Inventor
CONNORS STEPHEN CRAIG
US41 patents
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NICIRA INC
23 patentsUS10938693B2Mar 2, 2021
Method and system of resiliency in cloud-delivered SD-WAN
NICIRA INC102 citations99
US10805272B2Oct 13, 2020
Method and system of establishing a virtual private network in a cloud service for branch networking
NICIRA INC113 citations99
US10749711B2Aug 18, 2020
Network-link method useful for a last-mile connectivity in an edge-gateway multipath system
NICIRA INC119 citations99
US10523539B2Dec 31, 2019
Method and system of resiliency in cloud-delivered SD-WAN
NICIRA INC128 citations99
US10498652B2Dec 3, 2019
Method and system of application-aware routing with crowdsourcing
NICIRA INC125 citations99
US10454714B2Oct 22, 2019
Method and system of overlay flow control
NICIRA INC128 citations99
US10135789B2Nov 20, 2018
Method and system of establishing a virtual private network in a cloud service for branch networking
NICIRA INC138 citations99
US11677720B2Jun 13, 2023
Method and system of establishing a virtual private network in a cloud service for branch networking
NICIRA INC51 citations98
US11533248B2Dec 20, 2022
Method and system of resiliency in cloud-delivered SD-WAN
NICIRA INC61 citations98
US11444872B2Sep 13, 2022
Method and system of application-aware routing with crowdsourcing
NICIRA INC74 citations98
US11212140B2Dec 28, 2021
Network-link method useful for a last-mile connectivity in an edge-gateway multipath system
NICIRA INC89 citations98
US11050588B2Jun 29, 2021
Method and system of overlay flow control
NICIRA INC94 citations98
US10778528B2Sep 15, 2020
Method and system of connecting to a multipath hub in a cluster
NICIRA INC113 citations98
US10425382B2Sep 24, 2019
Method and system of a cloud-based multipath routing protocol
NICIRA INC129 citations98
US11374904B2Jun 28, 2022
Method and system of a cloud-based multipath routing protocol
NICIRA INC75 citations97
US11349722B2May 31, 2022
Method and system of connecting to a multipath hub in a cluster
NICIRA INC73 citations97
US11323307B2May 3, 2022
Method and system of a dynamic high-availability mode based on current wide area network connectivity
NICIRA INC81 citations97
US11223514B2Jan 11, 2022
Method and system of a dynamic high-availability mode based on current wide area network connectivity
NICIRA INC91 citations97
US10574528B2Feb 25, 2020
Network multi-source inbound quality of service methods and systems
NICIRA INC124 citations96
US11902086B2Feb 13, 2024
Method and system of a dynamic high-availability mode based on current wide area network connectivity
NICIRA INC2 citations73
US12160408B2Dec 3, 2024
Method and system of establishing a virtual private network in a cloud service for branch networking
NICIRA INC1 citations70
US12047244B2Jul 23, 2024
Method and system of connecting to a multipath hub in a cluster
NICIRA INC0 citations62
US11804988B2Oct 31, 2023
Method and system of overlay flow control
NICIRA INC0 citations62
VMWARE INC
7 patentsUS11611507B2Mar 21, 2023
Managing forwarding elements at edge nodes connected to a virtual network
VMWARE INC54 citations98
US11044190B2Jun 22, 2021
Managing forwarding elements at edge nodes connected to a virtual network
VMWARE INC94 citations98
US11722925B2Aug 8, 2023
Performing service class aware load balancing to distribute packets of a flow among multiple network links
VMWARE INC39 citations96
US11689959B2Jun 27, 2023
Generating path usability state for different sub-paths offered by a network link
VMWARE INC46 citations96
US11606712B2Mar 14, 2023
Dynamically assigning service classes for a QOS aware network link
VMWARE INC53 citations96
US11438789B2Sep 6, 2022
Computing and using different path quality metrics for different service classes
VMWARE INC68 citations96
US11418997B2Aug 16, 2022
Using heart beats to monitor operational state of service classes of a QoS aware network link
VMWARE INC74 citations96
VMware LLC
7 patentsUS12057993B1Aug 6, 2024
Identifying and remediating anomalies in a self-healing network
VMware LLC7 citations83
US12034587B1Jul 9, 2024
Identifying and remediating anomalies in a self-healing network
VMware LLC7 citations83
US12425335B2Sep 23, 2025
Method and system of application-aware routing with crowdsourcing
VMware LLC0 citations62
US12401544B2Aug 26, 2025
Connectivity in an edge-gateway multipath system
VMware LLC0 citations62
US12335131B2Jun 17, 2025
Method and system of resiliency in cloud-delivered SD-WAN
VMware LLC0 citations62
US12041479B2Jul 16, 2024
Accurate traffic steering between links through sub-path path quality metrics
VMware LLC0 citations61
US12425332B2Sep 23, 2025
Remediating anomalies in a self-healing network
VMware LLC0 citations49
AVERI JOHN EARNEST
3 patentsUS8274891B2Sep 25, 2012
Flow-based adaptive private network with multiple WAN-paths
AVERI JOHN EARNEST160 citations97
US8644164B2Feb 4, 2014
Flow-based adaptive private network with multiple WAN-paths
AVERI JOHN EARNEST41 citations96
US8125907B2Feb 28, 2012
Flow-based adaptive private network with multiple WAN-paths
AVERI JOHN EARNEST46 citations96