Patents by Inventor Michael P. McGauley

Michael P. McGauley 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).

  • Methods and systems for a network element database migration service
    Patent number: 7634489
    Abstract: In various exemplary embodiments, the present invention provides methods and systems of extracting a database from one NE and importing a recreated database into another NE. The database includes NE circuit provisioning data and the like. The present invention is utilized when rolling traffic from one or more NEs to another NE. For example, a decommissioning of one or more older NEs to a new NE can utilize the present invention to migrate the circuit database from the one or more older NEs to the new NE. Advantageously, the present invention verifies that all NE data is extracted and that no data is omitted or duplicated and that the migrated data does not conflict with the new NE's database conventions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Michael P. McGauley, Daniel J. Burke
  • Methods and systems for a network element database migration service
    Publication number: 20080243864
    Abstract: In various exemplary embodiments, the present invention provides methods and systems of extracting a database from one NE and importing a recreated database into another NE. The database includes NE circuit provisioning data and the like. The present invention is utilized when rolling traffic from one or more NEs to another NE. For example, a decommissioning of one or more older NEs to a new NE can utilize the present invention to migrate the circuit database from the one or more older NEs to the new NE. Advantageously, the present invention verifies that all NE data is extracted and that no data is omitted or duplicated and that the migrated data does not conflict with the new NE's database conventions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Michael P. McGauley, Daniel J. Burke