Patents by Inventor Alastair Reynolds

Alastair Reynolds has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Multi-channel network monitoring apparatus, signal replicating device, and systems including such apparatus and devices, and enclosure for multi-processor equipment
    Patent number: 6925052
    Abstract: A multi-channel network monitoring apparatus has input connectors for network signals to be monitored and four channel processors in a rack-mountable chassis/enclosure for receiving and processing a respective pair of incoming signals to produce monitoring results. Each processor operates independently of the others and is replaceable without interrupting their operation. LAN connectors enable onward communication of the monitoring results. A cross-point switch routes each incoming signal to a selected processor and can re-route a channel to another processor in the event of processor outage. Each processor has a self-contained sub-system of processing modules interconnected via a CPU-peripheral interface in a backplane, which provides a separate peripheral interface for each processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alastair Reynolds, Douglas John Carson, George Crowther Lunn, William Ross MacIsaac
  • Multi-channel network monitoring apparatus, signal replicating device, and systems including such apparatus and devices, and enclosure for multi-processor equipment
    Publication number: 20050041684
    Abstract: A multi-channel network monitoring apparatus has input connectors for network signals to be monitored and four channel processors in a rack-mountable chassis/enclosure for receiving and processing a respective pair of incoming signals to produce monitoring results. Each processor operates independently of the others and is replaceable without interrupting their operation. LAN connectors enable onward communication of the monitoring results. A cross-point switch routes each incoming signal to a selected processor and can re-route a channel to another processor in the event of processor outage. Each processor has a self-contained sub-system of processing modules interconnected via a CPU-peripheral interface in a backplane, which provides a separate peripheral interface for each processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Alastair Reynolds, Douglas Carson, George Lunn, William MacIsaac