Patents by Inventor Daniel Simon Ginger

Daniel Simon Ginger has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Network management apparatus and method for determining the topology of a network
    Patent number: 7385939
    Abstract: A network management apparatus and method for determining the topology of a network in which a Spanning-Tree protocol is implemented, is disclosed in which address table data is obtained from the ports of the core network devices on the network, and the identity of the ports of the core network devices are determined. Spanning-Tree protocol information is obtained from the core network devices and used to process the address table data to remove data relating to ports having links which are inactive. The topology of the network is then determined using the processed data by first selecting one of the core network devices as a root network device, and then using the processed address table data to build a network tree from the selected root device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: 3Com Corporation
    Inventors: Robert James Duncan, Simon Peter Valentine, Daniel Simon Ginger, Hamish Donald Stuart Martin
  • Network management apparatus and method for determining the topology of a network
    Publication number: 20020154606
    Abstract: A network management apparatus and method for determining the topology of a network in which a Spanning-Tree protocol is implemented, is disclosed in which address table data is obtained from the ports of the core network devices on the network, and the identity of the ports of the core network devices are determined. Spanning-Tree protocol information is obtained from the core network devices and used to process the address table data to remove data relating to ports having links which are inactive. The topology of the network is then determined using the processed data by first selecting one of the core network devices as a root network device, and then using the processed address table data to build a network tree from the selected root device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Robert James Duncan, Simon Peter Valentine, Daniel Simon Ginger, Hamish Donald Stuart Martin