Benjamin L. Pfaff

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Redwood City, CA, US

People

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Information Patent Grant
Packet classification with multiple classifiers
- Patent number 12,155,576
- Issue date Nov 26, 2024
- VMWARE LLC
- Cheng-Chun Tu
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Network operating system for managing and securing networks
- Patent number 11,683,214
- Issue date Jun 20, 2023
- Nicira, Inc.
- Martin Casado
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Packet classification with multiple classifiers
- Patent number 11,632,332
- Issue date Apr 18, 2023
- VMware, Inc.
- Cheng-Chun Tu
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Database protocol for exchanging forwarding state with hardware swi...
- Patent number 11,522,788
- Issue date Dec 6, 2022
- Nicira, Inc.
- Bruce Davie
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Method and apparatus for implementing and managing virtual switches
- Patent number 11,425,055
- Issue date Aug 23, 2022
- Nicira, Inc.
- Martin Casado
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Method and apparatus for implementing and managing virtual switches
- Patent number 10,931,600
- Issue date Feb 23, 2021
- Nicira, Inc.
- Martin Casado
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Database protocol for exchanging forwarding state with hardware swi...
- Patent number 10,924,386
- Issue date Feb 16, 2021
- Nicira, Inc.
- Bruce Davie
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Address resolution protocol suppression using a flow-based forwardi...
- Patent number 10,798,048
- Issue date Oct 6, 2020
- Nicira, Inc.
- Harold Vinson C. Lim
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Network operating system for managing and securing networks
- Patent number 10,749,736
- Issue date Aug 18, 2020
- Nicira, Inc.
- Martin Casado
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Processing packets according to hierarchy of flow entry storages
- Patent number 10,659,373
- Issue date May 19, 2020
- Nicira, Inc.
- Teemu Koponen
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Representation of match conditions in logical pipeline data
- Patent number 10,476,735
- Issue date Nov 12, 2019
- Nicira, Inc.
- Benjamin L. Pfaff
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Generating conjunctive match flow entries
- Patent number 10,348,619
- Issue date Jul 9, 2019
- Nicira, Inc.
- Benjamin L. Pfaff
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Local controller agent for converting logical pipeline data
- Patent number 10,305,725
- Issue date May 28, 2019
- Nicira, Inc.
- Benjamin L. Pfaff
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Distributed database structure for logical and physical network data
- Patent number 10,200,235
- Issue date Feb 5, 2019
- Nicira, Inc.
- Benjamin L. Pfaff
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Database protocol for exchanging forwarding state with hardware swi...
- Patent number 10,153,965
- Issue date Dec 11, 2018
- Nicira, Inc.
- Bruce Davie
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Network operating system for managing and securing networks
- Patent number 9,876,672
- Issue date Jan 23, 2018
- Nicira, Inc.
- Martin Casado
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Database protocol for exchanging forwarding state with hardware swi...
- Patent number 9,699,070
- Issue date Jul 4, 2017
- Nicira, Inc.
- Bruce Davie
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Flow cache hierarchy
- Patent number 9,686,200
- Issue date Jun 20, 2017
- Nicira, Inc.
- Justin Pettit
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Managed forwarding element with conjunctive match flow entries
- Patent number 9,654,424
- Issue date May 16, 2017
- Nicira, Inc.
- Benjamin L. Pfaff
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Method and apparatus for implementing and managing virtual switches
- Patent number 9,590,919
- Issue date Mar 7, 2017
- Nicira, Inc.
- Martin Casado
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Managing software and hardware forwarding elements to define virtua...
- Patent number 9,455,901
- Issue date Sep 27, 2016
- Nicira, Inc.
- Bruce Davie
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Managed switch architectures for implementing logical datapath sets
- Patent number 9,306,875
- Issue date Apr 5, 2016
- Nicira, Inc.
- Martin Casado
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Network operating system for managing and securing networks
- Patent number 9,083,609
- Issue date Jul 14, 2015
- Nicira, Inc.
- Martin Casado
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Method and apparatus for implementing and managing distributed virt...
- Patent number 8,966,035
- Issue date Feb 24, 2015
- Nicira, Inc.
- Martin Casado
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Fault tolerant managed switching element architecture
- Patent number 8,913,483
- Issue date Dec 16, 2014
- Nicira, Inc.
- Benjamin L. Pfaff
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORK STACK
- Publication number 20240160619
- Publication date May 16, 2024
- VMware LLC
- Debnil Arindam Sur
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
GREEN LOAD BALANCING IN GLOBAL LOAD BALANCING DEPLOYMENTS
- Publication number 20240155026
- Publication date May 9, 2024
- VMware LLC
- RAJAGOPAL SREENIVASAN
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
PACKET CLASSIFICATION WITH MULTIPLE CLASSIFIERS
- Publication number 20230262006
