Patents by Inventor Jerome Magnet

Jerome Magnet 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).

  • Method and apparatus for backward and forward compatibilty in device management
    Patent number: 7761543
    Abstract: A method and system permitting a network management system to be backward and forward compatible with a range of network elements or devices, and device versions. The present invention uses a combination of versioned interface negotiation, data driven interfaces or self-describing devices, and a support matrix of management features supported by various versions of the network management system, to provide the network management system with both backward and forward compatibility. This permits a single version of a management system to be backward compatible with a series of network elements that predate the management system's release, and to be forward compatible with a series of network elements that follow the management system's release, even in the face of unpredictable changes in the devices with which the management system interacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Arn C. Hyndman, Glen M. Pye, Jerome Magnet
  • Method and apparatus for backward and forward compatibility in device management
    Publication number: 20040010576
    Abstract: A method and system permitting a network management system to be backward and forward compatible with a range of network elements or devices, and device versions. The present invention uses a combination of versioned interface negotiation, data driven interfaces or self-describing devices, and a support matrix of management features supported by various versions of the network management system, to provide the network management system with both backward and forward compatibility. This permits a single version of a management system to be backward compatible with a series of network elements that predate the management system's release, and to be forward compatible with a series of network elements that follow the management system's release, even in the face of unpredictable changes in the devices with which the management system interacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Arn C. Hyndman, Glen M. Pye, Jerome Magnet