Patents by Inventor Todd Hamilton Smith

Todd Hamilton Smith 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 for providing on demand service measurements
    Patent number: 6185439
    Abstract: In a digital switching network system wherein service measurements are periodically automatically collected, a user interfaces with the network via a Web browser to select those traffic counts of interest for on-demand sampling. The user designates whether the selected traffic counts are retrieved as a single sample or as a periodic sample. When the traffic counts are to be retrieved as a periodic sample, the user designates a period for the periodic sample. The system determines the locations where the traffic counts resides in the network, retrieves the traffic counts from their locations, and displays the traffic counts to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Arturo Guerrero, Terry George Hinrichs, Kuo-Ting Hsu, Dale Oliver Knudson, Todd Hamilton Smith