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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2009
Robert Preston Grimes, Roswell, GA (US);
Kevin W. Luther, Roswell, GA (US);
Shawn M. Hiemstra, Lilburn, GA (US);
Robert Preston Grimes, Roswell, GA (US);
Kevin W. Luther, Roswell, GA (US);
Shawn M. Hiemstra, Lilburn, GA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
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.