Patents by Inventor Darel R. Stokes

Darel R. Stokes 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).

  • Patent number: 9154386
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a method for monitoring, alerting and remediation of systems is provided. The method provides for receiving data from one or more data sources and logging the data. A first metadata fingerprint is created for a particular data source. The first metadata fingerprint is indicative of a first quantity of data output for the particular data source. A second metadata fingerprint is created for the same data source. The second metadata fingerprint is indicative of a second quantity of data output for the data source. The second metadata fingerprint is created from data received at a different point in time from the first metadata fingerprint. The first metadata fingerprint is compared with the second metadata fingerprint associated with the particular data source. An alert is generated when the comparison indicates that the first metadata fingerprint does not correspond within a specified tolerance to the second metadata fingerprint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: TDI Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Johnson, Darel R. Stokes
  • Patent number: 8732829
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a method for monitoring and securing a baseboard management processor is provided. The method includes coupling to a baseboard management controller of a computer system via a console port, maintaining a persistent connection to the baseboard management controller, monitoring data from the console port, determining from the data whether an unauthorized access has occurred, and sending an alert if the unauthorized access has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: TDI Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Johnson, Darel R. Stokes, Barry L. Moore
  • Patent number: 8260751
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a method for log file time sequence stamping is provided. The method includes connecting to a console port of one or more data sources and receiving data from the data sources. The data may be logged with both an independent time stamp and a sequence indicator. The independent time stamp provides a consistent time stamp of when the data was received at the system and the time sequence indicator represents an order in which the data was received at the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: TDI Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Johnson, Darel R. Stokes, David G. North, Robert Yellin
  • Publication number: 20100042632
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a method for log file time sequence stamping is provided. The method includes connecting to a console port of one or more data sources and receiving data from the data sources. The data may be logged with both an independent time stamp and a sequence indicator. The independent time stamp provides a consistent time stamp of when the data was received at the system and the time sequence indicator represents an order in which the data was received at the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: TECsys Development, Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Johnson, Darel R. Stokes, David G. North, Robert Yellin
  • Publication number: 20090307273
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a method for monitoring, alerting and remediation of systems is provided. The method provides for receiving data from one or more data sources and logging the data. A first metadata fingerprint is created for a particular data source. The first metadata fingerprint is indicative of a first quantity of data output for the particular data source. A second metadata fingerprint is created for the same data source. The second metadata fingerprint is indicative of a second quantity of data output for the data source. The second metadata fingerprint is created from data received at a different point in time from the first metadata fingerprint. The first metadata fingerprint is compared with the second metadata fingerprint associated with the particular data source. An alert is generated when the comparison indicates that the first metadata fingerprint does not correspond within a specified tolerance to the second metadata fingerprint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: TECsys Development, Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Johnson, Darel R. Stokes
  • Publication number: 20090260081
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a method for monitoring and securing a baseboard management processor is provided. The method includes coupling to a baseboard management controller of a computer system via a console port, maintaining a persistent connection to the baseboard management controller, monitoring data from the console port, determining from the data whether an unauthorized access has occurred, and sending an alert if the unauthorized access has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: TECsys Development, Inc.
    Inventors: William Johnson, Darel R. Stokes, Barry L. Moore
  • Patent number: 5959275
    Abstract: A system and method for registering and tracking network equipment at the circuit card level. A computer network server is coupled with an equipment database that contains location and identification data for telecommunication network assets. A hand-held client, comprising a display, keyboard, bar code scanner and printer is coupled, via a radio link, to the computer network server. The hand-held client is used to register network assets and to query the equipment database for information relating to network assets. Users visit remote sites and register network assets in real-time, while walking through the equipment bays. In one embodiment, bar codes are used to display part numbers and serial numbers on circuit cards. In addition, bar codes are used to identify circuit card locations in terms of predefined identification numbers for the site, equipment bay, rack, shelf and slot. In other embodiments, some or all of the preceding information is entered into the keyboard of the hand-held client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: MCI Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Craig T. Hughes, Darel R. Stokes