Patents by Inventor Mark Koops

Mark Koops 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 management system for managing networks and implementing services on the networks using rules and an inference engine
    Patent number: 8055742
    Abstract: A network management system for implementing a service on a network acquires policy rules for configuring the service, determines commands corresponding to the policy rules and transmits them to network elements, and infers the rules in order to determine the commands. The rules comprise services rules and implementation rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Mark Koops, Arnaud Gonguet, Olivier Poupel
  • Network management system with validation of policies
    Patent number: 7254628
    Abstract: A network management system (NMS) including a policy manager (PM) associated with a set of policies and including distribution means for sending said policies to policy enforcement points (PEP1, PEP2, PEP3, PEP4) in accordance with distribution instructions via policy decision points (PDP1, PDP2), characterized in that said policy manager further includes validation means for validating if said policy enforcement points can enforce said policies and correcting said distribution instructions as a function of said validation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Mark Koops, Paul Labrogere, Francis Detot
  • Network management system with validation of policies
    Publication number: 20040225727
    Abstract: A network management system (NMS) including a policy manager (PM) associated with a set of policies and including distribution means for sending said policies to policy enforcement points (PEP1, PEP2, PEP3, PEP4) in accordance with distribution instructions via policy decision points (PDP1, PDP2), characterized in that said policy manager further includes validation means for validating if said policy enforcement points can enforce said policies and correcting said distribution instructions as a function of said validation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: Alcatel
    Inventors: Mark Koops, Paul Labrogere, Francis Detot
  • Device and method for simulating network traffic treatments of a network using policy rules
    Publication number: 20040221177
    Abstract: A device (1) is dedicated to the simulation of traffic treatments of network elements (NE) of a network using policy rules. The policy rules are stored as data in a database (DB) and define at least traffic treatments that the network elements (NE) are able to provide. This device (1) comprises a processing means (7) arranged, when it receives first input data, designing at least an ingress and an egress network elements, and second input data, designing a service to be implemented by the designated ingress and egress network elements, to access to the database (DB) to extract each of the policy rules that are associated to these designated ingress and egress network elements, and to implement the extracted policy rules in order to simulate the traffic flow between the designated ingress and egress network elements in presence of the designated service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: ALCATEL
    Inventor: Mark Koops
  • System for managing networks using rules and including an inference engine
    Publication number: 20040054769
    Abstract: A network management system for implementing a service on a network acquires policy rules for configuring the service, determines commands corresponding to the policy rules and transmits them to network elements, and infers the rules in order to determine the commands. The rules comprise services rules and implementation rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Applicant: ALCATEL
    Inventors: Mark Koops, Arnaud Gonguet, Olivier Poupel
  • Deploying rules by policy management apparatus as a function of information concerning network equipment
    Publication number: 20030149591
    Abstract: Policy management apparatus for deploying rules over a set of elements in a data network, in particular a telecommunications network, the rules enabling services to be implemented, wherein the apparatus has means giving it access to a database containing information about the set of network elements, and wherein deployment is performed as a function of said information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Applicant: ALCATEL
    Inventor: Mark Koops