Patents
US 12229576 B2: Lifecycle management of a VNFC included in a multi-VNFC VDU
- Granted
- 2025-02-18
- Filed
- 2021-04-14 application 17230992
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
- Google Patents ↗ · USPTO patent document ↗ · USPTO Patent Center record ↗
Abstract
An example operation includes one or more of receiving a VNFC LCM request including a VNFC instance (VNFCI) and an LCM operation to be performed, retrieving one or more VNFCI datum, determining a target OS installation of the VNFCI, establishing a connection to the target OS installation, checking for the presence of a VNFC specific LCM script for the LCM operation to be performed, constructing a VNFC specific LCM command that calls the VNFC specific LCM script and which specifies the VNFCI, executing the VNFC specific LCM command, normalizing a response code, and sending a response to the VNFC LCM request.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250218.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC NC 995 patents | US company or organization | Durham, NC | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith William Melkild | Allen, TX | 40 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F9/45558 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H04L | Transmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication | H04L41/0806 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-15 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | MELKILD, KEITH WILLIAM signed 2021-04-13 | OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC DURHAM, NC | 55923/566 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
USPTO bulk data: PatentsView granted patents, disambiguated (PVGPATDIS) for patents, assignees, inventors, places and CPC categories; the USPTO Patent Assignment Dataset (ECORSEXC) for assignments and security interests. Patents filed in the last 20 years. No claims or full text. Links to other records are by name (and state): EXACT means the identical full name and state; FUZZY means a looser name match, with the confidence shown.