Patents by Inventor Michael R. Buckalew

Michael R. Buckalew 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 apparatus for on-line monitoring of telecommunication network switches
    Patent number: 6389112
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for on-line monitoring of a telecommunications network comprised of first and second switches. Data is collected at each of the first and second switches and transferred to a central data processing unit. The collected data for each one of the first and second switches is arranged, at the switch, into a first data subset containing log information for each one of the first and second switches, a second data subset containing configuration data for each one of the first and second switches and a third data subset containing operational management information for each one of the first and second switches. The arranged data is then transferred to the central data processing unit where first and second evaluations of operating conditions for the telecommunications network are generated therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: David Stewart, Todd Simonsen, Michael R. Buckalew