Inventor
SHERER W PAUL
US22 patents
⚠️ This page may combine multiple inventors who share the name “SHERER W PAUL”. Patents are grouped by organization below to help distinguish them — per-person disambiguation is on the roadmap.
3COM CORP
12 patentsUS6115376ASep 5, 2000
Medium access control address authentication
3COM CORP153 citations99
US6269404B1Jul 31, 2001
Virtual network architecture for connectionless LAN backbone
3COM CORP117 citations98
US6041166AMar 21, 2000
Virtual network architecture for connectionless LAN backbone
3COM CORP148 citations98
US5732094AMar 24, 1998
Method for automatic initiation of data transmission
3COM CORP99 citations98
US5434872AJul 18, 1995
Apparatus for automatic initiation of data transmission
3COM CORP110 citations98
US5937169AAug 10, 1999
Offload of TCP segmentation to a smart adapter
3COM CORP471 citations97
US5299313AMar 29, 1994
Network interface with host independent buffer management
3COM CORP136 citations97
US5307459AApr 26, 1994
Network adapter with host indication optimization
3COM CORP104 citations96
US5771235AJun 23, 1998
Scalable CSMA/CD repeater
3COM CORP65 citations95
US5600823AFeb 4, 1997
Method for optimizing software for any one of a plurality of variant architectures
3COM CORP59 citations95
US5459854AOct 17, 1995
Method for optimizing software for any one of a plurality of variant architectures
3COM CORP49 citations95
US5530874AJun 25, 1996
Network adapter with an indication signal mask and an interrupt signal mask
3COM CORP41 citations92
SHERER W PAUL
4 patentsUS7721117B2May 18, 2010
Stream control failover utilizing an attribute-dependent protection mechanism
SHERER W PAUL23 citations89
US8452885B2May 28, 2013
Playout-dependent unicast streaming of digital video content
SHERER W PAUL15 citations83
US8326967B2Dec 4, 2012
Stream control failover utilizing the sharing of state information within a logical group of stream servers
SHERER W PAUL6 citations80
US8935313B2Jan 13, 2015
Quick session setup for video on demand with information caching
SHERER W PAUL2 citations61
PICKENS JOHN
3 patentsUS8713195B2Apr 29, 2014
Method and system for streaming digital video content to a client in a digital video network
PICKENS JOHN19 citations92
US8140699B2Mar 20, 2012
Switching a client from unicasting to multicasting by simultaneously providing unicast and multicast streams to the client
PICKENS JOHN6 citations72
US8145778B2Mar 27, 2012
Method and system for transitioning streamed digital video content between stream servers in a digital video network
PICKENS JOHN6 citations71
CISCO TECH INC
3 patentsUS7788393B2Aug 31, 2010
Switching a client from unicasting to multicasting by increasing the unicast stream rate to the client
CISCO TECH INC38 citations92
US7904581B2Mar 8, 2011
Fast channel change with conditional return to multicasting
CISCO TECH INC14 citations83
US8370649B2Feb 5, 2013
Stream control failover utilizing an attribute-dependent protection mechanism
CISCO TECH INC14 citations80