William F Norton DeceasedChandler, AZ

2018004, Feb 15, 2018

Oct 25, 2017

15/793718

- Santa Clara CA, US
Joseph B. Gillman - Phoenix AZ, US
William B. Norton - Palo Alto CA, US
Thomas Brian Madej - Hamilton CA, US

H04L 12/707
H04L 12/751

A method and apparatus is disclosed for analyzing IP data flows for the determination of an alternate routing path for network traffic between a known first network and a destination within an unknown second network on the Internet.

2017019, Jul 6, 2017

Dec 30, 2015

14/985120

- Santa Clara CA, US
Thomas Brian Madej - Hamilton, CA
Joseph Blake Gillman - Phoenix AZ, US
William B. Norton - Palo Alto CA, US

H04L 12/46
H04L 12/751
H04L 12/26

Systems and methods are disclosed for collecting data on traffic paths between networks over an intermediate set of network elements, which may include a Distributed Internet Exchange Platform (DIXP) enabling a peering relationship between the two networks. A set of agents may be coupled with different network elements in the intermediate set from which they may collect data with which the traffic paths may be assessed, monitored, and/or evaluated. The set of agents may report the data to a control-plane module, which may store the data in a centralized database. Additionally, the control-plane module may be operable to generate and/or provision instructions to the agents to control the collection of data and/or the monitoring of traffic paths. The database may include network-topology information from which the control-plane module may identify the traffic paths between the two networks and to which the data may be correlated.