Patents by Inventor Gregory Faison Morris

Gregory Faison Morris 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).

  • Automated network entity replacement based on historical topology consciousness
    Patent number: 10425281
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a device in a network maintains a topology database of one or more topologies of entities in the network. The device identifies a replacement entity that has physically replaced a particular one of the entities in the network. The device determines whether neighbor information regarding one or more of the entities that neighbor the replacement entity matches neighbor information in the topology database associated with the replaced entity. The device determines whether client information regarding one of more clients of the replacement entity matches client information in the topology database associated with the replaced entity. The device sends an alert when the neighbor or client information of the replacement entity does not match the neighbor or client information in the topology database associated with the replaced entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore Robert Grevers, Jr., Raja Rajaram Kannan, Rudolph B. Klecka, III, Gregory Faison Morris
  • AUTOMATED NETWORK ENTITY REPLACEMENT BASED ON HISTORICAL TOPOLOGY CONSCIOUSNESS
    Publication number: 20190149416
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a device in a network maintains a topology database of one or more topologies of entities in the network. The device identifies a replacement entity that has physically replaced a particular one of the entities in the network. The device determines whether neighbor information regarding one or more of the entities that neighbor the replacement entity matches neighbor information in the topology database associated with the replaced entity. The device determines whether client information regarding one of more clients of the replacement entity matches client information in the topology database associated with the replaced entity. The device sends an alert when the neighbor or client information of the replacement entity does not match the neighbor or client information in the topology database associated with the replaced entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Theodore Robert Grevers, JR., Raja Rajaram Kannan, Rudolph B. Klecka, III, Gregory Faison Morris