- Publication date Aug 17, 2023
- VMware, Inc.
- Cheng-Chun Tu
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING AND MANAGING VIRTUAL SWITCHES
- Publication number 20220400088
- Publication date Dec 15, 2022
- Nicira, Inc.
- Martin Casado
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING AND MANAGING VIRTUAL SWITCHES
- Publication number 20210258269
- Publication date Aug 19, 2021
- Nicira, Inc.
- Martin Casado
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
DATABASE PROTOCOL FOR EXCHANGING FORWARDING STATE WITH HARDWARE SWI...
- Publication number 20210243112
- Publication date Aug 5, 2021
- Nicira, Inc.
- Bruce Davie
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM FOR MANAGING AND SECURING NETWORKS
- Publication number 20210021455
- Publication date Jan 21, 2021
- Nicira, Inc.
- Martin Casado
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
PACKET CLASSIFICATION WITH MULTIPLE CLASSIFIERS
- Publication number 20190379606
- Publication date Dec 12, 2019
- Cheng-Chun Tu
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
DATABASE PROTOCOL FOR EXCHANGING FORWARDING STATE WITH HARDWARE SWI...
- Publication number 20190089622
- Publication date Mar 21, 2019
- Nicira, Inc.
- Bruce Davie
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
MANAGED SWITCH ARCHITECTURES: SOFTWARE MANAGED SWITCHES, HARDWARE M...
- Publication number 20190028351
- Publication date Jan 24, 2019
- Nicira, Inc.
- Martin Casado
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM FOR MANAGING AND SECURING NETWORKS
- Publication number 20180102937
- Publication date Apr 12, 2018
- Nicira, Inc.
- Martin Casado
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
DATABASE PROTOCOL FOR EXCHANGING FORWARDING STATE WITH HARDWARE SWI...
- Publication number 20170366446
- Publication date Dec 21, 2017
- Nicira, Inc.
- Bruce Davie
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING AND MANAGING VIRTUAL SWITCHES
- Publication number 20170163570
- Publication date Jun 8, 2017
- Nicira, Inc.
- Martin Casado
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Representation of Match Conditions in Logical Pipeline Data
- Publication number 20170126551
- Publication date May 4, 2017
- Nicira, Inc.
- Benjamin L. Pfaff
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Distributed Database Structure for Logical and Physical Network Data
- Publication number 20170126552
- Publication date May 4, 2017
- Nicira, Inc.
- Benjamin L. Pfaff
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Local Controller Agent for Converting Logical Pipeline Data
- Publication number 20170126471
- Publication date May 4, 2017
- Nicira, Inc.
- Benjamin L. Pfaff
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Generating Conjunctive Match Flow Entries
- Publication number 20170034049
- Publication date Feb 2, 2017
- Nicira, Inc.
- Benjamin L. Pfaff
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Managed Forwarding Element With Conjunctive Match Flow Entries
- Publication number 20170034082
- Publication date Feb 2, 2017
- Nicira, Inc.
- Benjamin L. Pfaff
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
MESH ARCHITECTURES FOR MANAGED SWITCHING ELEMENTS
- Publication number 20160315882
- Publication date Oct 27, 2016
- Nicira, Inc.
- Martin Casado
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
ADDRESS RESOLUTION PROTOCOL SUPPRESSION USING A FLOW-BASED FORWARDI...
- Publication number 20160301655
- Publication date Oct 13, 2016
- Nicira, Inc.
- Harold Vinson C. Lim
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM FOR MANAGING AND SECURING NETWORKS
- Publication number 20160013969
- Publication date Jan 14, 2016
- Nicira, Inc.
- Martin Casado
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Flow Cache Hierarchy
- Publication number 20150281098
- Publication date Oct 1, 2015
- Nicira, Inc.
- Justin Pettit
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Method and Apparatus for Implementing and Managing Virtual Switches
- Publication number 20150180801
- Publication date Jun 25, 2015
- Nicira, Inc.
- Martin Casado
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Managing Software and Hardware Forwarding Elements to Define Virtua...
- Publication number 20150100704
- Publication date Apr 9, 2015
- Nicira, Inc.
- Bruce Davie
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Database Protocol for Exchanging Forwarding State with Hardware Swi...
- Publication number 20150100675
- Publication date Apr 9, 2015
- Nicira, Inc.
- Bruce Davie
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Network Controller for Managing Software and Hardware Forwarding El...
- Publication number 20150100560
- Publication date Apr 9, 2015
- Nicira, Inc.
- Bruce Davie
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
MANAGED SWITCH ARCHITECTURES: SOFTWARE MANAGED SWITCHES, HARDWARE M...
- Publication number 20130058255
- Publication date Mar 7, 2013
- Martin Casado
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
FAULT TOLERANT MANAGED SWITCHING ELEMENT ARCHITECTURE
- Publication number 20130058208
- Publication date Mar 7, 2013
- Benjamin L. Pfaff
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING AND MANAGING VIRTUAL SWITCHES
- Publication number 20100257263
- Publication date Oct 7, 2010
- NICIRA NETWORKS, INC.
- Martin Casado
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Network operating system for managing and securing networks
- Publication number 20090138577
- Publication date May 28, 2009
- Nicira Networks
- Martin Casado
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE

