Patents by Inventor David B. Tuttle

David B. Tuttle 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).

  • PC configuration fault analysis
    Patent number: 7127506
    Abstract: A diagnostic unit which detects instances of misconfiguration of a subscriber's PC is presented. Many problems experienced by PC subscribers attempting to access a network are related to misconfiguration of the subscriber's PC. The diagnostic unit is able to communicate with the subscriber's misconfigured PC through Fault Tolerant Protocol stacks. The diagnostic unit emulates services such as log-in, authentication, e-mail and the Internet to the subscriber. The diagnostic unit examines the traffic sent by the subscriber to detect instances of misconfiguration and reports the detected configuration of the subscriber's PC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Teradyne, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter H. Schmidt, Peter J. White, David B. Tuttle, Davis Foulger, Arthur Mellor