Patents by Inventor Richard R. Schemitsch

Richard R. Schemitsch 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).

  • Optimized network device discovery
    Patent number: 8578034
    Abstract: A computing device retrieves a set of configuration files of devices associated with a network to be analyzed and extracts from the set of configuration files Internet protocol (IP) address information to form an IP address database. The computing device also extracts from the set of configuration files border gateway protocol (BGP) routing protocols to form a BGP routing database. The computing device analyzes the IP address database and the BGP routing database to generate a database of calculated network connection information for the devices associated with the network. The computing device conducts live network discovery, on the network and based on the IP address database, to generate a database of discovered connection information, and merges the database of calculated network connection information and the database of discovered connection information to form a master database from which output files may be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Richard R. Schemitsch
  • Unconnected connectivity analysis
    Patent number: 8516134
    Abstract: A computing device retrieves a set of configuration files of devices associated with a network, and extracts, from the set of configuration files, Internet protocol (IP) address information to form an IP address database. The computing device also extracts, from the set of configuration files, border gateway protocol (BGP) routing protocols to form a BGP routing database. The computing device analyzes the IP address database and the BGP routing database to determine network connection information for each of the devices associated with the network and generates an output file that includes the network connection information for each of the devices associated with the network. The device connectivity information is determined without establishing a connection between the computing device and the devices associated with the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Richard R. Schemitsch
  • OPTIMIZED NETWORK DEVICE DISCOVERY
    Publication number: 20120131211
    Abstract: A computing device retrieves a set of configuration files of devices associated with a network to be analyzed and extracts from the set of configuration files Internet protocol (IP) address information to form an IP address database. The computing device also extracts from the set of configuration files border gateway protocol (BGP) routing protocols to form a BGP routing database. The computing device analyzes the IP address database and the BGP routing database to generate a database of calculated network connection information for the devices associated with the network. The computing device conducts live network discovery, on the network and based on the IP address database, to generate a database of discovered connection information, and merges the database of calculated network connection information and the database of discovered connection information to form a master database from which output files may be generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventor: Richard R. Schemitsch
  • UNCONNECTED CONNECTIVITY ANALYSIS
    Publication number: 20120110195
    Abstract: A computing device retrieves a set of configuration files of devices associated with a network, and extracts, from the set of configuration files, Internet protocol (IP) address information to form an IP address database. The computing device also extracts, from the set of configuration files, border gateway protocol (BGP) routing protocols to form a BGP routing database. The computing device analyzes the IP address database and the BGP routing database to determine network connection information for each of the devices associated with the network and generates an output file that includes the network connection information for each of the devices associated with the network. The device connectivity information is determined without establishing a connection between the computing device and the devices associated with the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventor: Richard R. Schemitsch