Data processing: software development – installation – and managem – Software installation – Network
Reexamination Certificate
2003-08-21
2010-10-12
Rutten, James (Department: 2192)
Data processing: software development, installation, and managem
Software installation
Network
C713S002000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07814481
ABSTRACT:
A method and system for resetting a network device. Specifically, in one embodiment, a method is disclosed for upgrading and/or reloading software for a network device with minimal disruption. The method begins by separating operations associated with layer two of an International Standardization Organization Open Systems Interconnect (ISO/OSI) reference model from other layers in the ISO/OSI reference model in a network device. Then, the software operations in layer two of the network device are reset. The software operations are reset while maintaining continuity for a communication session between the network device and other network devices coupled together through a network. Thereafter, for minimal disruption, execution of the software operations is recovered at layer two before continuity of the communication session s terminated.
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