Patents by Inventor Arthur P. Hamlin

Arthur P. Hamlin 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).

  • Displaying resource performance and utilization information
    Patent number: 6320585
    Abstract: A method of displaying information relating to performance of a computer resource over a preselected period of time, wherein the computer resource is connected to a communication network and the method includes the steps of: from a location on the network that is remote from the computer resource, periodically sampling data relating to performance of the resource so as to generate stored values for a preselected performance variable for that resource, wherein the periodic sampling takes place over a preselected period of time and the preselected performance variable takes on values within a specified range of possible values; dividing the specified range of possible values for the preselected performance variable into a plurality of subranges; for each subrange, determining for what proportion of the preselected period, the values of the preselected performance variable fall within that subrange; and for each subrange, displaying in graphical form the proportion of the preselected period of time that the valu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Concord Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Ferdinand Engel, Wilson T. MacDonald, Arthur P. Hamlin
  • Generating reports using distributed workstations
    Patent number: 6216169
    Abstract: The invention features methods of, and systems for generating a report that depends on data stored in a plurality of remote workstations. The methods and systems involve at least some of the following steps: sending a request from a master workstation to the remote workstations specifying a group name and a named function; identifying data stored within each of the remote workstations belonging to a group specified by the group name; operating on the identified data within each of the remote workstations according to an algorithm specified by the named function to generate an output for each remote workstation; returning the output from each remote workstation to the master workstation; and consolidating the outputs at the master workstations to generate the report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Concord Communications Incorporated
    Inventors: Gordon A. Booman, Robert S. Diebboll, Ferdinand Engel, Arthur P. Hamlin, Stephen F. McKellar
  • Displaying resource performance and utilization information
    Patent number: 5615323
    Abstract: A method of displaying information relating to performance of a computer resource over a preselected period of time, wherein the computer resource is connected to a communication network and the method includes the steps of: from a location on the network that is remote from the computer resource, periodically sampling data relating to performance of the resource so as to generate stored values for a preselected performance variable for that resource, wherein the periodic sampling takes place over a preselected period of time and the preselected performance variable takes on values within a specified range of possible values; dividing the specified range of possible values for the preselected performance variable into a plurality of subranges; for each subrange, determining for what proportion of the preselected period, the values of the preselected performance variable fall within that subrange; and for each subrange, displaying in graphical form the proportion of the preselected period of time that the valu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Assignee: Concord Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Ferdinand Engel, Wilson T. MacDonald, Arthur P. Hamlin