Patents by Inventor Murtaza Chiba

Murtaza Chiba 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).

  • Monitoring network service affecting events, taking action, and automating subscriber notification
    Patent number: 8065727
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes identifying at least one parameter as being associated with a service provided to an entity, as for example a subscriber. The service is arranged to service the entity. The method also includes monitoring the parameter to determine if accessibility to the service by the entity is compromised, and invoking a notification mechanism to send a notification to the entity if it is determined that the accessibility to the service by the entity is compromised. The notification indicates that the accessibility to the service is compromised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Wojciech Dec, Vincent J. Mammoliti, Richard M. Pruss, Murtaza Chiba
  • MONITORING NETWORK SERVICE AFFECTING EVENTS, TAKING ACTION, AND AUTOMATING SUBSCRIBER NOTIFICATION
    Publication number: 20090013383
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes identifying at least one parameter as being associated with a service provided to an entity, as for example a subscriber. The service is arranged to service the entity. The method also includes monitoring the parameter to determine if accessibility to the service by the entity is compromised, and invoking a notification mechanism to send a notification to the entity if it is determined that the accessibility to the service by the entity is compromised. The notification indicates that the accessibility to the service is compromised.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Wojciech Dec, Vincent J. Mammoliti, Richard M. Pruss, Murtaza Chiba
  • 32-bit vendor-extended-type vendor specific attribute
    Patent number: 7231456
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for generating and receiving an extended Vendor Specific Attribute (VSA) is disclosed. In one aspect, a extended format VSA may be generated containing at least a Vendor-Type field having a predetermined value and a Extended Vendor-Type field. A Vendor Specific Attribute packet generated and received in accordance with the teachings of this disclosure may have a field sequence of <Type> <Length> <Vendor-ID> <Vendor-Type> <Length> <Vendor-Extended-Type> <Value>, and may field lengths of Type=8 bits; Length=8 bits; Vendor-ID=32 bits; Vendor-Type 8 bits; Length=8 bits; Vendor-Extended-Type=32 bits; and Value=1 or more bytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Murtaza Chiba, Din-I Tsai