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Alexander Tessmer
Also filed as: TESSMER ALEXANDER · TESSMER ALEXANDER N · TESSMER ALEXANDER NICHOLAS
47 granted patents·1 pending application·407 citations·filing 2013–2024
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48 records- 0197US10693833B2Address resolution suppression in a logical networkNICIRA INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 23, 2020·27 cites·21 claims
- 0297US9912616B2Grouping tunnel endpoints of a bridge clusterNICIRA INC·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 6, 2018·30 cites·18 claims
- 0397US9577927B2Encoding control plane information in transport protocol source port field and applications thereof in network virtualizationNICIRA INC·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 21, 2017·51 cites·16 claims
- 0496US10778457B1Traffic replication in overlay networks spanning multiple sitesVMWARE INC·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 15, 2020·16 cites·20 claims
- 0596US9432204B2Distributed multicast by endpointsVMWARE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 30, 2016·38 cites·29 claims
- 0695US11456888B2Traffic replication in overlay networks spanning multiple sitesVMWARE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 27, 2022·4 cites·20 claims
- 0795US10567187B2Methods to optimize multicast routing in overlay networksNICIRA INC·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 18, 2020·13 cites·20 claims
- 0895US10218526B2Distributed multicast by endpointsNICIRA INC·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 26, 2019·12 cites·20 claims
- 0995US10164885B2Load balancing over multiple tunnel endpointsNICIRA INC·Filed 2015·Granted Dec 25, 2018·18 cites·24 claims
- 1095US9794079B2Replicating broadcast, unknown-unicast, and multicast traffic in overlay logical networks bridged with physical networksNICIRA INC·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 17, 2017·22 cites·20 claims
- 1194US12073241B2Learning of tunnel endpoint selectionsNICIRA INC·Filed 2022·Granted Aug 27, 2024·2 cites·20 claims
- 1294US10848461B2Unified security policies across virtual private clouds with overlapping IP address blocksNICIRA INC·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 24, 2020·13 cites·22 claims
- 1394US10333727B2Replicating broadcast, unknown-unicast, and multicast traffic in overlay logical networks bridged with physical networksNICIRA INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 25, 2019·9 cites·21 claims
- 1494US10218523B2Using a central controller cluster to configure a distributed multicast logical routerNICIRA INC·Filed 2017·Granted Feb 26, 2019·12 cites·20 claims
- 1594US9887851B2Distributed multicast by endpointsNICIRA INC·Filed 2016·Granted Feb 6, 2018·12 cites·20 claims
- 1692US10979246B2Multicast packet handling in software-defined networking (SDN) environmentsNICIRA INC·Filed 2018·Granted Apr 13, 2021·10 cites·21 claims
- 1792US10958462B2Using a central controller cluster to configure a distributed multicast logical routerNICIRA INC·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 23, 2021·8 cites·18 claims
- 1892US10623194B2Distributed multicast by endpointsNICIRA INC·Filed 2019·Granted Apr 14, 2020·7 cites·20 claims
- 1992US10523455B2Distributed multicast logical routerNICIRA INC·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 31, 2019·12 cites·20 claims
- 2092US9602385B2Connectivity segment selectionNICIRA INC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 21, 2017·18 cites·21 claims
- 2191US10999087B2Replicating broadcast, unknown-unicast, and multicast traffic in overlay logical networks bridged with physical networksNICIRA INC·Filed 2019·Granted May 4, 2021·5 cites·20 claims
- 2291US10873473B2Distributed multicast logical routerNICIRA INC·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 22, 2020·9 cites·16 claims
- 2391US10069646B2Distribution of tunnel endpoint mapping informationNICIRA INC·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 4, 2018·9 cites·20 claims
- 2490US9602392B2Connectivity segment coloringNICIRA INC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 21, 2017·12 cites·24 claims
- 2589US11436037B2Learning of tunnel endpoint selectionsNICIRA INC·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 6, 2022·2 cites·12 claims
- 2689US10719341B2Learning of tunnel endpoint selectionsNICIRA INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 21, 2020·6 cites·14 claims
- 2785US11310150B2Connectivity segment coloringNICIRA INC·Filed 2017·Granted Apr 19, 2022·4 cites·21 claims
- 2885US9479348B2Technique to submit multicast membership state in absence of querierVMWARE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 25, 2016·8 cites·21 claims
- 2982US12323260B2Replicating broadcast, unknown-unicast, and multicast traffic in overlay logical networks bridged with physical networksVMware LLC·Filed 2024·Granted Jun 3, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 3082US11968078B2Maintaining network membership when disconnected from a controllerNICIRA INC·Filed 2017·Granted Apr 23, 2024·4 cites·20 claims
- 3182US9264330B2Tracing host-originated logical network packetsVMWARE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 16, 2016·5 cites·20 claims
- 3279US12301479B2Managing network traffic in virtual switches based on logical port identifiersVMware LLC·Filed 2024·Granted May 13, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 3379US11405335B2Managing network traffic in virtual switches based on logical port identifiersNICIRA INC·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 2, 2022·2 cites·20 claims
- 3477US10135635B2Encoding control plane information in transport protocol source port field and applications thereof in network virtualizationNICIRA INC·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 20, 2018·2 cites·20 claims
- 3575US10764112B2Management and control system logical networkNICIRA INC·Filed 2017·Granted Sep 1, 2020·2 cites·21 claims
- 3675US9602375B2Tracing host-originated logical network packetsNICIRA INC·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 21, 2017·2 cites·20 claims
- 3773US11929945B2Managing network traffic in virtual switches based on logical port identifiersNICIRA INC·Filed 2022·Granted Mar 12, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 3872US11784842B2Traffic replication in overlay networks spanning multiple sitesVMWARE INC·Filed 2022·Granted Oct 10, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 3971US11923996B2Replicating broadcast, unknown-unicast, and multicast traffic in overlay logical networks bridged with physical networksNICIRA INC·Filed 2021·Granted Mar 5, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 4066US11895032B2Adaptive source port generation in overlay networksVMware LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Feb 6, 2024·0 cites·21 claims
- 4166US10735259B2Virtual switch updates via temporary virtual switchNICIRA INC·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 4, 2020·1 cites·20 claims
- 4262US11516037B2Methods to optimize multicast routing in overlay networksNICIRA INC·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 29, 2022·0 cites·15 claims
- 4359US11811545B2Distributed multicast logical routerNICIRA INC·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 7, 2023·0 cites·18 claims
- 4459US11245629B2Adaptive source port generation in overlay networksVMWARE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Feb 8, 2022·0 cites·21 claims
- 4554US2024345859A1Hypervisor host deployment in a cloudVMWARE INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 4652US11128489B2Maintaining data-plane connectivity between hostsNICIRA INC·Filed 2017·Granted Sep 21, 2021·0 cites·21 claims
- 4746US11018975B2Caching flow operation results in software defined networksNICIRA INC·Filed 2018·Granted May 25, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 4842US10581669B2Restoring control-plane connectivity with a network management entityNICIRA INC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 3, 2020·0 cites·15 claims
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