Patents by Inventor Marco J. Matchefts

Marco J. Matchefts 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).

  • Method and apparatus for managing a subtended communication network
    Patent number: 6741590
    Abstract: A subtended communication network includes a first node servicing a plurality of first subscribers and having a subtend module and a corresponding first identifier. The first node can store a second identifier corresponding to a second node coupled to the subtend module. The subtended communication network also includes a second node servicing a plurality of second subscribers and having a network interface module and corresponding second identifier. The second node can store the first identifier corresponding to the first node coupled to the network interface module. The subtended communication network further includes a management module coupled to the first node and the second node. The management module can determine a subtending relationship between the first node and the second node by retrieving the first identifier from the second node and the second identifier from the first node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: James P. Duke, Marco J. Matchefts, Robert C. Taylor, Rachel Neal, Ronald A. Pleshek
  • System for synchronizing configuration information of a network element if received trap sequence number is out-of-sequence
    Patent number: 6330600
    Abstract: A system for updating a memory storing configuration information of a network element includes a network element and a network manager coupled to the network element using a communication network. The network manager receives selected configuration information from the network element to update a selected part of the memory if a received state variable does not match a stored state variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Marco J. Matchefts, Robert C. Taylor, Ronald A. Pleshek
  • System for updating selected part of configuration information stored in a memory of a network element depending on status of received state variable
    Patent number: 6128656
    Abstract: A system for updating a memory storing configuration information of a network element includes a network element and a network manager coupled to the network element using a communication network. The network manager receives selected configuration information from the network element to update a selected part of the memory if a received state variable does not match a stored state variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Marco J. Matchefts, Robert C. Taylor, Ronald A. Pleshek