Patents by Inventor Martin Andrew Hill

Martin Andrew Hill 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).

  • Automated configuration of network device
    Patent number: 9634961
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a system that includes a backup device and a plurality of switches coupled to the backup device. A switch in the plurality of switches may be coupled to the backup device using at least a special link. The at least special link may be configured by a replacement device when the switch coupled to the backup device using the at least the special link fails, the failed switch is replaced with the replacement device, and the replacement device receives configuration data associated with the special link from another switch of the plurality of switches via a simple link. The simple link may allow communication of data without configuration of the simple link. The backup device may be configured to manage backup data associated with the plurality of switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Allied Telesis Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Geoffrey Douglas McCaughan, Graeme Keith Campbell, Martin Andrew Hill
  • AUTOMATED CONFIGURATION OF NETWORK DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160182407
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a system that includes a backup device and a plurality of switches coupled to the backup device. A switch in the plurality of switches may be coupled to the backup device using at least a special link. The at least special link may be configured by a replacement device when the switch coupled to the backup device using the at least the special link fails, the failed switch is replaced with the replacement device, and the replacement device receives configuration data associated with the special link from another switch of the plurality of switches via a simple link. The simple link may allow communication of data without configuration of the simple link. The backup device may be configured to manage backup data associated with the plurality of switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Geoffrey Douglas McCaughan, Graeme Keith Campbell, Martin Andrew Hill