Patents by Inventor Joan E. Luciani

Joan E. Luciani 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 updating network device configuration information in a network management system
    Patent number: 7188160
    Abstract: A managed network device maintains running configuration information, and changes the information in response to configuration change requests from a network management system (NMS) at a first interface and configuration change requests received from outside the NMS at a second interface, which may include a command line interface and dial-up connection such as TELNET. Configuration information for the device is maintained in a database in the NMS, and can become outdated due to the configuration change requests received at the second interface. To update the information in the NMS database, the NMS sends an upload configuration request to the network device, which responds by transferring a configuration file containing the running configuration information to the NMS. The NMS uses the contents of the uploaded configuration file to update the information in the NMS database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Ericsson AB
    Inventors: Yves-Andre Champagne, Joan E. Luciani, Stella I. Ko, Paul F. Langille, Edward F. McKenna
  • Method and apparatus for updating network device configuration information in a network management system
    Publication number: 20030140132
    Abstract: A managed network device maintains running configuration information, and changes the information in response to configuration change requests from a network management system (NMS) at a first interface and configuration change requests received from outside the NMS at a second interface, which may include a command line interface and dial-up connection such as TELNET. Configuration information for the device is maintained in a database in the NMS, and can become outdated due to the configuration change requests received at the second interface. To update the information in the NMS database, the NMS sends an upload configuration request to the network device, which responds by transferring a configuration file containing the running configuration information to the NMS. The NMS uses the contents of the uploaded configuration file to update the information in the NMS database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Yves-Andre Champagne, Joan E. Luciani, Stella I. Ko, Paul F. Langille, Edward F. McKenna