Patents by Inventor Bruce Melrose Paterson

Bruce Melrose Paterson 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).

  • System and method for interfacing devices under SNMP
    Patent number: 7594005
    Abstract: Means for masquerading IP addresses for non-IP devices are disclosed, enabling non-IP devices or sub-networks having incompatible address spaces to be connected to an IP network and appear as addressable network objects. In one embodiment, the means may be a remote system controller (RSC) that has a block of IP addresses assigned to it for use with connected sub-networks or devices. Normally each assigned address will be associated with a management information base (MIB) containing data about the associated device, and each MIB will be associated with a protocol converter and I/O port connectable to the respective device or sub-network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Louis Martin, Bruce Melrose Paterson
  • Means for interfacing devices under snmp
    Publication number: 20040010323
    Abstract: Means for masquerading IP addresses for non-IP devices are disclosed, enabling non-IP devices or sub-networks having incompatible address spaces to be connected to an IP network and appear as addressable network objects. In one embodiment, the means may be a remote system controller (RSC) that has a block of IP addresses assigned to it for use with connected sub-networks or devices. Normally each assigned address will be associated with a management information base (MIB) containing data about the associated device, and each MIB will be associated with a protocol converter and I/O port connectable to the respective device or sub-network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Andrew Louis Martin, Bruce Melrose Paterson