Patents by Inventor Bryan Patrick Sokolik

Bryan Patrick Sokolik 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).

  • Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to control network element management traffic
    Patent number: 8131811
    Abstract: Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to control network element management traffic are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus to process an element management system (EMS) query message includes a receiver to receive the EMS query message from a managed network element, the EMS query message being redirected from an EMS server, a responder to select a pre-determined response to the EMS query message and discard EMS information contained in the EMS query message, wherein the pre-determined response is to delay the managed network element from resending the EMS query message to the EMS server for a time period, and a transmitter to send the pre-determined response to the managed network element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Earle West, Brian D. Freeman, Irene M. Shannon, Bryan Patrick Sokolik, Salvatore Talamo, Robert Urbina Velazquez, Chesla C. Wechsler
  • METHODS, APPARATUS AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO CONTROL NETWORK ELEMENT MANAGEMENT TRAFFIC
    Publication number: 20110145337
    Abstract: Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to control network element management traffic are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus to process an element management system (EMS) query message includes a receiver to receive the EMS query message from a managed network element, the EMS query message being redirected from an EMS server, a responder to select a pre-determined response to the EMS query message and discard EMS information contained in the EMS query message, wherein the pre-determined response is to delay the managed network element from resending the EMS query message to the EMS server for a time period, and a transmitter to send the pre-determined response to the managed network element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Earle West, Brian D. Freeman, Irene M. Shannon, Bryan Patrick Sokolik, Salvatore Talamo, Robert Urbina Velazquez, Chesla C. Wechsler