Inventor · Saratoga, CA, US

Bert H. Tanaka

21Patents
9h-index
6Co-inventors
64Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 9, 2002 → Mar 14, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8223634B2 Mechanism for implementing load balancing in a network Electricity 85 Active
US7774461B2 Mechanism for determining a congestion metric for a path in a network Electricity 65 Active
US7630358B1 Mechanism for implementing multiple logical routers within a single physical router Electricity 57 Expired
US7389046B1 Simplified switching interconnect using wavelength division multiplexing Electricity 38 Active
US7463588B1 Mechanism for enabling load balancing to be achieved in a loop-free switching path, reverse path learning network Electricity 19 Active
US8565115B2 Adaptive load balancing Electricity 16 Active
US8130644B2 Mechanism for enabling load balancing to be achieved in a loop-free switching path, reverse path learning network Electricity 15 Active
US7702742B2 Mechanism for enabling memory transactions to be conducted across a lossy network Electricity 12 Active
US8331227B2 Determining link failure within a network Electricity 9 Active
US8660007B2 Performing rate limiting within a network Electricity 7 Active
US8374089B2 Performing rate limiting within a network Electricity 7 Active
US8339987B2 Determining a congestion metric for a path in a network Electricity 7 Active
US8873424B2 Adaptive load balancing Electricity 5 Active
US9825866B2 Selecting among multiple concurrently active paths through a network Electricity 5 Active
US8125996B2 Mechanism for enabling layer two host addresses to be shielded from the switches in a network Electricity 5 Active
US7957374B2 Mechanism for enabling layer two host addresses to be shielded from the switches in a network Electricity 5 Active
US8498293B2 Mechanism for enabling layer two host addresses to be shielded from the switches in a network Electricity 2 Active
US8917604B2 Performing rate limiting within a network Electricity 2 Active
US9276861B2 Selecting among multiple concurrently active paths through a network Electricity 2 Active
US9325526B2 Mechanism for enabling layer two host addresses to be shielded from the switches in a network Electricity 1 Active
US9948576B2 Mechanism for enabling layer two host addresses to be shielded from the switches in a network Electricity 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.