Inventor
BRANCH CHRISTOPHER PHILIP
GB19 patents
Patents
19 patentsUS10374953B1Aug 6, 2019
Method and apparatus for traffic optimization in virtual private networks (VPNS)
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US10104039B1Oct 16, 2018
Establishing and using a tunnel from an origin server in a distributed edge compute and routing service
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US11425216B2Aug 23, 2022
Virtual private network (VPN) whose traffic is intelligently routed
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US10038715B1Jul 31, 2018
Identifying and mitigating denial of service (DoS) attacks
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US11563685B2Jan 24, 2023
Method and apparatus for traffic optimization in virtual private networks (VPNs)
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US11316787B2Apr 26, 2022
Method and apparatus for traffic optimization in virtual private networks (VPNs)
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US10778582B2Sep 15, 2020
Method and apparatus for traffic optimization in virtual private networks (VPNs)
CLOUDFLARE INC4 citations84
US11863448B2Jan 2, 2024
Method and apparatus for traffic optimization in virtual private networks (VPNs)
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US11949647B2Apr 2, 2024
Establishing and using a tunnel from an origin server in a distributed edge compute and routing service
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US11159652B2Oct 26, 2021
Transmission control protocol (TCP) intermediate device implementing a TCP fast open (TFO) connection
CLOUDFLARE INC2 citations72
US10666613B2May 26, 2020
Establishing and using a tunnel from an origin server in a distributed edge compute and routing service
CLOUDFLARE INC1 citations72
US11882199B2Jan 23, 2024
Virtual private network (VPN) whose traffic is intelligently routed
CLOUDFLARE INC2 citations70
US12425366B2Sep 23, 2025
Establishing and using a tunnel from an origin server in a distributed edge compute and routing service
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US12192094B2Jan 7, 2025
Method and apparatus of automatic route optimization in a private virtual network for client devices of a local network
CLOUDFLARE INC0 citations62
US11700321B2Jul 11, 2023
Transparent proxy conversion of transmission control protocol (TCP) fast open connection
CLOUDFLARE INC0 citations62
US11316825B2Apr 26, 2022
Establishing and using a tunnel from an origin server in a distributed edge compute and routing service
CLOUDFLARE INC0 citations62
US11159420B2Oct 26, 2021
Method and apparatus of automatic route optimization in a private virtual network for client devices of a local network
CLOUDFLARE INC1 citations62
US12328357B2Jun 10, 2025
Virtual private network (VPN) whose traffic is intelligently routed
CLOUDFLARE INC0 citations59
US11349934B2May 31, 2022
Opportunistic transmission control protocol (TCP) connection establishment
CLOUDFLARE INC0 citations51