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Ralph Droms
Also filed as: DROMS RALPH · DROMS RALPH E · DROMS RALPH EDWARD
47 granted patents·2 pending applications·720 citations·filing 2001–2017
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49 records- 0195US7648070B2Locating, provisioning and identifying devices in a networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 19, 2010·57 cites·16 claims
- 0294US7568040B2Techniques for establishing subscriber sessions on an access network using DHCPCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 28, 2009·36 cites·47 claims
- 0393US7853708B2Techniques for replacing point to point protocol with dynamic host configuration protocolCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 14, 2010·35 cites·35 claims
- 0492US7143435B1Method and apparatus for registering auto-configured network addresses based on connection authenticationCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 28, 2006·77 cites·29 claims
- 0591US7624181B2Techniques for authenticating a subscriber for an access network using DHCPCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 24, 2009·22 cites·42 claims
- 0689US8060623B2Automated configuration of network device portsVOGEL JR GARY DENNIS·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 15, 2011·19 cites·20 claims
- 0789US7941512B2Use of IPv6 in access networksCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted May 10, 2011·24 cites·20 claims
- 0889US7586912B2Techniques for exchanging DHCP information among DHCP relay agents and DHCP serversCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 8, 2009·28 cites·24 claims
- 0988US7789308B2Locating and provisioning devices in a networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 7, 2010·23 cites·37 claims
- 1085US9712485B2Dynamic DNS-based service discoveryCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 18, 2017·7 cites·20 claims
- 1185US7039035B2Arrangement in an access router for optimizing mobile router connections based on delegated network prefixesCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2004·Granted May 2, 2006·41 cites·52 claims
- 1284US7325734B2Methods and devices for assigning RFID device personalityCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 5, 2008·35 cites·55 claims
- 1383US8291489B2Method and apparatus for registering auto-configured network addresses based on connection authenticationDROMS RALPH·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 16, 2012·7 cites·21 claims
- 1483US8065515B2Autoconfigured prefix delegation based on distributed hashDROMS RALPH EDWARD·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 22, 2011·13 cites·21 claims
- 1583US7658319B2Methods and devices for assigning RFID device personalityCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 9, 2010·9 cites·22 claims
- 1683US7502929B1Method and apparatus for assigning network addresses based on connection authenticationCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 10, 2009·35 cites·27 claims
- 1782US8576857B2Automatically identifying an edge-facing routerSINGH HEMANT·Filed 2010·Granted Nov 5, 2013·7 cites·25 claims
- 1882US7814311B2Role aware network security enforcementCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 12, 2010·10 cites·27 claims
- 1982US7752653B1Method and apparatus for registering auto-configured network addresses based on connection authenticationCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 6, 2010·8 cites·29 claims
- 2081US10057208B2Visibility control for domain name system service discoveryCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 21, 2018·6 cites·20 claims
- 2181US7336175B2Methods and devices for locating and uniquely provisioning RFID devicesCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 26, 2008·46 cites·55 claims
- 2280US7710967B2Controlling advertisement of management prefixesCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted May 4, 2010·13 cites·15 claims
- 2378US8045558B2Extensions to IPv6 neighbor discovery protocol for automated prefix delegationCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 25, 2011·8 cites·40 claims
- 2477US7322523B2Methods and devices for uniquely provisioning RFID devicesCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 29, 2008·24 cites·55 claims
- 2575US7886149B2Method and apparatus for assigning network addresses based on connection authenticationCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2009·Granted Feb 8, 2011·5 cites·26 claims
- 2675US7882169B1Method and apparatus for configuring relay processes used for dynamically configuring hosts in network communicationsCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 1, 2011·24 cites·33 claims
- 2775US7646786B2Neighbor discovery in cable networksCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 12, 2010·18 cites·20 claims
- 2875US7318101B2Methods and apparatus supporting configuration in a networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 8, 2008·20 cites·41 claims
- 2974US8078721B2Dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) initialization responsive to a loss of network layer connectivityDROMS RALPH·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 13, 2011·6 cites·25 claims
- 3073US7937494B2Methods and apparatus for processing a DHCP request using rule-based classificationCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted May 3, 2011·6 cites·21 claims
- 3172US10129202B2Optimizing global IPv6 address assignmentsCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 13, 2018·3 cites·23 claims
- 3272US9246809B2Dynamic discovery of IPV6 transition parameters by border/relay routersASATI RAJIV·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 26, 2016·3 cites·20 claims
- 3372US7529815B2Methods and apparatus supporting configuration in a networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2004·Granted May 5, 2009·16 cites·26 claims
- 3471US7607021B2Isolation approach for network users associated with elevated riskCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 20, 2009·16 cites·47 claims
- 3569US8976807B2Dynamically determining hostnames of network devicesASATI RAJIV·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 10, 2015·2 cites·17 claims
- 3669US8918531B2Automated network device provisioning using dynamic host configuration protocolASATI RAJIV·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 23, 2014·3 cites·24 claims
- 3769US8635314B2Use of IPv6 in access networksDROMS RALPH E·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 21, 2014·3 cites·18 claims
- 3865US8601143B2Automated configuration of network device portsVOGEL JR GARY DENNIS·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 3, 2013·1 cites·21 claims
- 3961US8156325B2Role aware network security enforcementCONVERY SEAN·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 10, 2012·2 cites·17 claims
- 4058US8135028B2Neighbor discovery in cable networksDROMS RALPH EDWARD·Filed 2009·Granted Mar 13, 2012·1 cites·16 claims
- 4156US9215141B2Automated network device provisioning using dynamic host configuration protocolCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2014·Granted Dec 15, 2015·0 cites·20 claims
- 4253US10742592B2Dynamic DNS-based service discoveryCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 11, 2020·0 cites·20 claims
- 4353US8917737B2Automatically identifying an edge-facing routerCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 23, 2014·0 cites·22 claims
- 4450US9699136B2Stateless autoconfiguration of hostnames of network devicesCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 4, 2017·0 cites·20 claims
- 4549US8615591B2Termination of a communication session between a client and a serverDROMS RALPH E·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 24, 2013·1 cites·14 claims
- 4646US2016164825A1Policy Implementation Based on Data from a Domain Name System Authoritative SourceCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
- 4746US2016164826A1Policy Implementation at a Network Element based on Data from an Authoritative SourceCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
- 4845US8798062B2Extensions to IPv6 neighbor discovery protocol for automated prefix delegationDROMS RALPH EDWARD·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 5, 2014·0 cites·20 claims
- 4938US7821941B2Automatically controlling operation of a BRAS device based on encapsulation informationCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 26, 2010·0 cites·22 claims
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