Patents by Inventor Michael Gibbings Fink

Michael Gibbings Fink 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).

  • TRANSACTIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF MODELLED CONFIGURATION FROM A CENTRALIZED SERVER TO A PLURALITY OF SUBSIDIARY DEVICES
    Publication number: 20230300025
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for facilitating network devices to obtain configuration updates from a central configuration repository. Configuration update information is received regarding a configuration update in a configuration repository. A data tree is updated based on the configuration update information. An identifier unique to the update is generated. A determination is performed that network device properties of a network device correspond to a set of network device properties indicated for the configuration update information. A notification indicating the availability of the configuration update is sent over one or more networks to the network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Gibbings Fink, Justin Costa-Roberts, Avinash Siva Kumar
  • TRANSACTIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF MODELLED CONFIGURATION FROM A CENTRALIZED SERVER TO A PLURALITY OF SUBSIDIARY DEVICES
    Publication number: 20230216735
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for facilitating network devices to obtain configuration updates from a central configuration repository. Configuration update information is received regarding a configuration update in a configuration repository. A data tree is updated based on the configuration update information. An identifier unique to the update is generated. A determination is performed that network device properties of a network device correspond to a set of network device properties indicated for the configuration update information. A notification indicating the availability of the configuration update is sent over one or more networks to the network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Gibbings Fink, Justin Costa-Roberts, Avinash Kumar
  • Transactional distribution of modelled configuration from a centralized server to a plurality of subsidiary devices
    Patent number: 11695627
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for facilitating network devices to obtain configuration updates from a central configuration repository. Configuration update information is received regarding a configuration update in a configuration repository. A data tree is updated based on the configuration update information. An identifier unique to the update is generated. A determination is performed that network device properties of a network device correspond to a set of network device properties indicated for the configuration update information. A notification indicating the availability of the configuration update is sent over one or more networks to the network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Gibbings Fink, Justin Costa-Roberts, Avinash Kumar