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Thomas A. Maufer
Also filed as: MAUFER THOMAS · MAUFER THOMAS A · MAUFER THOMAS ALBERT
44 granted patents·2 pending applications·2,374 citations·filing 1998–2012
99Inventor score
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46 records- 0198US8190767B1Data structures and state tracking for network protocol processingMAUFER THOMAS A·Filed 2007·Granted May 29, 2012·231 cites·18 claims
- 0298US7835301B1Extended service set mesh topology representationNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 16, 2010·100 cites·21 claims
- 0398US7606175B1Extended service set mesh path selectionNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 20, 2009·92 cites·21 claims
- 0498US7522540B1Extended service set mesh topology discoveryNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 21, 2009·125 cites·17 claims
- 0597US7774637B1Meta-instrumentation for security analysisMU DYNAMICS INC·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 10, 2010·126 cites·22 claims
- 0697US7502354B1Mesh networking using point coordination functionNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 10, 2009·67 cites·20 claims
- 0794US8284783B1System and method for avoiding neighbor cache pollutionMAUFER THOMAS A·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 9, 2012·57 cites·20 claims
- 0894US7420931B2Using TCP/IP offload to accelerate packet filteringNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 2, 2008·104 cites·15 claims
- 0993US7359983B1Fragment processing utilizing cross-linked tablesNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 15, 2008·93 cites·23 claims
- 1093US7234161B1Method and apparatus for deflecting flooding attacksNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 19, 2007·95 cites·25 claims
- 1189US7545741B1Technique for identifying a failed network interface card within a team of network interface cardsNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 9, 2009·20 cites·15 claims
- 1289US7412488B2Setting up a delegated TCP connection for hardware-optimized processingNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 12, 2008·41 cites·20 claims
- 1388US7826838B1Adaptive contention for wireless devicesNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 2, 2010·25 cites·14 claims
- 1488US7143137B2Method and apparatus for security protocol and address translation integrationNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 28, 2006·56 cites·16 claims
- 1588US6590861B1Combining virtual local area networks and load balancing with fault tolerance in a high performance protocol3COM CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 8, 2003·197 cites·27 claims
- 1687US8134928B1Technique for identifying a failed network interface card within a team of network interface cardsMANICKAVASAGAM HEMAMALINI·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 13, 2012·18 cites·18 claims
- 1787US7913294B1Network protocol processing for filtering packetsNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 22, 2011·54 cites·21 claims
- 1886US7120930B2Method and apparatus for control of security protocol negotiationNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 10, 2006·49 cites·29 claims
- 1986US6512774B1Fail over with multiple network interface cards3COM CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jan 28, 2003·173 cites·24 claims
- 2085US6567377B1High performance load balancing of outbound internet protocol traffic over multiple network interface cards3COM CORP·Filed 1999·Granted May 20, 2003·158 cites·23 claims
- 2182US7143188B2Method and apparatus for network address translation integration with internet protocol securityNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 28, 2006·35 cites·11 claims
- 2280US7620070B1Packet processing with re-insertion into network interface circuitryNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 17, 2009·25 cites·20 claims
- 2380US7359380B1Network protocol processing for routing and bridgingNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 15, 2008·31 cites·23 claims
- 2479US7991918B2Transmitting commands and information between a TCP/IP stack and an offload unitNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 2, 2011·16 cites·36 claims
- 2579US6560630B1Receive load balancing and fail over with multiple network interface cards3COM CORP·Filed 1999·Granted May 6, 2003·116 cites·23 claims
- 2678US8284782B1System and method for avoiding ARP cache pollutionMAUFER THOMAS A·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 9, 2012·10 cites·12 claims
- 2778US8074097B2Meta-instrumentation for security analysisBEDDOE MARSHALL A·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 6, 2011·5 cites·20 claims
- 2878US7974209B1Packet processing with re-insertion into network interface circuitryNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 5, 2011·6 cites·14 claims
- 2978US7363572B2Editing outbound TCP frames and generating acknowledgementsNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 22, 2008·16 cites·19 claims
- 3076US7684440B1Method and apparatus for maximizing peer-to-peer frame sizes within a network supporting a plurality of frame sizesNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 23, 2010·22 cites·6 claims
- 3175US7609696B2Storing and accessing TCP connection informationNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 27, 2009·14 cites·12 claims
- 3275US7464183B1Apparatus, system, and method to prevent address resolution cache spoofingNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Dec 9, 2008·22 cites·14 claims
- 3374US7613109B2Processing data for a TCP connection using an offload unitNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 3, 2009·12 cites·20 claims
- 3473US6438695B1Secure wiretap support for internet protocol security3COM CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 20, 2002·78 cites·40 claims
- 3570US7191331B2Detection of support for security protocol and address translation integrationNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 13, 2007·14 cites·15 claims
- 3667US7558873B1Method for compressed large sendNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 7, 2009·11 cites·16 claims
- 3764US7643443B2Systems and methods for autonomously and dynamically optimizing transmission power in a wireless networkNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 5, 2010·9 cites·18 claims
- 3862US8417852B2Uploading TCP frame data to user buffers and buffers in system memoryRAJAGOPALAN ANAND·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 9, 2013·5 cites·18 claims
- 3962US7397776B2Systems and methods for autonomously and dynamically optimizing transmission power in a wireless networkNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 8, 2008·8 cites·18 claims
- 4058US9146949B1Data structures and state tracking for network protocol processingMAUFER THOMAS A·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 29, 2015·1 cites·10 claims
- 4158US7502925B2Method and apparatus for reducing TCP frame transmit latencyNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 10, 2009·4 cites·21 claims
- 4256US6683882B1Method and system for directing transmission of IPX control packets to influence reception of IPX data packets3COM CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jan 27, 2004·33 cites·24 claims
- 4353US8738800B1Data structures and state tracking for network protocol processingMAUFER THOMAS A·Filed 2007·Granted May 27, 2014·0 cites·13 claims
- 4448US2005022017A1Data structures and state tracking for network protocol processingFiled 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 4547US8687503B2Technique for identifying a failed network interface card within a team of network interface cardsMANICKAVASAGAM HEMAMALINI·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 1, 2014·0 cites·21 claims
- 4639US2006280138A1Wireless access point repeaterNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
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