Patents by Inventor C. Michael Letchworth

C. Michael Letchworth 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).

  • Managing network device configuration using versioning and partitioning
    Patent number: 7779404
    Abstract: Configuration versioning and partitioning are provided as methods for managing large configuration for a network element such as a router or switch. In one aspect, a method performed in a network element, the network element comprising a plurality of software components that control operations and features of the network element, wherein operations and features of the network element are defined in part by a configuration, comprises creating and storing one or more configuration partition namespaces each comprising a version identifier and one or more configuration tuples; associating one or more of the configuration partition namespaces in a configuration partition; associating one of the software components and the one or more configuration partition namespaces; and creating and storing information identifying one of the software components, its associated configuration partition namespaces, and the version identifier of each of the configuration partition namespaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yassin Movassaghi, Sukumar Puvvala, C. Michael Letchworth, Kapil Jain, Neal McDonnell, David Ward