Patents by Inventor Michael A. Hotka

Michael A. Hotka 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).

  • Method and system for automatically displaying and configuring a network monitoring system
    Patent number: 5452415
    Abstract: A method and system that provides several pre-defined user templates that may be combined in various ways to represent all known network configurations of a digital cross-connect network. The system interrogates the user concerning the network configuration. The results of the interrogations determine the type of network monitor and control system configuration templates that the user will see. The system creates a database as a result of the combination of the templates and places on line the user templates and associated software to represent of the entire digital cross-connect network. This monitoring system can be used to not only vividly display the node from which a component error comes, but can illustrate the specific sub-component that provides the error and a representation of the various error lights that appear on the sub-component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Assignee: Alcatel Network Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael A. Hotka