Patents by Inventor Howard Steven Nelson

Howard Steven Nelson 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).

  • Patent number: 11456917
    Abstract: Techniques and architecture for determining compliance of a network with respect to a network design solution. The techniques may include determining a role for each network device of a network that comprises multiple network devices and determining one or more policies related to each network device with respect to other network devices of the network. The techniques may further include based at least in part on the roles for each network device and the one or more policies, determining a level of compliance of a configuration of the network with respect to a network design solution. Based at least in part on the level of compliance, a remedial action may be performed. In configurations, a machine learning model may be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard Steven Nelson, Derek William Engi, Gonzalo Salgueiro, Vijay Pillai
  • Publication number: 20210377114
    Abstract: Techniques and architecture for determining compliance of a network with respect to a network design solution. The techniques may include determining a role for each network device of a network that comprises multiple network devices and determining one or more policies related to each network device with respect to other network devices of the network. The techniques may further include based at least in part on the roles for each network device and the one or more policies, determining a level of compliance of a configuration of the network with respect to a network design solution. Based at least in part on the level of compliance, a remedial action may be performed. In configurations, a machine learning model may be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Howard Steven Nelson, Derek William Engi, Gonzalo Salgueiro, Vijay Pillai