John Harper
26Patents
13h-index
28Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 25, 1977 → Feb 25, 2015
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6147976A | Fast network layer packet filter | Electricity | 474 | Expired |
| US5251205A | Multiple protocol routing | Electricity | 374 | Expired |
| US5136716A | Session control in network for digital data processing system which supports multiple transfer protocols | Electricity | 172 | Expired |
| US5491692A | Hybrid units for a communication network | Electricity | 75 | Expired |
| US7058016B1 | Method and system for accelerating route calculation in link state routing protocols | Electricity | 54 | Expired |
| US7506194B2 | Routing system and method for transparently rocovering routing states after a failover or during a software upgrade | Electricity | 48 | Expired |
| US5870386A | Method and apparatus for transparently bridging traffic across wide area networks | Electricity | 43 | Expired |
| US5134610A | Network transit prevention | Electricity | 35 | Expired |
| US7016313B1 | Methods and apparatus for generating network topology information | Electricity | 34 | Expired |
| US8509074B1 | System, method, and computer program product for controlling the rate of a network flow and groups of network flows | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 26 | Active |
| US7707307B2 | Method and apparatus for constructing a backup route in a data communications network | Electricity | 19 | Expired |
| US5432776A | Message network monitoring | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
| US7885179B1 | Method and apparatus for constructing a repair path around a non-available component in a data communications network | Electricity | 15 | Active |
| US4094611A | Securing means for machine parts | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Expired |
| US6445710B1 | Method and apparatus for transparently bridging traffic across wide area networks | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US5305305A | Message switching network monitoring | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US6643515B2 | Method and apparatus for registering a communication terminal with a satellite communication system | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US7469141B2 | Bandwidth allocation method and apparatus | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US7133418B1 | Method and apparatus for allocating time slots within a frame of a TDMA frequency channel | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US5307355A | Method and apparatus for generating a 48-bit frame check sequence | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US7499445B2 | System and method for routing ISIS traffic through unidirectional links of a computer network | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US7633875B1 | Method and system for accelerating route calculation in link state routing protocols | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US5553085A | Method and apparatus for generating a 48-bit frame check sequence | Electricity | 1 | Expired |
| US8972623B2 | Efficient complex network traffic management in a non-uniform memory system | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US9832140B2 | System and method for characterizing network traffic | Electricity | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.