公开(公告)号：US5675741A

公开(公告)日：1997-10-07

申请号：US328513

申请日：1994-10-25

申请人： Ajay Aggarwal ,  Walter Scott ,  Eric Rustici ,  David Bucciero ,  Andrew Haskins ,  Wallace Matthews

发明人： Ajay Aggarwal ,  Walter Scott ,  Eric Rustici ,  David Bucciero ,  Andrew Haskins ,  Wallace Matthews

IPC分类号： H04L12/56 ,  G06F13/00

CPC分类号： H04L45/04 ,  H04L45/20 ,  H04L45/26

摘要： Method and apparatus for determining a communications path between a source and a destination in an Internet Protocol (IP) network. The method determines a path list of next-hop routers between the source and destination by selecting between a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) query of a current router on the path, and by sending a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) probe packet having a destination field with a destination IP address and a Time-to-Live (TTL) field with a value of one greater than the number of hops to the current router. The steps are iterated until the next router is determined to be the destination. Preferably, the UDP probe packets are loose-source routed through the source. In addition, a topology information database may be accessed to resolve an unknown router, and/or resolve intrarouter devices on the path.

摘要翻译： 用于确定因特网协议（IP）网络中的源和目的地之间的通信路径的方法和装置。 该方法通过在路径上的当前路由器的简单网络管理协议（SNMP）查询之间选择并通过发送具有以下的用户数据报协议（UDP）探测分组来确定源和目的地之间的下一跳路由器的路径列表： 目的地字段，其目的地IP地址和生存时间（TTL）字段的值大于当前路由器的跳数。 重复这些步骤，直到下一个路由器被确定为目的地。 优选地，UDP探测分组是通过源的松散源路由。 此外，可以访问拓扑信息数据库以解决未知路由器，和/或解决路径上的路由器内设备。

公开(公告)号：US5889953A

公开(公告)日：1999-03-30

申请号：US622866

申请日：1996-03-29

申请人： Suzanne Thebaut ,  Walter Scott ,  Eric Rustici ,  Prasan Kaikini ,  Lundy Lewis ,  Rajiv Malik ,  Steve Sycamore ,  Roger Dev ,  Oliver Ibe ,  Ajay Aggarwal ,  Todd Wohlers

发明人： Suzanne Thebaut ,  Walter Scott ,  Eric Rustici ,  Prasan Kaikini ,  Lundy Lewis ,  Rajiv Malik ,  Steve Sycamore ,  Roger Dev ,  Oliver Ibe ,  Ajay Aggarwal ,  Todd Wohlers

IPC分类号： G06F1/00 ,  G06F21/00 ,  H04L12/24 ,  G06F13/14

CPC分类号： H04L41/5019 ,  G06F21/30 ,  G06F21/57 ,  G06F21/604 ,  G06F21/606 ,  G06F21/62 ,  H04L41/0869 ,  H04L41/0873 ,  H04L41/0879 ,  H04L41/0883 ,  H04L41/0893 ,  H04L41/20 ,  H04L41/0866

摘要： Method and apparatus for determining an enforceable policy applicable to one or more network devices. The method includes attaching one or more rule elements to one or more domain elements to create policies, the domain elements representing network devices and groups of network devices, and the rule elements defining actions, a method for determining whether a conflict exists between the polices, and a method for resolving the conflicts to produce one or more enforceable policies.

公开(公告)号：US06381639B1

公开(公告)日：2002-04-30

申请号：US09219294

申请日：1998-12-22

申请人： Suzanne Thebaut ,  Walter Scott ,  Eric Rustici ,  Prasan Kaikini ,  Lundy Lewis ,  Rajiv Malik ,  Steve Sycamore ,  Roger Dev ,  Oliver Ibe ,  Ajay Aggarwal ,  Todd Wohlers

发明人： Suzanne Thebaut ,  Walter Scott ,  Eric Rustici ,  Prasan Kaikini ,  Lundy Lewis ,  Rajiv Malik ,  Steve Sycamore ,  Roger Dev ,  Oliver Ibe ,  Ajay Aggarwal ,  Todd Wohlers

IPC分类号： G06F1314

CPC分类号： H04L41/20 ,  G06F21/30 ,  G06F21/57 ,  G06F21/604 ,  G06F21/62 ,  H04L41/0869 ,  H04L41/0873 ,  H04L41/0879 ,  H04L41/0883 ,  H04L41/0893

摘要： Method and apparatus for determining an enforceable policy applicable to one or more network devices. The method includes attaching one or more rule elements to one or more domain elements to create policies, the domain elements representing network devices and groups of network devices, and the rule elements defining actions, a method for determining whether a conflict exists between the polices, and a method for resolving the conflicts to produce one or more enforceable policies.

