Patents by Inventor Andrew P. Riha

Andrew P. Riha 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).

  • Spacecraft network management system and method
    Patent number: 11240116
    Abstract: A spacecraft network management system includes five functional entities, namely, attendant, accessor, collector, logic, and logic watchdog in a distributed architecture configured with both in-band and out-of-band data paths. Management data is structured so that it can travel over either in-band or out-of-band and be identified as such; user data travels over in-band paths. These five entities are distributed over the units of the design and then a modified set of otherwise standard elements are assigned to each entity depending on the nature of its function. These elements include managers, management agents, device agents, device management information base, and manager management information base that enable the entities to perform their respective functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Brian C. Thompson, Andrew P. Riha
  • Spacecraft Network Management System and Method
    Publication number: 20200169468
    Abstract: A spacecraft network management system includes five functional entities, namely, attendant, accessor, collector, logic, and logic watchdog in a distributed architecture configured with both in-band and out-of-band data paths. Management data is structured so that it can travel over either in-band or out-of-band and be identified as such; user data travels over in-band paths. These five entities are distributed over the units of the design and then a modified set of otherwise standard elements are assigned to each entity depending on the nature of its function. These elements include managers, management agents, device agents, device management information base, and manager management information base that enable the entities to perform their respective functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Brian C. Thompson, Andrew P. Riha
  • Spacecraft network management system and method
    Patent number: 10581692
    Abstract: A spacecraft network management system includes five functional entities, namely, attendant, accessor, collector, logic, and logic watchdog in a distributed architecture configured with both in-band and out-of-band data paths. Management data is structured so that it can travel over either in-band or out-of-band and be identified as such; user data travels over in-band paths. These five entities are distributed over the units of the design and then a modified set of otherwise standard elements are assigned to each entity depending on the nature of its function. These elements include managers, management agents, device agents, device management information base, and manager management information base that enable the entities to perform their respective functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Brian C. Thompson, Andrew P. Riha
  • Spacecraft Network Management System and Method
    Publication number: 20170111229
    Abstract: A spacecraft network management system includes five functional entities, namely, attendant, accessor, collector, logic, and logic watchdog in a distributed architecture configured with both in-band and out-of-band data paths. Management data is structured so that it can travel over either in-band or out-of-band and be identified as such; user data travels over in-band paths. These five entities are distributed over the units of the design and then a modified set of otherwise standard elements are assigned to each entity depending on the nature of its function. These elements include managers, management agents, device agents, device management information base, and manager management information base that enable the entities to perform their respective functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Brian C. Thompson, Andrew P. Riha