Patents by Inventor Abhay Gidwani

Abhay Gidwani 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).

  • Methods, systems, and computer program products for dynamic network access device port and user device configuration for implementing device-based and user-based policies
    Patent number: 8775571
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for dynamic network access device port and user device configuration are disclosed. According to one method, when a user device is connected to a port of a network access device, the type of user device is determined. The type of user device is used to locate a corresponding port configuration policy. The port to which the device is connected is dynamically configured based on the port configuration policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Extreme Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Balaji Srinivasan, Desikan Saravanan, Nick G. Suizo, Rajasekaran Nagarajan, Jeffrey A. Ronne, Abhay Gidwani, Wolfgang Lochner
  • Method and apparatus for converting network management protocol to markup language
    Patent number: 7657635
    Abstract: A method is provided to convert network management protocol request into a markup language representation. In one embodiment, the present invention includes receiving a network management protocol request at a network device, generating a plurality of markup language tags and content embedded in the markup language tags based on the received request, and responding to the request using the plurality of markup language tags and content embedded in the markup language tags using a unified backend interface. In one embodiment, routines used to generate the plurality of markup language tags and content are generated automatically using an instrumentation module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Extreme Networks
    Inventors: Michael Yip, Yeeping Chen Zhong, Qi Cao, Abhay Gidwani
  • Methods, systems, and computer program products for dynamic network access device port and user device configuration for implementing device-based and user-based policies
    Publication number: 20060274774
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for dynamic network access device port and user device configuration are disclosed. According to one method, when a user device is connected to a port of a network access device, the type of user device is determined. The type of user device is used to locate a corresponding port configuration policy. The port to which the device is connected is dynamically configured based on the port configuration policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: Balaji Srinivasan, Desikan Saravanan, Nick Suizo, Rajasekaran Nagarajan, Jeffrey Ronne, Abhay Gidwani, Wolfgang Lochner
  • Method and apparatus for converting network management protocol to markup language
    Publication number: 20060036723
    Abstract: A method is provided to convert network management protocol request into a markup language representation. In one embodiment, the present invention includes receiving a network management protocol request at a network device, generating a plurality of markup language tags and content embedded in the markup language tags based on the received request, and responding to the request using the plurality of markup language tags and content embedded in the markup language tags using a unified backend interface. In one embodiment, routines used to generate the plurality of markup language tags and content are generated automatically using an instrumentation module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventors: Michael Yip, Yeeping Zhong, Qi Cao, Abhay Gidwani