摘要翻译： 用于确定适用于一个或多个网络设备的可执行策略的方法和装置。 该方法包括将一个或多个规则元素附加到一个或多个域元素以创建策略，表示网络设备和网络设备组的域元素以及定义动作的规则元素，确定策略之间是否存在冲突的方法， 以及解决冲突以生成一个或多个可执行策略的方法。

公开(公告)号：US06243747B1

公开(公告)日：2001-06-05

申请号：US09249219

申请日：1999-02-12

申请人： Lundy Lewis ,  Rajiv Malik ,  Steve Sycamore ,  Suzanne Thebaut ,  Walter Scott ,  Eric Rustici ,  Prasan Kaikini

发明人： Lundy Lewis ,  Rajiv Malik ,  Steve Sycamore ,  Suzanne Thebaut ,  Walter Scott ,  Eric Rustici ,  Prasan Kaikini

IPC分类号： G06F15177

CPC分类号： H04L41/20 ,  G06F11/3006 ,  G06F11/3051 ,  H04L41/0843 ,  H04L41/0846 ,  H04L41/0856 ,  H04L41/0866 ,  H04L41/0893

摘要： Apparatus and method for monitoring parameters that govern the operational characteristics of a network device, including the use of templates for generating configuration records of network devices of a selected model type. A database of models is provided, each model representing an associated network device and including attribute values for the parameters of the associated network device. Templates are used to screen a model in order to retrieve values for each of the attributes and create a configuration record. The configuration records may be stored in the configuration manager or other storage device, and/or transferred to the pre-existing model database for use by a network management system in reconfiguring the associated network devices. Additionally, a method and apparatus is provided that defines network groups, defines network policies for groups, determines conflicts, and resolves conflicts among groups and devices. This system for configuration management is less time consuming, expensive, and error prone than prior systems.

摘要翻译： 用于监视管理网络设备的操作特性的参数的装置和方法，包括使用用于生成所选模型类型的网络设备的配置记录的模板。 提供模型数据库，每个模型表示相关联的网络设备，并且包括关联的网络设备的参数的属性值。 模板用于筛选模型以检索每个属性的值并创建配置记录。 配置记录可以存储在配置管理器或其他存储设备中，和/或传送到预先存在的模型数据库，供网络管理系统重新配置相关网络设备。 此外，提供了定义网络组，定义组的网络策略，确定冲突并且解决组和设备之间的冲突的方法和装置。 用于配置管理的系统比现有系统更耗时，昂贵，容易出错。

公开(公告)号：US5872928A

公开(公告)日：1999-02-16

申请号：US450854

申请日：1995-05-25

申请人： Lundy Lewis ,  Rajiv Malik ,  Steve Sycamore ,  Suzanne Thebaut ,  Walter Scott ,  Eric Rustici ,  Prasan Kaikini

发明人： Lundy Lewis ,  Rajiv Malik ,  Steve Sycamore ,  Suzanne Thebaut ,  Walter Scott ,  Eric Rustici ,  Prasan Kaikini

IPC分类号： H04L12/24 ,  G06F15/177

CPC分类号： H04L41/20 ,  H04L41/0843 ,  H04L41/0846 ,  H04L41/0856 ,  H04L41/0866 ,  H04L41/0893 ,  G06F11/3006 ,  G06F11/3051

摘要： Apparatus and method for monitoring parameters that govern the operational characteristics of a network device, including the use of templates for generating configuration records of network devices of a selected model type. A database of models is provided, each model representing an associated network device and including attribute values for the parameters of the associated network device. Templates are used to screen a model in order to retrieve values for each of the attributes and create a configuration record. The configuration records may be stored in the configuration manager or other storage device, and/or transferred to the pre-existing model database for use by a network management system in reconfiguring the associated network devices. Additionally, a method and apparatus is provided that defines network groups, defines network policies for groups, determines conflicts, and resolves conflicts among groups and devices. This system for configuration management is less time consuming, expensive, and error prone than prior systems.

