Patents by Inventor Peter E. Donahue

Peter E. Donahue 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).

  • Patent number: 6754702
    Abstract: A network device using a method for presenting a set of network-based administrative management objects based on attributes associated with a user. The method includes determining attributes of the user, storing a base management object, providing an organization specific management object, and displaying a graphic user interface. The organization management object defines the graphic user interface and interfaces a user to a computer system. The base management object provides the organization specific management object based on the attributes of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Nortel Networks, Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard J. Kennelly, Peter E. Donahue, Bernard Farrell, Robert E. Cole
  • Patent number: 6559861
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for displaying a page of a user interface of computer system in multiple languages. The computer system includes a memory that contains a plurality of string values that correspond to text in different languages. A memory object represents a page of the user interface and includes a set of variables formatted to be associated with string values. A processor selectively associates the variables with the string values that correspond to the language selected by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Richard J. Kennelly, Peter E. Donahue
  • Patent number: 6101539
    Abstract: A network packet switch provides access to a network-based computer system. The switch has a computer-readable medium containing a computer program product to produce management objects used to configure the switch. The switch accepts an interface request from a user, determines attributes associated with the user, establishes a request processor comprising variables that are based on attributes of the user. The request processor parses data files, based on the attributes associated with the user, to construct a set of management objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Inventors: Richard J. Kennelly, Peter E. Donahue, Kenneth W. Ouellette