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Patent US7130870 - Method for upgrading embedded configuration databases - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsThe present invention provides a method for upgrading embedded configuration databases while a network device is operating and with minimal disruption to network device operation. While a network device is operating and using an embedded primary configuration database, an embedded backup configuration...http://www.google.com/patents/US7130870?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7130870 - Method for upgrading embedded configuration databasesAdvanced Patent SearchPage imagesMethod for upgrading embedded configuration databases Christine Pecina et alOverviewAbstractDrawingsDescriptionClaims Patent number: 7130870Filing date: Aug 4, 2000Issue date: Oct 31, 2006Application number: 09/633,155 Page imagesPDF
(12) United States Patent ao) Patent No.: Us 7,130,870 Bi Pecina et al. (45) Date of Patent: Oct. 31,2006
(54) METHOD FOR UPGRADING EMBEDDED CONFIGURATION DATABASES
(75) Inventors: Christine Pecina, Acton, MA (US);
James R Perry, Merrimack, NH (US); Thomas R Perry, Groton, MA (US); Darryl Black, Hollis, NH (US); Daniel J Sullivan, Jr., Hopkinton, MA (US) (73) Assignee: Ciena Corporation, Linthicum, MD (US) ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 635 days.
(21) Appl. No.: 09/633,155
Continuation-in-part of application No. 09/625,101, filed on Jul. 24, 2000, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of application No. 09/616,477, filed on Jul. 14, 2000, which is a continuation-in-part of application No. 09/613,940, filed on Jul. 11, 2000, which is a continuation-in-part of application No. 09/596,055, filed on Jun. 16, 2000, which is a continuation-in-part of application No. 09/593,034, filed on Jun. 13, 2000, which is a continuation-in-part of application No. 09/574,440, filed on May 20, 2000, and application No. 09/591,193, Jun. 9, 2000, which is a continuation-in-part of application No. 09/588, 398, filed on Jun. 6, 2000, which is a continuationin-part of application No. 09/574,341, filed on May 20, 2000, and application No. 09/574,343, May 20, 2000.
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Primary Examiner—David Wiley
Assistant Examiner—George C. Neurauter, Jr.
(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Dougherty Clements;
Christopher L. Bernard; Tyler S. Brown
16 Claims, 99 Drawing Sheets
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