Patents by Inventor Craig Bardenheuer

Craig Bardenheuer 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).

  • Enforcement of network device configuration policies within a computing environment
    Publication number: 20070113273
    Abstract: A network management system is described for assuring that a network device complies with a device-specific configuration policy. One example of the network management system contains one or more business rules that describe a business policy regarding a computer network in a network-independent form. In general, the business rules refer to high-level business requirements and not to device-specific configuration information. The network management system uses the business rule to determine which business policies are currently in force. In addition, the network management system contains one or more network design rules that describe relationship between the business policy and one or more device-specific configuration policies. The network management server uses the network design rules to determine whether to deploy a device-specific configuration policies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Shafer, Robert Enns, Paulo Lima, Greg Sidebottom, William Welch, Michael Jacobsen, Craig Bardenheuer