Patents by Inventor Jeffrie David MacDonald

Jeffrie David MacDonald 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).

  • System and method for managing faults using a gateway
    Patent number: 6513129
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved fault management system and method. In one embodiment, the system includes a gateway and a management processor system. The gateway is communicatively connected to a network for receiving alarm incidents from the network. The gateway has a rule engine for (1) selecting a control object from a set of control objects based on information from the alarm incident, and (2) processing the selected control object. The management processor system has a processor for processing configuration to objects in response to the selected control object for implementing fault management objectives defined by at least one user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Objective Systems Integrators, Inc.
    Inventors: Maarten Peter Tentij, Jeffrie David MacDonald