Cisco Patent for Stateful Network Configuration Management

ChangeBridge: Patent Grants - Networking (H04L)

Published March 24th, 2026

Detected March 27th, 2026

Summary

The USPTO has granted Cisco Technology, Inc. a patent (US12587440B2) for a method of stateful network configuration management. The patent describes a process for managing network device configurations using YANG data models and generating command-line representations for user display.

View original document View source feed page

What changed

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued patent US12587440B2 to Cisco Technology, Inc. for an invention related to stateful management of network device configurations. The patent details a method that involves receiving configuration data in YANG format, determining relevant subsets for a network configuration database, and generating command-line interface (CLI) representations of the configuration for user display. The filing date was August 8, 2024, and the grant date is March 24, 2026.

This patent grant is a routine event for technology companies and does not impose new regulatory obligations on other entities. It represents intellectual property protection for Cisco's innovation in network management. Compliance officers in the technology sector should note this as an example of advancements in network configuration technologies, but no immediate action is required based on this patent grant alone.

Source document (simplified)

← USPTO Patent Grants

Stateful management of network device configurations

Grant US12587440B2 Kind: B2 Mar 24, 2026

Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventors

Rajesh Indira Viswambharan, Saravanan Radhakrishnan, Derek Scott Ingrouville, Marc Faggion, Mark Gertsvolf, Prakash Vijayaragavan, Dong Zu, Abhijna S

Abstract

An example method may include receiving first configuration data associated with a network device, the first configuration data comprising a Yet Another Next Generation (YANG) payload; determining a first subset of the YANG payload that is associated with a first network configuration database; determining a first database transaction, wherein the first database transaction represents one or more database updates to the first network configuration database that is determined based on a first state of the network device and one or more configuration requirements represented by the first subset; discarding the first database transaction; determining second configuration data based on the first database transaction, the second configuration data comprising a command line representation (CLI) of the YANG payload; and providing the second configuration data to a system, the system configured to display the command line representation to a user.