Patents by Inventor Menachem Shoua

Menachem Shoua 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).

  • Apparatus and method for assigning virtual LANs to a switched network
    Patent number: 6061334
    Abstract: This invention discloses an apparatus for managing a switched routed network including a network configuration learning unit operative to learn a configuration of the switched routed network, a VLAN assignment unit for generating a division of the network into virtual LANs (VLANs) based on the learned configuration of the network; and a change manager operative to detect a change in the configuration of the network and to modify the division of the network into VLANs. A method for generating a division of a switched routed network into virtual LANs based on a learned configuration of the network is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Networks Ltd
    Inventors: Albert Berlovitch, Michael Shurman, Menachem Shoua