William N. Eatherton
31Patents
17h-index
42Co-inventors
77Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 10, 1999 → May 6, 2015
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6560610B1 | Data structure using a tree bitmap and method for rapid classification of data in a database | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 322 | Expired |
| US6990063B1 | Distributing fault indications and maintaining and using a data structure indicating faults to route traffic in a packet switching system | Electricity | 90 | Expired |
| US6654342B1 | Accumulating and distributing flow control information via update messages and piggybacked flow control information in other messages in a packet switching system | Electricity | 74 | Expired |
| US6728211B1 | Method and apparatus for delaying packets being sent from a component of a packet switching system | Electricity | 70 | Expired |
| US6775737B1 | Method and apparatus for allocating and using range identifiers as input values to content-addressable memories | Electricity | 60 | Expired |
| US6697382B1 | Distributing and synchronizing a representation of time between components of a packet switching system | Electricity | 54 | Expired |
| US6728732B1 | Data structure using a tree bitmap and method for rapid classification of data in a database | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 36 | Expired |
| US7352739B1 | Method and apparatus for storing tree data structures among and within multiple memory channels | Electricity | 31 | Expired |
| US7103708B2 | PERFORMING LOOKUP OPERATIONS USING ASSOCIATIVE MEMORIES OPTIONALLY INCLUDING MODIFYING A SEARCH KEY IN GENERATING A LOOKUP WORD AND POSSIBLY FORCING A NO-HIT INDICATION IN RESPONSE TO MATCHING A PARTICULAR ENTRY | Physics | 27 | Expired |
| US7249149B1 | Tree bitmap data structures and their use in performing lookup operations | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 27 | Expired |
| US7613134B2 | Method and apparatus for storing tree data structures among and within multiple memory channels | Electricity | 26 | Active |
| US7349415B2 | Method and apparatus for generating and using enhanced tree bitmap data structures in determining a longest prefix match | Electricity | 26 | Expired |
| US7028136B1 | Managing idle time and performing lookup operations to adapt to refresh requirements or operational rates of the particular associative memory or other devices used to implement the system | Physics | 24 | Expired |
| US6747972B1 | Method and apparatus for reducing the required size of sequence numbers used in resequencing packets | Electricity | 24 | Expired |
| US9680805B1 | Method and system for key management | Electricity | 23 | Active |
| US9531715B1 | Method and system for protecting credentials | Electricity | 17 | Active |
| US7304999B2 | Methods and apparatus for processing packets including distributing packets across multiple packet processing engines and gathering the processed packets from the processing engines | Electricity | 17 | Expired |
| US9680824B1 | Method and system for authentication by intermediaries | Electricity | 13 | Active |
| US9906493B1 | Method and system for verifying the integrity of computing devices | Electricity | 12 | Active |
| US7065609B2 | Performing lookup operations using associative memories optionally including selectively determining which associative memory blocks to use in identifying a result and possibly propagating error indications | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US9584436B1 | Method and system for managing class of service in a network | Electricity | 9 | Active |
| US7313093B1 | Methods and apparatus for selectively discarding packets during overload conditions | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US7404015B2 | Methods and apparatus for processing packets including accessing one or more resources shared among processing engines | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US7899067B2 | Method and apparatus for generating and using enhanced tree bitmap data structures in determining a longest prefix match | Electricity | 8 | Active |
| US9531677B1 | Method and system for managing network access | Electricity | 6 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.