Patents by Inventor Allan N. Packer

Allan N. Packer 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).

  • Remote terminal emulator
    Patent number: 6477487
    Abstract: A remote terminal emulator (RTE) is provided in which substantially all of the time elapsing during an emulated use of a computer system under test is categorized and reported. The time required by the computer system under test to respond to command signals transmitted by the RTE is recorded as a receive time and is measured from completion of the transmission of the command signals to recognition of a pattern specified by the RTE as signifying completion of the response by the computer system under test. As a result, the receive time recorded reflects the time required by the computer system under test to (a) process and carry out the command transmitted by the RTE and (b) transmit response data back to the RTE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventor: Allan N. Packer
  • Remote terminal emulator with improved time accounting
    Patent number: 6317705
    Abstract: A remote terminal emulator (RTE) is provided in which substantially all of the time elapsing during an emulated use of a computer system under test is categorized and reported. The time required by the computer system under test to respond to command signals transmitted by the RTE is recorded as a receive time and is measured from completion of the transmission of the command signals to recognition of a pattern specified by the RTE as signifying completion of the response by the computer system under test. As a result, the receive time recorded reflects the time required by the computer system under test to (a) process and carry out the command transmitted by the RTE and (b) transmit response data back to the RTE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventor: Allan N. Packer
  • Remote terminal emulator
    Patent number: 6182025
    Abstract: A remote terminal emulator (RTE) is provided in which substantially all of the time elapsing during an emulated use of a computer system under test is categorized and reported. The time required by the computer system under test to respond to command signals transmitted by the RTE is recorded as a receive time and is measured from completion of the transmission of the command signals to recognition of a pattern specified by the RTE as signifying completion of the response by the computer system under test. As a result the receive time recorded reflects the time required by the computer system under test to (a) process and carry out the command transmitted by the RTE and (b) transmit response data back to the RTE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventor: Allan N. Packer
  • Remote terminal emulator with improved time accounting
    Patent number: 5978575
    Abstract: A remote terminal emulator (RTE) is provided in which substantially all of the time elapsing during an emulated use of a computer system under test is categorized and reported. The time required by the computer system under test to respond to command signals transmitted by the RTE is recorded as a receive time and is measured from completion of the transmission of the command signals to recognition of a pattern specified by the RTE as signifying completion of the response by the computer system under test. As a result, the receive time recorded reflects the time required by the computer system under test to (a) process and carry out the command transmitted by the RTE and (b) transmit response data back to the RTE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventor: Allan N. Packer