Patents by Inventor Keith Sinclair
Keith Sinclair 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).
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Patent number: 10110437Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for detecting unidentified inventory in a network. In one embodiment, data that was collected from a plurality of network devices is received. The data includes at least one device identifier for a neighboring network device of at least one network device of the plurality of network devices. The at least one device identifier for the neighboring network device is compared to one or more device identifiers of known network devices. In response to determining that the at least one device identifier for the neighboring network device does not match a device identifier for the known network devices, the at least one device identifier is added to a list of unidentified inventory.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2014Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Krishnan Ramaswamy, Suresh Thirukazhukundram, Christopher Camplejohn, Keith Sinclair, Edward Rosen, Sunil John, Gaurav Garg
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Publication number: 20150058468Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for detecting unidentified inventory in a network. In one embodiment, data that was collected from a plurality of network devices is received. The data includes at least one device identifier for a neighboring network device of at least one network device of the plurality of network devices. The at least one device identifier for the neighboring network device is compared to one or more device identifiers of known network devices. In response to determining that the at least one device identifier for the neighboring network device does not match a device identifier for the known network devices, the at least one device identifier is added to a list of unidentified inventory.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Krishnan Ramaswamy, Suresh Thirukazhukundram, Christopher Camplejohn, Keith Sinclair, Edward Rosen, Sunil John, Gaurav Garg
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Patent number: 8880669Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for detecting unidentified inventory in a network. In one embodiment, data that was collected from a plurality of network devices is received. The data includes at least one device identifier for a neighboring network device of at least one network device of the plurality of network devices. The at least one device identifier for the neighboring network device is compared to one or more device identifiers of known network devices. In response to determining that the at least one device identifier for the neighboring network device does not match a device identifier for the known network devices, the at least one device identifier is added to a list of unidentified inventory.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2011Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Krishnan Ramaswamy, Suresh Thirukazhukundram, Christopher Scott Camplejohn, Keith Sinclair, Edward M. Rosen, Sunil Shashikanth John, Gaurav Garg
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Patent number: 8880664Abstract: A method is disclosed for generating a network profile and a device profile relating to devices in one or more networks and comprises, in one embodiment, receiving device identity information for a plurality of devices in one or more customer networks; receiving device configuration information from each of the devices in the networks; transforming the device configuration information into device feature information; creating and storing, based on the device identity information, device configuration information, and device feature information, a device profile that summarizes device details for all the devices.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2004Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Solomon Tekle, Keith Sinclair, Sumit Nandy
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Publication number: 20120226791Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for detecting unidentified inventory in a network. In one embodiment, data that was collected from a plurality of network devices is received. The data includes at least one device identifier for a neighboring network device of at least one network device of the plurality of network devices. The at least one device identifier for the neighboring network device is compared to one or more device identifiers of known network devices. In response to determining that the at least one device identifier for the neighboring network device does not match a device identifier for the known network devices, the at least one device identifier is added to a list of unidentified inventory.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2011Publication date: September 6, 2012Inventors: Krishnan RAMASWAMY, Suresh Thirukazhukundram, Christopher Scott Camplejohn, Keith Sinclair, Edward M. Rosen, Sunil Shashikanth John, Gaurav Garg
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Patent number: 7668953Abstract: A method is disclosed for detecting symptoms in a network infrastructure, combining one or more symptoms into a problem, then optionally applying detailed diagnosis to the network elements experiencing the problems, ultimately providing detailed problem determination.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2003Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Keith Sinclair, Burjiz Pithawala, Suresh Thirukazhukundram
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Patent number: 7509415Abstract: A network based management system enables network devices installed at a customer's premises to be automatically monitored and managed for automated support services. Each network device includes a monitoring agent configured for generating a notification message based upon an event where device operations exceed prescribed monitored parameters. A troubleshooting resource at the customer premises requests selected device state attributes from the network device and that are forwarded to a data collection resource that serves as an interface to the manufacturer's back-end infrastructure. The troubleshooting system accesses databases that store the configuration information for the affected network device, and uses the configuration information for accessing problem/resolution information.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2006Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: John Baekelmans, Erik De Kegel, Dean Mc Daniel, Keith Sinclair
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Publication number: 20060277299Abstract: A network based management system enables network devices installed at a customer's premises to be automatically monitored and managed for automated support services. Each network device includes a monitoring agent configured for generating a notification message based upon an event where device operations exceed prescribed monitored parameters. A troubleshooting resource at the customer premises requests selected device state attributes from the network device and that are forwarded to a data collection resource that serves as an interface to the manufacturer's back-end infrastructure. The troubleshooting system accesses databases that store the configuration information for the affected network device, and uses the configuration information for accessing problem/resolution information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2006Publication date: December 7, 2006Inventors: John Baekelmans, Erik De Kegel, Dean Mc Daniel, Keith Sinclair
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Patent number: 7080141Abstract: Each network device includes a monitoring agent configured for generating a notification message based upon an event where device operations exceed prescribed monitored parameters. A troubleshooting resource at the customer premises requests selected device state attributes from the network device and that are forwarded to a data collection resource that serves as an interface to the manufacturer's back-end infrastructure. The troubleshooting system accesses databases that store the configuration information for the affected network device, and uses the configuration information for accessing problem/resolution information. The rules based troubleshooting system, upon correlating the databases for the problem/resolution information, provides a service notification message as a response to the event, and selectively includes the problem/resolution information for the network device.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2002Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: John Baekelmans, Erik De Kegel, Dean Mc Daniel, Keith Sinclair
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Patent number: 4640717Abstract: Sugar (sucrose or glucose) is crystallized by passing a hot supersaturated syrup to a continuous screw extruder such that progressive nucleation of the syrup is induced during a mean residence time of below 25 seconds and then discharging the nucleated syrup onto a surface, e.g. a conveyor belt, to crystallise without agitation.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 1985Date of Patent: February 3, 1987Assignee: Tate & Lyle Public Limited CompanyInventors: Dipak P. Shukla, Keith Sinclair, Kevin A. Smith