Patents by Inventor Christopher Kempin

Christopher Kempin 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).

  • Network endpoint health check
    Publication number: 20050108389
    Abstract: In a system and method for monitoring the integrity of a plurality of endpoint devices in a network, each endpoint device is in communication with a gateway device and transmits a periodic message to this gateway device. When the gateway device fails to receive a periodic message from an endpoint, the gateway device marks the endpoint as in trouble. The next time the gateway device fails to receive a periodic message from the same endpoint, the gateway device marks the endpoint as removed. The gateway is in communication with a central server and sends status update messages to this central server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Kempin, Robert Orr, Rosalind Radcliffe