Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Steven J. Funk
  • Patent number: 6131164
    Abstract: A method of accessing an external system from a network without entering a password to enter the external system. The method includes the steps of a user gains access to a network and creating a unique dynamic address associated with the user for the period of time upon which the user first gains access to the network to the time the user signs off of the network. Relaying the unique dynamic address to an external system and the user gains access to the external system based on the unique dynamic address and without entering a password associated with the external system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Terrence Lee Parker
  • Patent number: 5982533
    Abstract: The portable microscope includes an end plate for improved inspection of the end surface of a fiber optic cable at a connection point in a fiber optic system. The end plate is mounted on the head unit housing of the microscope and includes a tubular aperture for receiving and positioning the end of the fiber optic cable for microscopic inspection. A reflection bowl is formed about the tubular aperture on the inner surface of the plate to direct more light to the end of the fiber optic cable. The tubular aperture may be formed in an adapter and the adapter may be secured in a threaded aperture of the end plate. A rocker head adapter may be used to provide both direct and angled viewing of the end surface of a glass fiber. Spacer blocks with reflective surfaces are used to position the end plate on the microscope and to direct more light towards the end surface of the fiber optic cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Inventor: Jeffrey M. Dominique