Patents by Inventor Kenneth M. Osborne

Kenneth M. Osborne 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).

  • Management information to object mapping and correlator
    Patent number: 7290049
    Abstract: A method and system to provide management information of network devices by mapping between SNMP MIB module schema and Common Information Model (CIM) schema. MIB modules are tree-structured lists of objects for describing SNMP network device information, whereas CIM schema employs user-intuitive, object-oriented classes to model such information. A mapping process enumerates the MIB objects and then maps the objects into CIM Managed Object Format (MOF) classes using defined mapping tables. A correlation mechanism is further provided to efficiently determine in real time which MIBs (or portions thereof) and corresponding CIM classes a network device supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steven J. Menzies, Syed N. Ahmed, Kenneth M. Osborne, Rajeev Byrisetty
  • Management information to object mapping
    Patent number: 7143156
    Abstract: A method and system to provide management information of network devices by mapping between SNMP MIB module schema and Common Information Model (CIM) schema. MIB modules are tree-structured lists of objects for describing SNMP network device information, whereas CIM schema employs user-intuitive, object-oriented classes to model such information. A mapping process enumerates the MIB objects and then maps the objects into CIM Managed Object Format (MOF) classes using defined mapping tables. A correlation mechanism is further provided to efficiently determine in real time which MIBs (or portions thereof) and corresponding CIM classes a network device supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steven J. Menzies, Syed N. Ahmed, Kenneth M. Osborne, Rajeev Byrisetty
  • Management information to object mapping
    Publication number: 20020091809
    Abstract: A method and system to provide management information of network devices by mapping between SNMP MIB module schema and Common Information Model (CIM) schema. MIB modules are tree-structured lists of objects for describing SNMP network device information, whereas CIM schema employs user-intuitive, object-oriented classes to model such information. A mapping process enumerates the MIB objects and then maps the objects into CIM Managed Object Format (MOF) classes using defined mapping tables. A correlation mechanism is further provided to efficiently determine in real time which MIBs (or portions thereof) and corresponding CIM classes a network device supports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventors: Steven J. Menzies, Syed N. Ahmed, Kenneth M. Osborne, Rajeev Byrisetty
  • Management information to object mapping and correlator
    Patent number: 6317748
    Abstract: A method and system to provide management information of network devices by mapping between SNMP MIB module schema and Common Information Model (CIM) schema. MIB modules are tree-structured lists of objects for describing SNMP network device information, whereas CIM schema employs user-intuitive, object-oriented classes to model such information. A mapping process enumerates the MIB objects and then maps the objects into CIM Managed Object Format (MOF) classes using defined mapping tables. A correlation mechanism is further provided to efficiently determine in real time which MIBs (or portions thereof) and corresponding CIM classes a network device supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steven J. Menzies, Syed N. Ahmed, Kenneth M. Osborne, Rajeev Byrisetty