ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,680, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to CIENA Corp. (Hanover, Md.).
"Systems and methods for inventory model security" was invented by Aung Htay (Alpharetta, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a first file comprising a first model describing a network; obtaining a second file that is cryptographically signed, the second file comprising a second model describing the network; comparing the first model with the second model, wherein the comparing generates a comparison result; and responsive to the comparison result being that the second model is not identical to the fi...