Patents by Inventor Brendan Hannigan

Brendan Hannigan 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).

  • Patent number: 5517617
    Abstract: The apparatus stores a manual flag having a stored manual flag logic value, and the manual flag is stored in a first non-volatile memory. The apparatus stores a trusted flag having a stored trusted flag logic value, and the trusted flag is stored in a second non-volatile memory. The apparatus is connected to a computer network for performing a first boot-up operation. The apparatus learns an address of a neighbor apparatus connected through the communications network. The apparatus is responsive: to the manual flag, and to the trusted flag, and to the first boot-up operation, and to learning a neighbor address of the neighbor apparatus, for configuring an address of the apparatus from an identifier stored in a third non-volatile memory, and from the neighbor address, and for changing the stored trusted flag logic value to a second logic value. Also the apparatus chooses, responsive to the manual flag, between using a manually loaded address or performing the configuring an address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Shirish S. Sathaye, Brendan Hannigan, William R. Hawe