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Douglas Alan Gourlay
Also filed as: GOURLAY DOUGLAS · GOURLAY DOUGLAS A · GOURLAY DOUGLAS ALAN
44 granted patents·6 pending applications·600 citations·filing 2000–2025
98Inventor score
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50 records- 0195US6920498B1Phased learning approach to determining closest content serving sitesCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 19, 2005·130 cites·33 claims
- 0293US6850980B1Content routing service protocolCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 1, 2005·93 cites·89 claims
- 0392US7516211B1Methods and apparatus to configure a communication portCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 7, 2009·97 cites·18 claims
- 0488US11075948B2Method and system for virtual machine aware policy managementARISTA NETWORKS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 27, 2021·5 cites·17 claims
- 0588US7624184B1Methods and apparatus for managing access to data through a network deviceCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 24, 2009·59 cites·24 claims
- 0686US9509603B2System and method for route health injection using virtual tunnel endpointsDUDA KENNETH JAMES·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 29, 2016·10 cites·18 claims
- 0786US9350608B2Method and system for using virtual tunnel end-point registration and virtual network identifiers to manage virtual extensible local area network accessARISTA NETWORKS INC·Filed 2015·Granted May 24, 2016·4 cites·20 claims
- 0885US9900217B2Method and system for network topology enforcementARISTA NETWORKS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 20, 2018·6 cites·4 claims
- 0985US7720997B1Path selection systemCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted May 18, 2010·53 cites·31 claims
- 1083US12278842B2Method and system for virtual machine aware policy managementARISTA NETWORKS INC·Filed 2024·Granted Apr 15, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 1183US7349969B2Phased learning approach to determining closest content serving sitesCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 25, 2008·10 cites·16 claims
- 1281US9705930B2Method and system for using virtual tunnel end-point registration and virtual network identifiers to manage virtual extensible local area network accessARISTA NETWORKS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 11, 2017·2 cites·20 claims
- 1380US7251681B1Content routing services protocolCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 31, 2007·25 cites·47 claims
- 1480US2025267063A1Method and system for network topology enforcementARISTA NETWORKS INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 1577US9442742B2Method and system for network device maintenanceARISTA NETWORKS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 13, 2016·4 cites·19 claims
- 1677US2025168066A1Method and system for virtual machine aware policy managementARISTA NETWORKS INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 1776US9680948B2System and method for device failure notificationARISTA NETWORKS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 13, 2017·4 cites·22 claims
- 1874US9621511B2Method and system for auto-provisioning network devices in a data center using network device location in network topologyPREMJI ARIFF·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 11, 2017·6 cites·18 claims
- 1973US11895154B2Method and system for virtual machine aware policy managementARISTA NETWORKS INC·Filed 2021·Granted Feb 6, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 2072US12316500B2Method and system for network topology enforcementARISTA NETWORKS INC·Filed 2022·Granted May 27, 2025·0 cites·21 claims
- 2172US11249747B2System and method of updating a network elementARISTA NETWORKS INC·Filed 2019·Granted Feb 15, 2022·1 cites·20 claims
- 2272US7719992B1System for proactive time domain reflectometryCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2004·Granted May 18, 2010·20 cites·9 claims
- 2370US9621419B2Determining when to switch to a standby intelligent adjunct network deviceSMITH MICHAEL R·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 11, 2017·2 cites·17 claims
- 2469US7616613B2Internet protocol authentication in layer-3 multipoint tunneling for wireless access pointsCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 10, 2009·13 cites·34 claims
- 2569US6820123B1Method and apparatus for assigning hot objects to server load balancerCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 16, 2004·11 cites·50 claims
- 2668US10545753B2System and method of updating a network elementARISTA NETWORKS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 28, 2020·1 cites·18 claims
- 2768US8509097B1Network accessibility to any network attached device during reboot and power lossGOURLAY DOUGLAS A·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 13, 2013·15 cites·35 claims
- 2866US8531960B2Method and system of using counters to monitor a system port bufferBERLY MARK·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 10, 2013·4 cites·20 claims
- 2966US8422365B2Energy efficient scaling of network appliance service performancePHILLIPS STEVEN B·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 16, 2013·6 cites·20 claims
- 3066US8315157B2Graceful removal and/or insertion of a network elementMORENO VICTOR M·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 20, 2012·4 cites·17 claims
- 3166US7062560B1Method and apparatus for communicating hot objects of a server to the server's load balancerCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 13, 2006·8 cites·50 claims
- 3263US9794141B2System and method for determining a cause of network congestionARISTA NETWORKS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 17, 2017·1 cites·22 claims
- 3363US2022121439A1System and method of updating a network elementARISTA NETWORKS INC·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 3461US9225595B2Method and system for zero touch replacement of network infrastructureGOURLAY DOUGLAS ALAN·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 29, 2015·2 cites·20 claims
- 3559US8705381B2Communication embodiments and low latency path selection in a multi-topology networkGOURLAY DOUGLAS A·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 22, 2014·4 cites·25 claims
- 3658US11329881B2Method and system for network topology enforcementARISTA NETWORKS INC·Filed 2018·Granted May 10, 2022·0 cites·21 claims
- 3757US9729578B2Method and system for implementing a network policy using a VXLAN network identifierARISTA NETWORKS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 8, 2017·0 cites·20 claims
- 3855US12166763B2Using synthetic packets to validate forwarding and control implementation on network systemsARISTA NETWORKS INC·Filed 2022·Granted Dec 10, 2024·0 cites·19 claims
- 3951US10262700B2System and method for determining a cause of network congestionARISTA NETWORKS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Apr 16, 2019·0 cites·18 claims
- 4050US8964574B2Network accessibility to any network attached device during reboot and power lossCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 24, 2015·0 cites·35 claims
- 4150US8755382B2Intelligent adjunct network deviceSMITH MICHAEL R·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 17, 2014·0 cites·21 claims
- 4249US7889733B2Intelligent adjunct network deviceCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 15, 2011·0 cites·22 claims
- 4346US2023063253A1Recording packet loss in a networkARISTA NETWORKS INC·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 4445US10484256B2Method and system for monitoring and correcting defects of a network deviceARISTA NETWORKS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 19, 2019·0 cites·28 claims
- 4545US9800485B2System and method for determining an effect of network congestionARISTA NETWORKS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 24, 2017·0 cites·20 claims
- 4644US12132710B2Cryptographically signed network configurationsARISTA NETWORKS INC·Filed 2022·Granted Oct 29, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 4744US2014280846A1System and method for abstracting network policy from physical interfaces and creating portable network policyGOURLAY DOUGLAS·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
- 4842US12267217B2High frequency rotation of cryptographic dataARISTA NETWORKS INC·Filed 2021·Granted Apr 1, 2025·0 cites·18 claims
- 4942US7974196B2Method and system of using counters to monitor a system port bufferCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 5, 2011·0 cites·16 claims
- 5041US2007260417A1System and method for selectively affecting a computing environment based on sensed dataCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
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