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Silvano Gai
Also filed as: GAI SILVANO
71 granted patents·10 pending applications·7,531 citations·filing 1997–2021
99Inventor score
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81 records- 0199US7185073B1Method and apparatus for defining and implementing high-level quality of service policies in computer networksCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 27, 2007·355 cites·33 claims
- 0299US6651101B1Method and apparatus for identifying network data traffic flows and for applying quality of service treatments to the flowsCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 18, 2003·422 cites·16 claims
- 0399US6167445AMethod and apparatus for defining and implementing high-level quality of service policies in computer networksCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1998·Granted Dec 26, 2000·1.1k cites·18 claims
- 0498US7564869B2Fibre channel over ethernetCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 21, 2009·80 cites·18 claims
- 0598US6892237B1Method and apparatus for high-speed parsing of network messagesCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2000·Granted May 10, 2005·250 cites·25 claims
- 0698US6665611B1System for discovering and maintaining geographic location information in a computer network to enable emergency servicesCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 16, 2003·219 cites·20 claims
- 0797US7830793B2Network device architecture for consolidating input/output and reducing latencyCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 9, 2010·90 cites·23 claims
- 0897US7130272B1Method and apparatus for performing high-speed traffic shapingCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 31, 2006·76 cites·20 claims
- 0997US6032194AMethod and apparatus for rapidly reconfiguring computer networksCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 29, 2000·432 cites·16 claims
- 1096US8948176B1Distributed fibre channel forwarderDESANTI CLAUDIO·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 3, 2015·36 cites·9 claims
- 1196US7599360B2Methods and apparatus for encapsulating a frame for transmission in a storage area networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 6, 2009·153 cites·58 claims
- 1296US7225188B1System and method for performing regular expression matching with high parallelismCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted May 29, 2007·345 cites·35 claims
- 1396US6434624B1Method and apparatus for identifying network data traffic flows and for applying quality of service treatments to the flowsCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 13, 2002·122 cites·34 claims
- 1496US6286052B1Method and apparatus for identifying network data traffic flows and for applying quality of service treatments to the flowsCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1998·Granted Sep 4, 2001·353 cites·47 claims
- 1596US6219739B1Spanning tree with fast link-failure convergenceCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 17, 2001·132 cites·18 claims
- 1696US6188694B1Shared spanning tree protocolCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 13, 2001·343 cites·38 claims
- 1795US8321908B2Apparatus and method for applying network policy at a network deviceGAI SILVANO·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 27, 2012·51 cites·9 claims
- 1895US7969971B2Ethernet extension for the data centerCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 28, 2011·44 cites·28 claims
- 1995US7149499B1System for dynamically tracking the location of network devices to enable emergency servicesCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 12, 2006·107 cites·29 claims
- 2095US6831898B1Multiple packet paths to improve reliability in an IP networkCISCO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 14, 2004·151 cites·36 claims
- 2195US6813250B1Shared spanning tree protocolCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 2, 2004·112 cites·20 claims
- 2295US6697360B1Method and apparatus for auto-configuring layer three intermediate computer network devicesCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 24, 2004·297 cites·22 claims
- 2395US6651096B1Method and apparatus for organizing, storing and evaluating access control listsCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 18, 2003·339 cites·19 claims
- 2494US8514856B1End-to-end fibre channel over ethernetGAI SILVANO·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 20, 2013·27 cites·23 claims
- 2594US6714985B1Method and apparatus for efficiently reassembling fragments received at an intermediate station in a computer networkCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 30, 2004·136 cites·42 claims
- 2693US7801125B2Forwarding table reduction and multipath network forwardingCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 21, 2010·28 cites·22 claims
- 2793US7433948B2Methods and apparatus for implementing virtualization of storage within a storage area networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 7, 2008·80 cites·54 claims
- 2893US7412557B2Apparatus and method for preventing loops in a computer networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 12, 2008·27 cites·24 claims
- 2993US7395332B2Method and apparatus for high-speed parsing of network messagesCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 1, 2008·27 cites·38 claims
- 3093US6658458B1Cascading associative memory arrangementCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 2, 2003·87 cites·19 claims
- 3192US9009427B2Mirroring mechanisms for storage area networks and network based virtualizationSHARMA SAMAR·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 14, 2015·30 cites·33 claims
- 3291US8725854B2Methods and apparatus for implementing virtualization of storage within a storage area networkEDSALL THOMAS JAMES·Filed 2008·Granted May 13, 2014·34 cites·50 claims
- 3391US8238347B2Fibre channel over ethernetDESANTI CLAUDIO·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 7, 2012·32 cites·36 claims
- 3491US7848264B1Method and apparatus for rapidly reconfiguring computer networksCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 7, 2010·22 cites·14 claims
- 3591US6976088B1Method and apparatus for rapidly reconfiguring bridged networks using a spanning tree algorithmCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 13, 2005·71 cites·29 claims
- 3691US6678241B1Fast convergence with topology switchingCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1999·Granted Jan 13, 2004·199 cites·18 claims
- 3789US11593294B2Methods and systems for loosely coupled PCIe service proxy over an IP networkPENSANDO SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2021·Granted Feb 28, 2023·2 cites·20 claims
- 3889US8160094B2Fibre channel over ethernetCAFIERO LUCA·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 17, 2012·14 cites·26 claims
- 3989US7194354B1System for discovering and maintaining geographic location information in a computer network to enable emergency servicesCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 20, 2007·66 cites·17 claims
- 4089US6388995B1Method and apparatus for rapidly reconfiguring computers networks executing the spanning tree algorithmCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1999·Granted May 14, 2002·158 cites·18 claims
- 4188US8208389B2Methods and apparatus for improved determination of network metricsALARIA VALENTINA·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 26, 2012·29 cites·17 claims
- 4288US7272651B1RSVP transmitter proxyCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 18, 2007·85 cites·34 claims
- 4388US6950400B1Method and apparatus for performing high-speed traffic shapingCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 27, 2005·53 cites·32 claims
- 4488US6874016B1Information searching deviceCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 29, 2005·45 cites·20 claims
- 4588US6535491B2Method and apparatus for rapidly reconfiguring computer networks using a spanning tree algorithmCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1999·Granted Mar 18, 2003·148 cites·13 claims
- 4687US7567510B2Security groupsCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 28, 2009·45 cites·51 claims
- 4787US7428237B1Fast convergence with topology switchingCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 23, 2008·44 cites·24 claims
- 4887US6202114B1Spanning tree with fast link-failure convergenceCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 13, 2001·152 cites·18 claims
- 4986US7076594B2Apparatus and method for preventing one way connectivity loops in a computer networkCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 11, 2006·53 cites·32 claims
- 5085US7499410B2Fibre channel switch that enables end devices in different fabrics to communicate with one another while retaining their unique fibre channel domain—IDsCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 3, 2009·38 cites·26 claims
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