Benjamin L. Pfaff

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Packet classification with multiple classifiers

Network operating system for managing and securing networks

Packet classification with multiple classifiers

Database protocol for exchanging forwarding state with hardware swi...

Method and apparatus for implementing and managing virtual switches

Method and apparatus for implementing and managing virtual switches

Database protocol for exchanging forwarding state with hardware swi...

Address resolution protocol suppression using a flow-based forwardi...

Network operating system for managing and securing networks

Processing packets according to hierarchy of flow entry storages

Representation of match conditions in logical pipeline data

Generating conjunctive match flow entries

Local controller agent for converting logical pipeline data

Distributed database structure for logical and physical network data

Database protocol for exchanging forwarding state with hardware swi...

Network operating system for managing and securing networks

Database protocol for exchanging forwarding state with hardware swi...

Flow cache hierarchy

Managed forwarding element with conjunctive match flow entries

Method and apparatus for implementing and managing virtual switches

Managing software and hardware forwarding elements to define virtua...

Managed switch architectures for implementing logical datapath sets

Network operating system for managing and securing networks

Method and apparatus for implementing and managing distributed virt...

Fault tolerant managed switching element architecture

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORK STACK

GREEN LOAD BALANCING IN GLOBAL LOAD BALANCING DEPLOYMENTS

PACKET CLASSIFICATION WITH MULTIPLE CLASSIFIERS

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING AND MANAGING VIRTUAL SWITCHES

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING AND MANAGING VIRTUAL SWITCHES

DATABASE PROTOCOL FOR EXCHANGING FORWARDING STATE WITH HARDWARE SWI...

NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM FOR MANAGING AND SECURING NETWORKS

PACKET CLASSIFICATION WITH MULTIPLE CLASSIFIERS

DATABASE PROTOCOL FOR EXCHANGING FORWARDING STATE WITH HARDWARE SWI...

MANAGED SWITCH ARCHITECTURES: SOFTWARE MANAGED SWITCHES, HARDWARE M...

NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM FOR MANAGING AND SECURING NETWORKS

DATABASE PROTOCOL FOR EXCHANGING FORWARDING STATE WITH HARDWARE SWI...

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING AND MANAGING VIRTUAL SWITCHES

Representation of Match Conditions in Logical Pipeline Data

Distributed Database Structure for Logical and Physical Network Data

Local Controller Agent for Converting Logical Pipeline Data

Generating Conjunctive Match Flow Entries

Managed Forwarding Element With Conjunctive Match Flow Entries

MESH ARCHITECTURES FOR MANAGED SWITCHING ELEMENTS

ADDRESS RESOLUTION PROTOCOL SUPPRESSION USING A FLOW-BASED FORWARDI...

NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM FOR MANAGING AND SECURING NETWORKS

Flow Cache Hierarchy

Method and Apparatus for Implementing and Managing Virtual Switches

Managing Software and Hardware Forwarding Elements to Define Virtua...

Database Protocol for Exchanging Forwarding State with Hardware Swi...

Network Controller for Managing Software and Hardware Forwarding El...

MANAGED SWITCH ARCHITECTURES: SOFTWARE MANAGED SWITCHES, HARDWARE M...

FAULT TOLERANT MANAGED SWITCHING ELEMENT ARCHITECTURE

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING AND MANAGING VIRTUAL SWITCHES

Network operating system for managing and securing networks