Inventor
THOMAS PHILIP A
US48 patents
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JUNIPER NETWORKS INC
15 patentsUS9240843B1Jan 19, 2016
Method and apparatus for blind time skew compensation for coherent optical receivers
JUNIPER NETWORKS INC33 citations94
US7877549B1Jan 25, 2011
Enforcement of cache coherency policies using process synchronization services
JUNIPER NETWORKS INC26 citations93
US9258192B2Feb 9, 2016
Multi-chassis topology discovery using in-band signaling
JUNIPER NETWORKS INC6 citations84
US7743200B1Jun 22, 2010
Instruction cache using perfect hash function
JUNIPER NETWORKS INC13 citations84
US9225431B1Dec 29, 2015
Fast chromatic dispersion estimation
JUNIPER NETWORKS INC12 citations83
US9906243B1Feb 27, 2018
Methods and apparatus for flexible overhead forward error correction (FEC) sub-system for optical fiber communication systems
JUNIPER NETWORKS INC10 citations82
US9838138B1Dec 5, 2017
Self-calibration of pluggable optical module
JUNIPER NETWORKS INC9 citations82
US7966442B1Jun 21, 2011
Cache using perfect hash function
JUNIPER NETWORKS INC6 citations74
US10097479B1Oct 9, 2018
Methods and apparatus for randomly distributing traffic in a multi-path switch fabric
JUNIPER NETWORKS INC3 citations73
US10547333B1Jan 28, 2020
Methods and apparatus for flexible overhead forward error correction (FEC) sub-system for optical fiber communication systems
JUNIPER NETWORKS INC2 citations71
US9104345B2Aug 11, 2015
Rate controlled first in first out (FIFO) queues for clock domain crossing
JUNIPER NETWORKS INC2 citations63
US9077466B2Jul 7, 2015
Methods and apparatus for transmission of groups of cells via a switch fabric
JUNIPER NETWORKS INC2 citations61
US12375399B2Jul 29, 2025
Scalable multi-plane fabric-less connectivity for packet forwarding engine
JUNIPER NETWORKS INC0 citations54
US8713220B2Apr 29, 2014
Multi-bank queuing architecture for higher bandwidth on-chip memory buffer
JUNIPER NETWORKS INC0 citations52
US8364864B2Jan 29, 2013
Multi-bank queuing architecture for higher bandwidth on-chip memory buffer
JUNIPER NETWORKS INC1 citations52
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC
8 patentsUS11777839B2Oct 3, 2023
Data center network with packet spraying
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC12 citations94
US12294470B2May 6, 2025
Fabric control protocol for large-scale multi-stage data center networks
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC7 citations85
US12231353B2Feb 18, 2025
Fabric control protocol for data center networks with packet spraying over multiple alternate data paths
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC8 citations85
US12574339B2Mar 10, 2026
Fabric control protocol for data center networks with packet spraying over multiple alternate data paths
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations62
US12261926B2Mar 25, 2025
Fabric control protocol for data center networks with packet spraying over multiple alternate data paths
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations62
US12143296B2Nov 12, 2024
Data center network with packet spraying
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations62
US12120016B2Oct 15, 2024
Data center network with packet spraying
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations62
US12119950B2Oct 15, 2024
Early acknowledgment for write operations
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations62
THOMAS PHILIP A
5 patentsUS9331929B1May 3, 2016
Methods and apparatus for randomly distributing traffic in a multi-path switch fabric
THOMAS PHILIP A30 citations93
US8625596B1Jan 7, 2014
Multi-chassis topology discovery using in-band signaling
THOMAS PHILIP A18 citations92
US8254255B2Aug 28, 2012
Flow-control in a switch fabric
THOMAS PHILIP A15 citations84
US8953951B1Feb 10, 2015
Fast chromatic dispersion estimation
THOMAS PHILIP A12 citations83
US8717889B2May 6, 2014
Flow-control in a switch fabric
THOMAS PHILIP A4 citations73
FUNGIBLE INC
5 patentsUS11412076B2Aug 9, 2022
Network access node virtual fabrics configured dynamically over an underlay network
FUNGIBLE INC4 citations84
US10862513B2Dec 8, 2020
Data processing unit having hardware-based parallel variable-length codeword decoding
FUNGIBLE INC4 citations72
US11025445B2Jun 1, 2021
Early acknowledgment for write operations
FUNGIBLE INC1 citations62
US11405179B2Aug 2, 2022
Multimode cryptographic processor
FUNGIBLE INC0 citations61
US11552907B2Jan 10, 2023
Efficient packet queueing for computer networks
FUNGIBLE INC0 citations52
DIVA SYSTEMS CORP
4 patentsUS6208335B1Mar 27, 2001
Method and apparatus for providing a menu structure for an interactive information distribution system
DIVA SYSTEMS CORP435 citations98
US5781227AJul 14, 1998
Method and apparatus for masking the effects of latency in an interactive information distribution system
DIVA SYSTEMS CORP126 citations98
US6163272ADec 19, 2000
Method and apparatus for managing personal identification numbers in interactive information distribution system
DIVA SYSTEMS CORP176 citations96
US5966162AOct 12, 1999
Method and apparatus for masking the effects of latency in an interactive information distribution system
DIVA SYSTEMS CORP81 citations95
AYBAY GUNES
3 patentsUS8804710B2Aug 12, 2014
System architecture for a scalable and distributed multi-stage switch fabric
AYBAY GUNES7 citations84
US8705500B1Apr 22, 2014
Methods and apparatus for upgrading a switch fabric
AYBAY GUNES3 citations63
US8804711B2Aug 12, 2014
Methods and apparatus related to a modular switch architecture
AYBAY GUNES2 citations62