Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing firewall change requests in a communication network
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Application No.: US14875267Application Date: 2015-10-05
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Publication No.: US09832228B2Publication Date: 2017-11-28
- Inventor: Robert Preston Grimes , Kevin W. Luther , Shawn M. Hiemstra
- Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Myers Bigel, P.A.
- Main IPC: G06F15/177
- IPC: G06F15/177 ; H04L29/06 ; H04L12/24

Abstract:
A method of managing firewall change requests for a communication network includes providing a change request interface comprising a plurality of change request form types, each request form including an interface for entering requestor identification information, Internet Protocol (IP) address information, change implementation schedule information, and submission information specifying any requestor instructions for implementing the change, receiving completed change request forms from at least one requestor, arranging the completed change request forms in a request queue, and presenting the request queue to at least one administrator responsible for implementing firewall changes in the communication network.
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