Patent assignee · US · COMPANY

Bay Networks, nc.

74Patents
0Active
74Granted
38Portfolio score

Filing activity: Oct 4, 1991 → Jan 8, 1999

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5751967A Method and apparatus for automatically configuring a network device to support a virtual network Electricity 669 Expired
US5490252A System having central processor for transmitting generic packets to another processor to be altered and transmitting altered packets back to central processor for routing Electricity 478 Expired
US6006016A Network fault correlation Physics 300 Expired
US5819028A Method and apparatus for determining the health of a network Electricity 294 Expired
US5729685A Apparatus for determining the topology of an ATM network or the like Via communication of topology information between a central manager and switches in the network over a virtual service path Electricity 289 Expired
US5959990A VLAN frame format Electricity 234 Expired
US5583862A Method and apparatus for routing for virtual networks Electricity 216 Expired
US5995503A Method and apparatus for providing quality of service routing in a network Electricity 213 Expired
US5790554A Method and apparatus for processing data packets in a network Electricity 185 Expired
US6182214A Exchanging a secret over an unreliable network Electricity 174 Expired
US5926458A Method and apparatus for servicing multiple queues Electricity 162 Expired
US5606664A Apparatus and method for automatically determining the topology of a local area network Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 157 Expired
US5854899A Method and apparatus for managing virtual circuits and routing packets in a network/subnetwork environment Electricity 132 Expired
US5636345A Method and apparatus for detecting and preventing broadcast storms on an emulated local area network Electricity 128 Expired
US5845091A Forwarding of internetwork packets to a destination network via a selected one of a plurality of paths Electricity 127 Expired
US5633866A Method and apparatus for routing packets in networks having connection-oriented subnetworks Electricity 109 Expired
US5825775A Method and apparatus for managing an integrated router/hub Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 108 Expired
US5761084A Highly programmable backup power scheme Electricity 107 Expired
US5740375A Forwarding internetwork packets by replacing the destination address Electricity 103 Expired
US5914938A MAC address table search unit Electricity 101 Expired
US5734824A Apparatus and method for discovering a topology for local area networks connected via transparent bridges Electricity 101 Expired
US5881246A System for generating explicit routing advertisements to specify a selected path through a connectionless network to a destination by a specific router Electricity 98 Expired
US5867660A Method and apparatus for communicating between a network workstation and an internet Electricity 97 Expired
US5774667A Method and apparatus for managing parameter settings for multiple network devices Electricity 96 Expired
US5898837A Method and apparatus for monitoring a dedicated communications medium in a switched data network Electricity 88 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.