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Chris O'Rourke
Also filed as: O'ROURKE CHRIS
62 granted patents·4 pending applications·3,100 citations·filing 1999–2015
99Inventor score
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66 records- 0197US7346686B2Load balancing using distributed forwarding agents with application based feedback for different virtual machinesCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 18, 2008·62 cites·25 claims
- 0295US6650641B1Network address translation using a forwarding agentCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 18, 2003·317 cites·17 claims
- 0394US7120148B1System and method for providing source awareness in a wireless application protocol network environmentCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 10, 2006·93 cites·40 claims
- 0494US6891839B2Distributing packets among multiple tiers of network appliancesCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2001·Granted May 10, 2005·112 cites·16 claims
- 0593US7443847B1Stateful failover of service managersCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 28, 2008·88 cites·42 claims
- 0692US7415523B2System and method for communicating data in a loadbalancing environmentCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 19, 2008·25 cites·20 claims
- 0792US6970913B1Load balancing using distributed forwarding agents with application based feedback for different virtual machinesCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 29, 2005·222 cites·29 claims
- 0892US6687222B1Backup service managers for providing reliable network services in a distributed environmentCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 3, 2004·226 cites·16 claims
- 0991US7640023B2System and method for server farm resource allocationCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 29, 2009·26 cites·27 claims
- 1091US6549516B1Sending instructions from a service manager to forwarding agents on a need to know basisCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 15, 2003·210 cites·8 claims
- 1190US7340744B2System and method for optimizing sessions and network resources in a loadbalancing environmentCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 4, 2008·25 cites·14 claims
- 1290US6742045B1Handling packet fragments in a distributed network service environmentCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1999·Granted May 25, 2004·216 cites·27 claims
- 1389US7131140B1Method for protecting a firewall load balancer from a denial of service attackCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 31, 2006·59 cites·12 claims
- 1488US6985440B1Network address translation using a forwarding agentCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 10, 2006·48 cites·22 claims
- 1587US8555350B1System and method for ensuring persistent communications between a client and an authentication serverSHATZKAMER KEVIN·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 8, 2013·16 cites·14 claims
- 1686US7292538B1System and method for distributing information in a network environmentCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 6, 2007·37 cites·24 claims
- 1786US7042870B1Sending instructions from a service manager to forwarding agents on a need to know basisCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2003·Granted May 9, 2006·42 cites·24 claims
- 1886US6775692B1Proxying and unproxying a connection using a forwarding agentCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 10, 2004·154 cites·63 claims
- 1985US7284053B1System and method for loadbalancing in a network environmentCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 16, 2007·41 cites·18 claims
- 2084US7020090B2System and method for loadbalancing in a network environment using feedback informationCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 28, 2006·37 cites·19 claims
- 2184US6606315B1Synchronizing service instructions among forwarding agents using a service managerCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 12, 2003·120 cites·14 claims
- 2283US7173933B1System and method for providing source awareness in a network environmentCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 6, 2007·38 cites·45 claims
- 2381US7719974B2System and method for loadbalancing in a network environment using feedback informationCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted May 18, 2010·8 cites·14 claims
- 2481US7146419B1System and method for monitoring a state associated with a general packet radio service support nodeCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 5, 2006·35 cites·18 claims
- 2581US6735169B1Cascading multiple services on a forwarding agentCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1999·Granted May 11, 2004·122 cites·35 claims
- 2681US6633560B1Distribution of network services among multiple service managers without client involvementCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1999·Granted Oct 14, 2003·123 cites·22 claims
- 2780US7277945B1System and method for maintaining seamless session operationCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 2, 2007·36 cites·21 claims
- 2880US6704278B1Stateful failover of service managersCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1999·Granted Mar 9, 2004·99 cites·22 claims
- 2979US7191235B1System and method for communicating data in a loadbalancing environmentCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 13, 2007·24 cites·20 claims
- 3078US8036230B2System and method for providing single IP tunnelCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 11, 2011·7 cites·21 claims
- 3178US7409706B1System and method for providing path protection of computer network trafficCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 5, 2008·26 cites·19 claims
- 3277US9600332B2Server load balancing based on virtual utilization, physical utilization, and feedbackPATEL ALPESH S·Filed 2009·Granted Mar 21, 2017·8 cites·25 claims
- 3376US7260644B1Apparatus and method for re-directing a client sessionCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 21, 2007·22 cites·20 claims
- 3476US7072981B1Preallocation of client network address translation addresses for client-server networksCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 4, 2006·21 cites·13 claims
- 3575US7089328B1Method allocation scheme for maintaining server load balancers services in a high throughput environmentCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 8, 2006·23 cites·20 claims
- 3675US7051066B1Integrating service managers into a routing infrastructure using forwarding agentsCISCO TECH INC·Filed 1999·Granted May 23, 2006·92 cites·83 claims
- 3773US7924854B2System and method for billing end users in a peer-to-peer transaction in a network environmentCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 12, 2011·5 cites·19 claims
- 3873US7792128B2Maintaining a content category cache at a gateway on a data pathCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 7, 2010·5 cites·14 claims
- 3972US7831489B2Correlation of billing information by a network elementCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 9, 2010·2 cites·21 claims
- 4071US9122537B2Balancing server load according to availability of physical resources based on the detection of out-of-sequence packetsPATEL ALPESH S·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 1, 2015·5 cites·10 claims
- 4171US7570586B1Backup service managers for providing reliable network services in a distributed environmentCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 4, 2009·13 cites·34 claims
- 4271US7568093B2System and method for service tagging for enhanced packet processing in a network environmentCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 28, 2009·13 cites·22 claims
- 4371US6628654B1Dispatching packets from a forwarding agent using tag switchingCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1999·Granted Sep 30, 2003·65 cites·18 claims
- 4469US7660909B2Preallocation of client network address translation addresses for client-server networksCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 9, 2010·3 cites·20 claims
- 4569US7650402B1System and method for tracking end users in a loadbalancing environmentCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 19, 2010·12 cites·22 claims
- 4669US6909724B1Synchronizing service instructions among forwarding agents using a service managerCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 21, 2005·10 cites·24 claims
- 4769US6606316B1Gathering network statistics in a distributed network service environmentCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 12, 2003·63 cites·25 claims
- 4868US7770215B2Method for protecting a firewall load balancer from a denial of service attackCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 3, 2010·3 cites·21 claims
- 4968US7756040B1System and method for relaying information in order to enable services in a network environmentCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 13, 2010·12 cites·21 claims
- 5067US7237025B1System, device, and method for communicating user identification information over a communications networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 26, 2007·12 cites·26 claims
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