Patents by Inventor Willy Roche

Willy Roche 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).

  • Dynamic discovery of ISO layer-2 topology
    Patent number: 7548540
    Abstract: A method is provided of determining a layer-2 topology of an IT infrastructure which includes layer-2 interconnect devices having ports. A list of layer-2 interconnect devices available in the IT infrastructure is obtained. Uplink and non-uplink ports of layer-2 interconnect devices are determined. All the, or a subset of the, layer-2 interconnect devices are assigned to one initial group. The initial group is iteratively refined by selecting a layer-2 interconnect device and assigning all layer-2 interconnect devices reachable via its non-uplink ports to new subgroups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alain Vandenberghe, Willy Roche
  • Dynamic discovery of ISO layer-2 topology
    Publication number: 20070115967
    Abstract: A method is provided of determining a layer-2 topology of an IT infrastructure which includes layer-2 interconnect devices having ports. A list of layer-2 interconnect devices available in the IT infrastructure is obtained. Uplink and non-uplink ports of layer-2 interconnect devices are determined. All the, or a subset of the, layer-2 interconnect devices are assigned to one initial group. The initial group is iteratively refined by selecting a layer-2 interconnect device and assigning all layer-2 interconnect devices reachable via its non-uplink ports to new subgroups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventors: Alain Vandenberghe, Willy Roche