Patents by Inventor Bernard Farrell

Bernard Farrell 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).

  • Network switch load balancing
    Patent number: 6788692
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus to balance load in a cluster of switches in a network. The switches include a local switch and one or more remote switches. Messages containing load information of the switches are exchanged among the switches. One of the switches is selected to respond to a connection request to the local switch based on a metric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Boudreau, J. Martin Borden, James A. Philippou, Shawn Mamros, Kerry M. Hannigan, John T. O'Hara, Bernard Farrell
  • Custom administrator views of management objects
    Patent number: 6754702
    Abstract: A network device using a method for presenting a set of network-based administrative management objects based on attributes associated with a user. The method includes determining attributes of the user, storing a base management object, providing an organization specific management object, and displaying a graphic user interface. The organization management object defines the graphic user interface and interfaces a user to a computer system. The base management object provides the organization specific management object based on the attributes of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Nortel Networks, Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard J. Kennelly, Peter E. Donahue, Bernard Farrell, Robert E. Cole