Inventor

James N. Guichard

Inventor

New Boston, NH, US

Overview

2008–2021

Patent span

Electricity

Primary field (CPC H)

Patents· 102 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

H04Lprimary

H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication89%

H04WWireless communication networks5%

G06FElectric digital data processing3%

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television2%

Y02DClimate change mitigation technologies in information and communication technologies [ict], i.e. information and communication technologies aiming at the reduction of their own energy use1%

PatentTitleYear

11,082,308Multi-path aware tracing and probing functionality at service topology layer2021 11,018,945Telemetry aggregation and network autonomic scaling2021 10,812,378System and method for improved service chaining2020 10,778,551Identifying sources of packet drops in a service function chain environment2020 10,778,464NSH encapsulation for traffic steering establishing a tunnel between virtual extensible local area network (VxLAN) tunnel end points (VTEPS) using a NSH encapsulation header comprising a VxLAN header whose VNI field has been replaced by an NSH shim2020 RE048131Metadata augmentation in a service function chain2020 10,728,142Network services across non-contiguous subnets of a label switched network separated by a non-label switched network2020 10,630,563Application-driven cross-stratum resource monitoring2020 10,616,106Establishing virtual network routes in a computer network2020 10,609,042Digital data asset protection policy using dynamic network attributes2020 10,374,831Stitching multi-domain LSPs in hierarchical SDN architecture2019 10,333,822Techniques for implementing loose hop service function chains price information2019 10,270,843Chaining service zones by way of route re-origination2019 10,263,887Propagating flow characteristics in service function chaining (SFC) headers2019 10,263,861Multi-path aware tracing and probing functionality at service topology layer2019 10,243,847Forwarding packets with encapsulated service chain headers2019 10,225,270Steering of cloned traffic in a service function chain2019 10,225,104Extending NSH services into the VPN L2/L3 domain2019 10,218,593Identifying sources of packet drops in a service function chain environment2019 10,187,306System and method for improved service chaining2019 10,165,092Using a network service header to manage a network-as-a-system2018 10,164,875SR app-segment integration with service function chaining (SFC) header metadata2018 10,158,561Data plane learning of bi-directional service chains2018 10,158,565Network services across non-contiguous subnets of a label switched network separated by a non-label switched network2018 10,153,951Determining the operations performed along a service path/service chain2018 10,148,577Network service header metadata for load balancing2018 10,142,128NSH service plane for L3VPN forwarding2018 10,050,870Handling multipath flows in service function chaining2018 10,015,208Single proxies in secure communication using service function chaining2018 9,979,704End-to-end security for virtual private service chains2018 9,954,774Propagating flow characteristics in service function chaining (SFC) headers2018 9,860,340'Service function chaining branching'2018 9,826,025'Chaining service zones by way of route re-origination'2017 9,825,778'NSH service plane for L3VPN forwarding'2017 9,806,962'Determining the operations performed along a service path/service chain'2017 9,755,959'Dynamic service path creation'2017 9,749,229'Forwarding packets with encapsulated service chain headers'2017 9,723,106'Service function chaining branching'2017 9,660,909'Network service header metadata for load balancing'2017 9,614,739'Defining service chains in terms of service functions'2017 9,608,896'Service node originated service chains in a network environment'2017 9,571,405'Metadata augmentation in a service function chain'2017 9,548,919'Transparent network service header path proxies'2017 9,537,752'Encoding inter-domain shared service paths'2017 9,509,614'Hierarchical load balancing in a network environment'2016 9,479,443'System and method for transporting information to services in a network environment'2016 9,444,675'Determining the operations performed along a service path/service chain'2016 9,438,512'Stacking metadata contexts for service chains'2016 9,413,655'Providing virtual private service chains in a network environment'2016 9,398,486'Conveying subscriber information to service chain services using tunnel protocol header encapsulation for mobile network applications in a network environment'2016 9,385,950'Configurable service proxy local identifier mapping'2016 9,379,931'System and method for transporting information to services in a network environment'2016 9,374,297'Method for implicit session routing'2016 9,363,183'Network address