Inventor · disambiguated record
Samar Sharma
Also filed as: SHARMA SAMAR
106 granted patents·10 pending applications·1,657 citations·filing 2000–2024
99Inventor score
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116 records- 0199US9444744B1Line-rate selective load balancing of permitted network trafficCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 13, 2016·87 cites·21 claims
- 0298US9432294B1Utilizing user-specified access control lists in conjunction with redirection and load-balancing on a portCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 30, 2016·78 cites·20 claims
- 0396US9954783B1System and method for minimizing disruption from failed service nodesCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 24, 2018·24 cites·14 claims
- 0496US9246702B1System and method for configuring service appliances as virtual line cards in a network environmentSHARMA SAMAR·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 26, 2016·128 cites·20 claims
- 0596US9088584B2System and method for non-disruptive management of servers in a network environmentFENG CHAO·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 21, 2015·64 cites·17 claims
- 0696US8239477B2Apparatus and methods for controlling a data tapping session in a storage area networkSHARMA SAMAR·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 7, 2012·209 cites·20 claims
- 0795US10075377B1Statistical collection in a network switch natively configured as a load balancerCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 11, 2018·16 cites·20 claims
- 0895US7793138B2Anomaly detection for storage traffic in a data centerCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 7, 2010·66 cites·39 claims
- 0994US12107776B2Adjustable bit mask for high-speed native load balancing on a switchCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2022·Granted Oct 1, 2024·2 cites·17 claims
- 1094US10511514B1Node-specific probes in a native load balancerCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 17, 2019·15 cites·17 claims
- 1194US10091112B1Highly-scalable virtual IP addresses in a load balancing switchCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 2, 2018·15 cites·20 claims
- 1294US9935834B1Automated configuration of virtual port channelsCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 3, 2018·16 cites·21 claims
- 1394US9825865B1Statistical operations associated with network traffic forwardingCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 21, 2017·18 cites·20 claims
- 1494US9602405B1Systems, methods, and apparatus for implementing agents in service appliancesCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 21, 2017·15 cites·21 claims
- 1594US8274993B2Fibre channel dynamic zoningSHARMA SAMAR·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 25, 2012·40 cites·20 claims
- 1694US6717946B1Methods and apparatus for mapping ranges of values into unique values of particular use for range matching operations using an associative memoryCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 6, 2004·110 cites·37 claims
- 1793US10284473B1Multifunctional network switchCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted May 7, 2019·14 cites·20 claims
- 1893US10103995B1System and method for automated policy-based routingCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 16, 2018·14 cites·20 claims
- 1993US7609649B1Methods and apparatus for improving network based virtualization performanceCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 27, 2009·43 cites·23 claims
- 2092US11843658B2Selective load balancing of network trafficCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2021·Granted Dec 12, 2023·2 cites·20 claims
- 2192US10382534B1Selective load balancing of network trafficCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 13, 2019·9 cites·20 claims
- 2292US10033631B1Route distribution for service appliancesCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 24, 2018·12 cites·21 claims
- 2392US10003495B1Discovery protocol for enabling automatic bootstrap and communication with a service appliance connected to a network switchCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 19, 2018·18 cites·9 claims
- 2492US9009427B2Mirroring mechanisms for storage area networks and network based virtualizationSHARMA SAMAR·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 14, 2015·30 cites·33 claims
- 2592US7475142B2CIFS for scalable NAS architectureCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 6, 2009·29 cites·22 claims
- 2691US10193809B1Load balancing methods based on transport layer port numbers for a network switchCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 29, 2019·10 cites·20 claims
- 2791US10110668B1System and method for monitoring service nodesCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 23, 2018·11 cites·20 claims
- 2891US9853903B1Simultaneous redirecting and load balancingCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Dec 26, 2017·10 cites·20 claims
- 2991US8165136B1Virtual port based SPANSHARMA SAMAR·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 24, 2012·27 cites·24 claims
- 3091US7765194B1Detection and enforcement of version compatibility in network devicesCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 27, 2010·29 cites·29 claims
- 3191US6725326B1Techniques for efficient memory management for longest prefix match problemsCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 20, 2004·77 cites·40 claims
- 3290US10412157B2Adaptive load balancingCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2016·Granted Sep 10, 2019·10 cites·20 claims
- 3390US10171361B1Service-specific probes in a native load balancerCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 1, 2019·8 cites·19 claims
- 3490US9825902B1Route advertisement for native hardware-based virtual IP address (“VIP”) on layer 2/layer 3 switchCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 21, 2017·10 cites·20 claims
- 3590US7437507B2Online restriping technique for distributed network based virtualizationCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 14, 2008·21 cites·17 claims
- 3690US7356573B2Apparatus and methods for data tapping in a storage area networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 8, 2008·22 cites·23 claims
- 3789US7506124B2Apparatus and methods for facilitating data tapping with host clustering in a storage area networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 17, 2009·21 cites·22 claims
- 3888US10965598B1Load balancing in a service chainCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2018·Granted Mar 30, 2021·6 cites·20 claims
- 3986US9985894B1Exclude filter for load balancing switchCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted May 29, 2018·6 cites·20 claims
- 4085US10171362B1System and method for minimizing disruption from failed service nodesCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 1, 2019·4 cites·20 claims
- 4185US7313666B1Methods and apparatus for longest common prefix based cachingCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 25, 2007·52 cites·24 claims
- 4284US7877545B2Online restriping technique for distributed network based virtualizationCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 25, 2011·11 cites·24 claims
- 4384US6816489B1Efficient method for packet switching on asynchronous transfer mode switch based platformsCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 9, 2004·34 cites·30 claims
- 4484US6516383B1Techniques for efficient location of free entries for TCAM insertsCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 4, 2003·36 cites·24 claims
- 4583US10469389B1TCAM-based load balancing on a switchCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 5, 2019·4 cites·17 claims
- 4683US10079725B1Route map policies for network switchesCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 18, 2018·5 cites·15 claims
- 4782US8332501B2High availability for intelligent applications in storage networksSHARMA SAMAR·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 11, 2012·7 cites·23 claims
- 4881US11388113B2Adjustable bit mask for high-speed native load balancing on a switchCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jul 12, 2022·2 cites·20 claims
- 4981US11082312B2Service chaining segmentation analyticsCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2018·Granted Aug 3, 2021·3 cites·20 claims
- 5081US10270658B2Zero touch configuration and synchronization of a service appliance in a network environmentCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 23, 2019·4 cites·20 claims
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