Patents by Inventor Rod Jackson

Rod Jackson 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).

  • Method and system for emulation of an internetwork operating system device
    Patent number: 7328145
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for emulation of IOS in a feasible and efficient manner are provided. The method includes defining a data structure to hold a data set; opening a socket connection to the device; sending instructions to return the command data for an index value; storing the returned command data in the data structure; incrementing the index value, repeating the sending, the storing and the incrementing till the index value exceeds the depth of command data to be captured; and writing the command data captured in the data structure to a file. The depth of command data to be captured or stored can be defined by specifying an index value in the data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Rod Jackson, Tarun Raisoni
  • Method and system for emulation of an internetwork operating system device
    Publication number: 20060224376
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for emulation of IOS in a feasible and efficient manner are provided. The method includes defining a data structure to hold a data set; opening a socket connection to the device; sending instructions to return the command data for an index value; storing the returned command data in the data structure; incrementing the index value, repeating the sending, the storing and the incrementing till the index value exceeds the depth of command data to be captured; and writing the command data captured in the data structure to a file. The depth of command data to be captured or stored can be defined by specifying an index value in the data structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Rod Jackson, Tarun Raisoni