Patents by Inventor John Mark Pechacek

John Mark Pechacek 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).

  • Management of route testing in packet communications networks
    Patent number: 5881051
    Abstract: A packet communications network includes a centrally controlled route testing system in which each node includes test results tables containing the results of all path tests originated at that node. A centralized route management facility initiates a path test originating at any node by remotely altering a trigger value in a trigger data object at that node. A general results table contains general test results for an entire path between the local node and a remote node while a detailed test results table contains detailed, hop-by-hop test results for each transmission leg of a multi-leg path. The general results table contains a name trigger field for identifying a point-to-point path to be tested, and a connection trigger field for identifying a link-by-link path to be tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines
    Inventors: Andrew Hilliard Arrowood, Charles A. Carriker, Jr., Jia-bing Robin Cheng, Anne Siegman Magnuson, Sharon Marie McClernan, John Mark Pechacek, Leo Temoshenko, Laura Marie Petri