translation offload to network infrastructure for service chains in a network environment'2016 9,344,337'Service node originated service chains in a network environment'2016 9,258,243'Symmetric service chain binding'2016 9,246,799'Data plane learning of bi-directional service chains'2016 9,178,801'Automated service discovery in computer networks'2015 9,178,812'Stacking metadata contexts for service chains'2015 9,143,557'Feedback loop for service engineered paths'2015 9,118,541'Interior gateway protocol summarization preserving internet protocol reachability information'2015 9,088,519'Allocating and distributing labels for packet encapsulation'2015 8,948,001'Service plane triggered fast reroute protection'2015 8,867,349'Regulation of network traffic in virtual private networks'2014 8,792,504'Methods and apparatus to configure network nodes supporting virtual connections'2014 8,751,613'Application layer traffic optimization enhancements for mobile devices'2014 8,711,838'Using network labels without standard-defined syntax and semantics'2014 8,713,669'Multi-domain dynamic group virtual private networks'2014 8,599,842'Transferring DOCSIS frames using a label switching network'2013 8,238,338'Interior gateway protocol summarization preserving internet protocol reachability information'2012 8,160,055'System and methods for identifying network path performance'2012 8,001,252'Psuedowire termination directly on a router'2011 7,990,888'System and methods for network reachability detection'2011 7,969,983'Network scaling with summarized internet protocol label switched paths'2011 7,969,867'Backup route generation in border gateway protocol'2011 7,957,408'Routing protocol support for half duplex virtual routing and forwarding instance'2011 7,936,668'Methods and apparatus for distributing label information'2011 7,916,729'Automatic RD rewrite technique to achieve fast convergence in inter-as networks'2011 7,869,436'Methods and apparatus for connecting to virtual networks using non supplicant authentication'2011 7,870,604'Methods and apparatus to configure network nodes supporting virtual connections'2011 7,787,396'Automatic ORF-list creation for route partitioning across BGP route reflectors'2010 7,773,594'Transferring DOCSIS frames using a label switching network'2010 7,742,477'Interconnectivity between autonomous systems'2010 7,724,732'Secure multipoint internet protocol virtual private networks'2010 7,720,995'Conditional BGP advertising for dynamic group VPN (DGVPN) clients'2010 7,698,456'Methods and apparatus to support routing of information'2010 7,693,047'System and method for PE-node protection'2010 7,688,829'System and methods for network segmentation'2010 7,623,535'Routing protocol support for half duplex virtual routing and forwarding instance'2009 7,620,975'Internal routing protocol support for distributing encryption information'2009 7,613,826'Methods and apparatus for providing multiple policies for a virtual private network'2009 7,602,778'System and methods for compressing message headers'2009 7,599,313'Method to scale hierarchical route reflectors using automated outbound route filtering-list mechanism'2009 7,583,593'System and methods for detecting network failure'2009 7,516,224'Pseudowire termination directly on a router'2009 7,509,491'System and method for dynamic secured group communication'2009 7,505,402'Method and apparatus for providing faster convergence for redundant sites'2009 7,483,387'Hierarchical label distribution for inter-area summarization of edge-device addresses'2009 7,471,636'Methods and apparatus based on message transmission times'2008 7,433,320'System and methods for network path detection'2008 7,408,941'Method for auto-routing of multi-hop pseudowires'2008 7,373,660'Methods and apparatus to distribute policy information'2008

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

2008–2021Patents assigned to CISCO TECH INC (91)· patent assignee history

2008–2014Based in Groton, MA, US· patent location history

2009–2021Based in New Boston, NH, US· patent location history

2014–2015Patents assigned to GUICHARD JAMES (6)· patent assignee history

2014–2015Patents assigned to JUNIPER NETWORKS INC (6)· patent assignee history

2014–2015Patents assigned to WARD DAVID (6)· patent assignee history

2019–2021Patents assigned to FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC (5)· patent assignee history

2019–2021Based in Hollis, NH, US· patent location history

2020Based in Santa Clara, CA, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
CISCO TECH INC	91	2008–2021
GUICHARD JAMESself	6	2014–2015
JUNIPER NETWORKS INC	6	2014–2015
WARD DAVID	6	2014–2015
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC	5	2019–2021

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
New Boston, NH, US	71	2009–2021
Groton, Massachusetts, US	26	2008–2014
Hollis, NH, US	4	2019–2021
Santa Clara, California, US	1	2020