Using network access port linkages for data structure update decisions

• US 20080071826A1
• Filed: 12/15/2006
• Published: 03/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MEC Management, LLC (Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Cohen, Alexander J., Mangione-Smith, William Henry, Lord, Robert W., Jung, Edward K.Y., Levien, Royce A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,601,104 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/103X
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/046 comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/048 mobile agents
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0894 Policy-based network configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0895 Configuration of virtualised networks or elements, e.g. virtualised network function or OpenFlow elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/106 using time related information in packets, e.g. by adding timestamps

Abstract

A device, method, computer program product, and network subsystem are described for displaying a portion of a data structure or for obtaining an inter-core linkage in association with a tabular data object and for deciding whether to update the data structure in response to an inter-core linkage and to input received after displaying the portion of the data structure or for deciding whether to update the tabular data object in response to the inter-core linkage in association with the tabular data object.

Claims

1. A network subsystem comprising:

circuitry for obtaining an inter-core linkage in association with a tabular data object; and

circuitry for deciding whether to update the tabular data object in response to the inter-core linkage in association with the tabular data object.

2. The network subsystem of claim 1 in which the circuitry for obtaining an inter-core linkage in association with a tabular data object comprises:

circuitry for associating the inter-core linkage with the tabular data object.

3. The network subsystem of claim 1 in which the circuitry for obtaining an inter-core linkage in association with a tabular data object comprises:

circuitry for receiving at least a portion of the inter-core linkage via a network linkage.

4. The network subsystem of claim 1 in which the circuitry for obtaining an inter-core linkage in association with a tabular data object comprises:

circuitry for indicating at least a portion of the inter-core linkage via a network linkage.

5. The network subsystem of claim 1 in which the circuitry for obtaining an inter-core linkage in association with a tabular data object comprises:

circuitry for receiving a portion of the inter-core linkage within the tabular data object.

6. The network subsystem of claim 1 in which the circuitry for deciding whether to update the tabular data object in response to the inter-core linkage in association with the tabular data object comprises:

circuitry for updating one or more destination data objects in response to the inter-core linkage signaling a change in one or more source data objects.

7. The network subsystem of claim 1 in which the circuitry for deciding whether to update the tabular data object in response to the inter-core linkage in association with the tabular data object comprises:

circuitry for sending an update across the inter-core linkage to the tabular data object.

8. The network subsystem of claim 1 in which the circuitry for deciding whether to update the tabular data object in response to the inter-core linkage in association with the tabular data object comprises:

circuitry for receiving a data structure via the inter-core linkage.

9. The network subsystem of claim 1 further comprising:

circuitry for displaying information about the inter-core linkage responsive to an indication of an object that contains the inter-core linkage.

10. The network subsystem of claim 1 further comprising:

circuitry for signaling one or more destination data objects responsive to a change in one or more source data objects of the tabular data object.

11. The network subsystem of claim 1 further comprising:

circuitry for obtaining an update of the tabular data object according to an arithmetic or logical formula definition received via the inter-core linkage.

12. The network subsystem of claim 1 further comprising:

one or more antennas operably coupled with the circuitry for deciding whether to update the tabular data object in response to the inter-core linkage in association with the tabular data object.

13. The network subsystem of claim 1 further comprising:

one or more data storage devices operably coupled with the circuitry for deciding whether to update the tabular data object in response to the inter-core linkage in association with the tabular data object.

14. The network subsystem of claim 1 further comprising:

one or more user interfaces operably coupled with the circuitry for deciding whether to update the tabular data object in response to the inter-core linkage in association with the tabular data object.

15. The network subsystem of claim 1 further comprising:

one or more processor cores operably coupled with the circuitry for deciding whether to update the tabular data object in response to the inter-core linkage in association with the tabular data object.

16. The network subsystem of claim 1 further comprising:

one or more power supplies operably coupled with the circuitry for deciding whether to update the tabular data object in response to the inter-core linkage in association with the tabular data object.

17. A network subsystem comprising:

a linkage module operable for obtaining an inter-core linkage in association with a tabular data object; and

a link management module operable for deciding whether to update the tabular data object in response to the inter-core linkage in association with the tabular data object.

18. A computer program product comprising:

a signal-bearing medium bearing at least one of

one or more instructions for obtaining an inter-core linkage in association with a tabular data object; and

one or more instructions for deciding whether to update the tabular data object in response to the inter-core linkage in association with the tabular data object.