Patents by Inventor Mark E. Trostler

Mark E. Trostler 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).

  • Network device management interface having fine-grain access control using regular expressions
    Patent number: 7774367
    Abstract: Techniques for controlling access to resources within a device are described. A device is described, for example, that includes a computer-readable medium and a management interface. The computer-readable medium stores configuration data and authorization data. The authorization data defines an access control attribute and an associated regular expression specifying a textual pattern. The management interface receives a text-based command to access the configuration data of the device, evaluates the command using the regular expression, and controls access to the configuration data based on the evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert P. Enns, Mark E. Trostler
  • Management interface having fine-grain access control using regular expressions
    Patent number: 7647318
    Abstract: Techniques for controlling access to resources within a device are described. A device is described, for example, that includes a computer-readable medium and a management interface. The computer-readable medium stores configuration data and authorization data. The authorization data defines an access control attribute and an associated regular expression specifying a textual pattern. The management interface receives a text-based command to access the configuration data of the device, evaluates the command using the regular expression, and controls access to the configuration data based on the evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert P. Enns, Mark E. Trostler