Patents by Inventor Olivier Daures

Olivier Daures 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).

  • Discovery of virtual private networks
    Patent number: 8134923
    Abstract: A method is described of discovering at least one Virtual Private Network (VPN) automatically within a network comprising a plurality of network elements including the steps of: discovering the network elements which provide functionality for VPNs within the network; discovering the role of each network element, as identified in the preceding step, comprising identifying network elements whose role is as customer premise equipment (CPE); discovering, for each element identified as customer premise equipment, the VPN the customer premise equipment is associated with.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Olivier Daures
  • Discovery of virtual private networks
    Publication number: 20060056314
    Abstract: A method is described of discovering at least one Virtual Private Network (VPN) automatically within a network comprising a plurality of network elements including the steps of: discovering the network elements which provide functionality for VPNs within the network; discovering the role of each network element, as identified in the preceding step, comprising identifying network elements whose role is as customer premise equipment (CPE); discovering, for each element identified as customer premise equipment, the VPN the customer premise equipment is associated with.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventor: Olivier Daures