WIPO ASSIGNS PATENT TO MISSION TECHNOLOGY GROUP FOR "NETWORK SWITCH" (AMERICAN INVENTOR)

GENEVA, May 14 -- Publication No. WO/2011/056261 was published on May 12.

Title of the invention: "NETWORK SWITCH."

Applicants: MISSION TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC. (US).

Inventors: Jayanta Kumar Maitra (US).

According to the abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization: "A system and method for electronically transferring data between servers in a Local Area Network (LAN) requires a Network switch. Essentially, the Network switch incorporates a PCI Express switch that is run by a Central Processing Unit (CPU). A plurality of connectors (i.e. one for each server in the system) is provided to directly connect the PCI Express capability of the respective server to the PCI Express switch. With these connections, the CPU is used to implement an Internet Protocol (IP) routing function in compliance with IP addresses provided by respective servers to route data through the system from one server to another."

The patent was filed on May 24, 2010 under Application No. PCT/US2010/035943.

For further information please visit: http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/ia.jsp?ia=US2010/035943

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