 2490US7180899B2Multi-tiered Virtual Local area Network (VLAN) domain mapping mechanismCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 20, 2007·63 cites·20 claims
- 2589US9112632B2Supporting efficient and accurate sync/followup timestampsFINN NORMAN W·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 18, 2015·11 cites·19 claims
- 2689US7644317B1Method and apparatus for fault detection/isolation in metro Ethernet serviceCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 5, 2010·53 cites·9 claims
- 2789US7515535B2Technique for efficiently managing bandwidth for multipoint-to-multipoint services in a provider networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 7, 2009·19 cites·19 claims
- 2888US7782841B2Method and system for transporting data using pseudowire circuits over a bridged networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 24, 2010·21 cites·23 claims
- 2988US7292581B2Large-scale layer 2 metropolitan area networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 6, 2007·53 cites·25 claims
- 3087US11805193B2Point-to-point database synchronization over a transport protocolHUAWEI TECH CO LTD·Filed 2020·Granted Oct 31, 2023·2 cites·16 claims
- 3187US7889754B2Address resolution mechanism for ethernet maintenance endpointsCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 15, 2011·16 cites·8 claims
- 3286US8194656B2Metro ethernet network with scaled broadcast and service instance domainsSAJASSI ALI·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 5, 2012·11 cites·7 claims
- 3386US8060615B2Stream reservation protocol for bridged networksFINN NORMAN W·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 15, 2011·12 cites·25 claims
- 3486US7877483B1Virtual local area network pruning protocolCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 25, 2011·49 cites·12 claims
- 3586US7646733B2System and method for generating symmetrical spanning treesCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 12, 2010·12 cites·21 claims
- 3686US7639605B2System and method for detecting and recovering from virtual switch link failuresCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 29, 2009·30 cites·26 claims
- 3785US9455933B2Flexible deterministic binary schedulerCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 27, 2016·7 cites·21 claims
- 3885US7876764B2Multiple aggregation protocol sessions in a daisy chain networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 25, 2011·15 cites·16 claims
- 3985US7860125B2Flexible time stampingCISCO TECHOLOGY INC·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 28, 2010·17 cites·15 claims
- 4084US10084684B2Exploratory linktrace operations in a computer networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2017·Granted Sep 25, 2018·3 cites·5 claims
- 4184US6163543APort aggregation protocolCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 19, 2000·113 cites·17 claims
- 4282US8266463B2Negotiating power between power sourcing equipment and powerable devicesJONNALA PREMKUMAR·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 11, 2012·9 cites·20 claims
- 4382US8175009B2System and method for generating symmetrical spanning treesTALLET FRANCOIS EDOUARD·Filed 2009·Granted May 8, 2012·9 cites·20 claims
- 4482US8078889B2Method and apparatus for negotiating power between power sourcing equipment and powerable devicesJONNALA PREMKUMAR·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 13, 2011·9 cites·20 claims
- 4579US8270314B2Synthetic frame loss ratioFINN NORMAN WILLIAM·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 18, 2012·9 cites·20 claims
- 4678US7975180B2Method and apparatus for fault detection/isolation in metro ethernet serviceCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 5, 2011·6 cites·8 claims
- 4778US7894342B2Efficient pruning of virtual services in bridged computer networksCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2009·Granted Feb 22, 2011·7 cites·20 claims
- 4878US7889681B2Methods and devices for improving the multiple spanning tree protocolCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 15, 2011·8 cites·16 claims
- 4978US5835481AFault tolerant lane systemFiled 1996·Granted Nov 10, 1998·90 cites·31 claims
- 5077US8144577B2Technique for efficiently managing bandwidth registration for multiple spanning tree optionsFINN NORMAN W·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 27, 2012·7 cites·22 claims
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