https://patentbrief.org/company/cisco-technology-inc Plain-English explanations of patents assigned to Cisco Technology Inc, newest first. en-us Sun, 12 Jul 2026 13:20:07 GMT https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/9571603/redundancy-network-protocol-system Cisco's 2017 patent describes a system where multiple servers can share a single virtual IP address to ensure an application stays online even if one server fails. Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/9571603/redundancy-network-protocol-system https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/6178160/load-balancing-of-client-connections-across-a-network-using-server-based-algorithms A method for balancing web traffic by having servers report their current workload to a DNS server, which then directs new users to the fastest available machine. Tue, 23 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/6178160/load-balancing-of-client-connections-across-a-network-using-server-based-algorithms