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Ian Michael Charles Shand
Also filed as: SHAND IAN M C · SHAND IAN MICHAEL CHARLES
53 granted patents·1,693 citations·filing 1991–2015
99Inventor score
Files withCISCO TECH INC32BRYANT STEWART FREDERICK7FILSFILS CLARENCE3CISCO TECH IND2DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP2
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53 records- 0197US9942057B2Avoiding micro-loops in a ring topology of a networkBRYANT STEWART FREDERICK·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 10, 2018·38 cites·16 claims
- 0297US8751686B2Forwarding IPv6 packets based on shorter addresses derived from their IPv6 destination addressesFILSFILS CLARENCE·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 10, 2014·49 cites·20 claims
- 0396US9401858B2Loop avoidance during network convergence in switched networksCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 26, 2016·43 cites·20 claims
- 0496US7330440B1Method and apparatus for constructing a transition route in a data communications networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 12, 2008·120 cites·32 claims
- 0595US6147976AFast network layer packet filterCABLETRON SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Nov 14, 2000·581 cites·19 claims
- 0694US7174387B1Methods and apparatus for requesting link state informationCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 6, 2007·123 cites·50 claims
- 0792US7852772B2Method of implementing a backup path in an autonomous systemCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 14, 2010·27 cites·14 claims
- 0892US7848224B2Method and apparatus for constructing a repair path for multicast dataCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 7, 2010·26 cites·31 claims
- 0992US6820134B1Optimizing flooding of information in link-state routing protocolCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 16, 2004·96 cites·25 claims
- 1091US7933197B2Method and apparatus for constructing a repair path around a non-available component in a data communications networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 26, 2011·24 cites·31 claims
- 1190US8892772B1Limiting candidate routing backup paths based on policy considerationsFILSFILS CLARENCE·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 18, 2014·47 cites·20 claims
- 1290US7885179B1Method and apparatus for constructing a repair path around a non-available component in a data communications networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 8, 2011·21 cites·31 claims
- 1389US7042838B1Method and apparatus for forwarding data in a data communications networkCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2004·Granted May 9, 2006·65 cites·33 claims
- 1488US7864669B2Method of constructing a backup path in an autonomous systemCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 4, 2011·18 cites·20 claims
- 1585US8374095B2Connection verification for MPLS label switched paths and pseudowiresCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2009·Granted Feb 12, 2013·11 cites·18 claims
- 1684US8923141B2Providing clock synchronization in a networkBRYANT STEWART FREDERICK·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 30, 2014·9 cites·22 claims
- 1784US8374092B2Technique for protecting against failure of a network element using multi-topology repair routing (MTRR)CISCO TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 12, 2013·12 cites·28 claims
- 1884US7701845B2Forwarding data in a data communications networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 20, 2010·12 cites·22 claims
- 1983US7852751B2Constructing repair paths around multiple non-available links in a data communications networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 14, 2010·11 cites·33 claims
- 2082US8976682B2Connection verification for MPLS label switched paths and pseudowiresCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 10, 2015·5 cites·20 claims
- 2182US7940776B2Fast re-routing in distance vector routing protocol networksCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted May 10, 2011·11 cites·25 claims
- 2282US5491692AHybrid units for a communication networkDIGITAL EQUIPMENT INT·Filed 1993·Granted Feb 13, 1996·113 cites·23 claims
- 2380US7965642B2Computing path information to a destination node in a data communication networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 21, 2011·8 cites·28 claims
- 2479US8542578B1System and method for providing a link-state path to a node in a network environmentFILSFILS CLARENCE·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 24, 2013·5 cites·20 claims
- 2579US7499445B2System and method for routing ISIS traffic through unidirectional links of a computer networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 3, 2009·8 cites·15 claims
- 2678US7583589B2Computing repair path informationCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 1, 2009·7 cites·22 claims
- 2777US8238232B2Constructing a transition route in a data communication networkBRYANT STEWART FREDERICK·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 7, 2012·5 cites·16 claims
- 2876US7808890B2Forwarding data in a data communications networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 5, 2010·6 cites·30 claims
- 2976US7707307B2Method and apparatus for constructing a backup route in a data communications networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 27, 2010·23 cites·36 claims
- 3074US7920566B2Forwarding data in a data communication networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 5, 2011·5 cites·32 claims
- 3173US7869350B1Method and apparatus for determining a data communication network repair strategyCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 11, 2011·19 cites·24 claims
- 3273US7693043B2Method and apparatus for advertising repair capabilityCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 6, 2010·5 cites·27 claims
- 3372US7437476B2Optimizing flooding of information in link-state routing protocolCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 14, 2008·15 cites·40 claims
- 3471US7864708B1Method and apparatus for forwarding a tunneled packet in a data communications networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 4, 2011·15 cites·26 claims
- 3570US7366099B2Method and apparatus for synchronizing a data communications networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 29, 2008·13 cites·38 claims
- 3669US8659991B2Minimizing the number of not-via addressesBRYANT STEWART FREDERICK·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 25, 2014·2 cites·15 claims
- 3769US7792991B2Method and apparatus for advertising a link cost in a data communications networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 7, 2010·12 cites·45 claims
- 3867US7835312B2Method and apparatus for updating label-switched pathsCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 16, 2010·3 cites·20 claims
- 3967US7630298B2Method and apparatus for forwarding data in a data communications networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 8, 2009·10 cites·43 claims
- 4064US7580360B2Method and apparatus for generating routing information in a data communications networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 25, 2009·8 cites·46 claims
- 4163US9094329B2Avoiding micro-loops in a ring topology of a networkBRYANT STEWART FREDERICK·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 28, 2015·1 cites·22 claims
- 4260US5557745AMethod for supporting foreign protocols across backbone network by combining and transmitting list of destinations that support second protocol in first and second areas to the third areaDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 17, 1996·46 cites·5 claims
- 4358US7577106B1Method and apparatus for managing a transition for a class of data between first and second topologies in a data communications networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 18, 2009·4 cites·26 claims
- 4456US7496644B2Method and apparatus for managing a network component changeCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 24, 2009·3 cites·54 claims
- 4555US9143399B2Minimizing the number of not-via addressesCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 22, 2015·0 cites·15 claims
- 4655US8964566B2Creating balanced link-disjoint topologies in a computer networkWHITE RUSSELL·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 24, 2015·1 cites·22 claims
- 4754US9350639B2Forwarding data in a data communications networkSHAND IAN MICHAEL CHARLES·Filed 2007·Granted May 24, 2016·1 cites·19 claims
- 4853US8902728B2Constructing a transition route in a data communications networkBRYANT STEWART FREDERICK·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 2, 2014·0 cites·15 claims
- 4951US8072908B2Partitioned forwarding of packets originated on a broadcast link among layer 2 forwarding devices of different adjacency networksWHITE RUSSELL I·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 6, 2011·0 cites·24 claims
- 5049US8553527B2System and method for dynamically assigning values in a networkBRYANT STEWART FREDERICK·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 8, 2013·0 cites·13 claims
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