Inventor · Los Altos, CA, US

Keith E. Amidon

34Patents
15h-index
33Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 13, 2002 → Feb 22, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8958298B2 Centralized logical L3 routing Electricity 155 Active
US7234168B2 Hierarchy-based method and apparatus for detecting attacks on a computer system Electricity 145 Expired
US8750164B2 Hierarchical managed switch architecture Electricity 94 Active
US8966035B2 Method and apparatus for implementing and managing distributed virtual switches in several hosts and physical forwarding elements Electricity 87 Active
US7624444B2 Method and apparatus for detecting intrusions on a computer system Electricity 82 Expired
US8959215B2 Network virtualization Electricity 76 Active
US7308715B2 Protocol-parsing state machine and method of using same Electricity 70 Expired
US8964528B2 Method and apparatus for robust packet distribution among hierarchical managed switching elements Electricity 61 Active
US7409714B2 Virtual intrusion detection system and method of using same Electricity 60 Expired
US7823204B2 Method and apparatus for detecting intrusions on a computer system Electricity 35 Active
US9083609B2 Network operating system for managing and securing networks Electricity 35 Active
US8964598B2 Mesh architectures for managed switching elements Electricity 25 Active
US9112811B2 Managed switching elements used as extenders Electricity 20 Active
US9692655B2 Packet processing in a network with hierarchical managed switching elements Electricity 18 Active
US10038597B2 Mesh architectures for managed switching elements Electricity 15 Active
US10021019B2 Packet processing for logical datapath sets Electricity 12 Active
US10218733B1 System and method for detecting a malicious activity in a computing environment Electricity 12 Active
US9590919B2 Method and apparatus for implementing and managing virtual switches Electricity 12 Active
US9876672B2 Network operating system for managing and securing networks Electricity 11 Active
US9306875B2 Managed switch architectures for implementing logical datapath sets Electricity 6 Active
US10218717B1 System and method for detecting a malicious activity in a computing environment Electricity 6 Active
US10931600B2 Method and apparatus for implementing and managing virtual switches Electricity 4 Active
US10237287B1 System and method for detecting a malicious activity in a computing environment Electricity 4 Active
US9485185B2 Adjusting connection validating control signals in response to changes in network traffic Electricity 3 Active
US9667556B2 Adjusting connection validating control signals in response to changes in network traffic Electricity 3 Active

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