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TOWNSLEY WILLIAM MARK
US72 patents
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CISCO TECH INC
42 patentsUS7673048B1Mar 2, 2010
Methods and apparatus for establishing a computerized device tunnel connection
CISCO TECH INC334 citations99
US7986686B2Jul 26, 2011
Techniques for distributing network provider digital content to customer premises nodes
CISCO TECH INC31 citations92
US7778199B2Aug 17, 2010
Techniques for customer self-provisioning of edge nodes for a virtual private network
CISCO TECH INC21 citations92
US7769037B2Aug 3, 2010
Techniques for using first sign of life at edge nodes for a virtual private network
CISCO TECH INC24 citations92
US7624181B2Nov 24, 2009
Techniques for authenticating a subscriber for an access network using DHCP
CISCO TECH INC22 citations92
US7568040B2Jul 28, 2009
Techniques for establishing subscriber sessions on an access network using DHCP
CISCO TECH INC36 citations92
US7535856B2May 19, 2009
Techniques for zero touch provisioning of edge nodes for a virtual private network
CISCO TECH INC45 citations92
US7420933B2Sep 2, 2008
Techniques for zero touch provisioning of edge nodes for a virtual private network by pushing configuration from a server
CISCO TECH INC45 citations92
US7853708B2Dec 14, 2010
Techniques for replacing point to point protocol with dynamic host configuration protocol
CISCO TECH INC35 citations91
US9191318B1Nov 17, 2015
Transitioning between communication protocols between networks
CISCO TECH INC20 citations90
US7483996B2Jan 27, 2009
Techniques for migrating a point to point protocol to a protocol for an access network
CISCO TECH INC17 citations90
US10511534B2Dec 17, 2019
Stateless distributed load-balancing
CISCO TECH INC6 citations84
US10469379B2Nov 5, 2019
System and method to facilitate content delivery to multiple recipients in a network environment
CISCO TECH INC6 citations84
US10320683B2Jun 11, 2019
Reliable load-balancer using segment routing and real-time application monitoring
CISCO TECH INC10 citations84
US10812374B2Oct 20, 2020
Segment routing with fast reroute for container networking
CISCO TECH INC6 citations82
US7751399B2Jul 6, 2010
Scalable virtual private local area network service
CISCO TECH INC17 citations81
US11144340B2Oct 12, 2021
Placement of container workloads triggered by network traffic for efficient computing at network edge devices
CISCO TECH INC8 citations80
US7525972B2Apr 28, 2009
Techniques for encapsulating point to point protocol (PPP) over Ethernet frames
CISCO TECH INC8 citations79
US12212434B2Jan 28, 2025
Method and system for managing network-to-network interconnection
CISCO TECH INC2 citations75
US12058051B2Aug 6, 2024
Flow parser and per flow data center utilization in a cloud-based secure access service environment
CISCO TECH INC2 citations73
US11190445B2Nov 30, 2021
System and method to facilitate content delivery to multiple recipients in a network environment
CISCO TECH INC2 citations73
US10924448B2Feb 16, 2021
Content delivery from home networks
CISCO TECH INC2 citations73
US10917351B2Feb 9, 2021
Reliable load-balancer using segment routing and real-time application monitoring
CISCO TECH INC3 citations73
US10594649B2Mar 17, 2020
Network centric adaptive bit rate in an IP network
CISCO TECH INC2 citations73
US11470176B2Oct 11, 2022
Efficient and flexible load-balancing for clusters of caches under latency constraint
CISCO TECH INC4 citations72
US10545914B2Jan 28, 2020
Distributed object storage
CISCO TECH INC2 citations72
US11283707B2Mar 22, 2022
Segment routing with fast reroute for container networking
CISCO TECH INC3 citations71
US11113114B2Sep 7, 2021
Distributed object placement, replication, and retrieval for cloud-scale storage and data delivery
CISCO TECH INC2 citations71
US10680955B2Jun 9, 2020
Stateless and reliable load balancing using segment routing and TCP timestamps
CISCO TECH INC3 citations68
US10506469B1Dec 10, 2019
Resilient in-band mobile core user plane function selection using segment routing load balancing
CISCO TECH INC2 citations65
US12513088B2Dec 30, 2025
Flow parser and per flow data center utilization in a cloud-based secure access service environment
CISCO TECH INC0 citations63
US11855802B2Dec 26, 2023
Method and system for managing network-to-network interconnection
CISCO TECH INC0 citations62
US11575540B2Feb 7, 2023
Method and system for managing network-to-network interconnection
CISCO TECH INC0 citations62
US11405236B2Aug 2, 2022
Method and system for managing network-to-network interconnection
CISCO TECH INC0 citations62
US11277371B2Mar 15, 2022
Content routing in an IP network
CISCO TECH INC0 citations62
US11277341B2Mar 15, 2022
Resilient segment routing service hunting with TCP session stickiness
CISCO TECH INC1 citations62
US11233737B2Jan 25, 2022
Stateless distributed load-balancing
CISCO TECH INC0 citations62
US11216298B2Jan 4, 2022
Zero-loss workload mobility with segment routing for virtual machines
CISCO TECH INC0 citations62
US11201921B2Dec 14, 2021
Virtual devices in internet of things (IoT) nodes
CISCO TECH INC1 citations62
US11134052B2Sep 28, 2021
Template-compatible encoding for content chunk aggregation and mapping
CISCO TECH INC0 citations62
US11095602B2Aug 17, 2021
Media streaming system supporting several streaming engines and using content addressing
CISCO TECH INC0 citations62
US10999241B2May 4, 2021
Mapping database system for use with content chunks and methods of routing to content in an IP network
CISCO TECH INC0 citations62
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2 patentsTOWNSLEY WILLIAM MARK
2 patentsTROAN OLE
2 patentsSURCOUF ANDRE
1 patentFILSFILS CLARENCE
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