摘要翻译： 用于监视管理网络设备的操作特性的参数的装置和方法，包括使用用于生成所选模型类型的网络设备的配置记录的模板。 提供模型数据库，每个模型表示相关联的网络设备，并且包括关联的网络设备的参数的属性值。 模板用于筛选模型以检索每个属性的值并创建配置记录。 配置记录可以存储在配置管理器或其他存储设备中，和/或传送到预先存在的模型数据库，供网络管理系统重新配置相关网络设备。 此外，提供了定义网络组，定义组的网络策略，确定冲突并且解决组和设备之间的冲突的方法和装置。 用于配置管理的系统比现有系统更耗时，昂贵，容易出错。

公开(公告)号：US5043891A

公开(公告)日：1991-08-27

申请号：US403256

申请日：1989-09-05

申请人： Henry Goldstein ,  David F. Shannon ,  Richard W. Bolling ,  Eric Rustici

发明人： Henry Goldstein ,  David F. Shannon ,  Richard W. Bolling ,  Eric Rustici

IPC分类号： G06F9/44 ,  G06N5/02 ,  G06N5/04

CPC分类号： G06F8/00 ,  G06N5/022 ,  G06N5/045 ,  Y10S706/902

摘要： A document generation system which employs a definition-based expert system and an editor to produce an output document from a template document and expert system responses. The knowledge base of the expert system consists of a hierarchy of terms and their definitions. To produce an expert response, an inference engine component of the expert system evaluates a term by evaluating all of the definitions for the terms which are in that term's hierarchy of definitions. In the document generation system, the terms include fragment terms which are defined as portions of the template document.

摘要翻译： 文档生成系统，其使用基于定义的专家系统和编辑器来从模板文档和专家系统响应生成输出文档。 专家系统的知识库由一系列术语及其定义组成。 为了产生专家反应，专家系统的推理引擎组件通过评估在该术语的定义层级中的术语的所有定义来评估术语。 在文档生成系统中，术语包括被定义为模板文档的部分的片段术语。

公开(公告)号：US4896290A

公开(公告)日：1990-01-23

申请号：US88936

申请日：1987-08-24

申请人： Deborah A. Rhodes ,  Eric Rustici ,  Kelly H. Carter

发明人： Deborah A. Rhodes ,  Eric Rustici ,  Kelly H. Carter

IPC分类号： G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/023 ,  G06F3/038 ,  G06F9/46 ,  H03M11/14 ,  H03M11/20

CPC分类号： G06F3/038 ,  G06F3/023 ,  G06F3/0238

摘要： A computer system in which multiple processes may run concurrently includes a window manager for displaying windows associated with different processes. One of the processes represented by a window may be designated as active. Keystrokes are translated by a keyboard driver to events represented by keycodes. The keycodes are routed to processes with which they are associated by reference to a routing table. Unless otherwise indicated, a keycode is routed to the active process. Where a keycode is associated with and transferred to the window manager, subsequent keycodes are stored in a typeahead buffer. The window manager may modify the routing table. After completion of the window manager operation, all keycodes remaining in the buffer are routed to their associated processes as determined by the modified routing table.

公开(公告)号：US06392667B1

公开(公告)日：2002-05-21

申请号：US08871153

申请日：1997-06-09

申请人： Bill McKinnon ,  Tim Newhouse ,  Eric Rustici

发明人： Bill McKinnon ,  Tim Newhouse ,  Eric Rustici

IPC分类号： G06F1620

CPC分类号： G06F17/30961

摘要： Apparatus and process for consolidating the visual representation of objects into a “rollup” visual representation. A set of objects defined in an N-dimensional space and a perspective viewpoint are obtained or pre-defined. Each object in the set is then represented by a new rollup object and each new rollup object is compared with any pre-existing rollup objects to determine if it is “near enough” to any pre-existing rollup object to be consolidated with the pre-existing object. If so, they are consolidated and the new rollup object is removed. The “near-enough” determination may be made based upon a threshold minimum area of occlusion between the two rollup objects, a threshold minimum pixel distance, or a threshold minimum spatial distance between the two rollup objects. In a preferred embodiment, the rollup objects represent managed network entities (devices and/or applications) in a computer network and the rollup process provides a convenient way to consolidate information regarding a plurality of managed network entities into a subset of rollup entities which visually represent a simplified network, within a network management software application.

摘要翻译： 用于将对象的视觉表示整合为“汇总”视觉表示的装置和过程。 获得或预定义在N维空间和透视视点中定义的一组对象。 集合中的每个对象然后由新的汇总对象表示，并且每个新的汇总对象与任何预先存在的汇总对象进行比较，以确定是否与要预先存在的汇总对象合并的任何预先存在的汇总对象“ 现有对象 如果是这样，它们被合并，并且删除新的汇总对象。 可以基于两个汇总对象之间的闭塞的阈值最小区域，阈值最小像素距离或两个汇总对象之间的阈值最小空间距离来进行“足够近”的确定。 在优选实施例中，汇总对象表示计算机网络中的被管理的网络实体（设备和/或应用），并且汇总过程提供了将关于多个被管理网络实体的信息合并到视觉表示的汇总实体的子集中的便利方式 网络管理软件应用程序中的简化网络。