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US 7162537
Method and system for externally managing router configuration data in conjunction with a centralized database
Current assignee: Cisco Systems Inc
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Patent summary
Title, assignee, inventors, filing/issue dates, abstract, and a plain-language overview of the claims.
Patent Overview: US 7,162,537 B1
Title: Method and system for externally managing router configuration data in conjunction with a centralized database
Patent number: US 7,162,537 B1
Application number: US09/479,607
Inventor: Pradeep Kathail
Original assignee: Cisco Technology Inc (current assignee listed as Cisco Systems Inc)
Priority/filing date: 2000-01-06
Publication (grant) date: 2007-01-09
Legal status (as listed): Expired – Lifetime; anticipated expiration 2020-01-06
Purpose. The invention pertains generally to internetwork router operating systems (IOS). Per the supplied text, an object of the invention is "to provide a method and system for externally managing route[r configuration data]" — the sentence is truncated in the excerpt, so the full object is not established. More particularly, the invention is described as a method and system for managing data externally in a centralized database system (referred to as "sysDB") for a router operating system.
Plain-language scope (as far as the excerpt supports). Routers run a Configuration (config) subsystem that receives user config commands, determines which client subsystem is affected, and exchanges information with that subsystem. Client subsystems have multiple interdependencies. A centralized database (sysDB) receives configuration commands from IOS subsystems, such as requests to change configuration data or revert changes, allowing the system to remain modular and avoid unnecessary dependencies between subsystems. The excerpt notes the centralized scheme can be inefficient when stored data is large or changing quickly, since the sysDB may continuously perform transaction, notification, and verification routines. It references two copending applications (both filed Oct. 12, 1999) on verifying configuration transactions and subsystem application notification. The excerpt also states a concern that subsystem applications may become aware of other applications storing external data, causing dependency and non-modularity.
What the excerpt does not establish. The excerpt is incomplete and provides no claims, no detailed description, no drawings, and no prior-art references. It does not establish the actual claimed scope, the specific implementation of "external" management, the referenced copending applications' content, or any litigation, ownership-transfer, validity, or prior-art conclusions (excluded by instruction).
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