Patents by Inventor Christopher J. Rinaldo

Christopher J. Rinaldo 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).

  • Mapping of hot-swap states to plug-in unit states
    Patent number: 7188205
    Abstract: A Compact Peripheral Component Interconnect (CPCI) system is provided that can map PCI Industrial Computer Manufactures Group (PICMG) states describing the state of a hot-swap CPCI card into Telecommunication Management Network (TMN) plug-in unit states. Specifically, the hardware/Operating System (OS) states for the CPCI card are specified in PICMG states in accordance with the PICMG hot-swap specification. The present system identifies or defines the meaning (e.g., the definition, identification, function, and/or status) of the states on the CPCI card. The system then maps these states into intermediate states. The intermediate states are then mapped into TMN plug-in unit states (e.g., OperationalState and/or AvailiableStatus). The TMN plug-in unit states corresponding to the CPCI card will then comprise the proper identification information for the CPCI card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Tuan A. Le, Christopher J. Rinaldo, Angshuman Mukherjee, Vinh H. Truong, Daniel Delfatti
  • Management methods and apparatus that are independent of operating systems
    Patent number: 6993614
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a management agent that can be ran on any operating system. More specifically, the management agent of the present invention is implemented with a set of application program interfaces (APIs) that allows the management agent to be independent of operating systems. The APIs makes the management agent portable across multiple operating systems. In an embodiment of the present invention, a Compact Peripheral Component Interconnect (CPCI) computer system includes a CPCI chassis, a circuit board located within the CPCI chassis, a first central processing unit (CPU) card coupled with the circuit board. The CPCI computer system also includes a second CPU card coupled with the circuit board, a first management agent located within the first CPU card, and a second management agent located within the second CPU card. The first and second CPU cards each respectively has a first operating system and a second operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Tuan A. Le, Christopher J. Rinaldo, Angshuman Mukherjee, Vinh N. Truong, Daniel Delfatti
  • Mapping of hot-swap states to plug-in unit states
    Publication number: 20040117431
    Abstract: A Compact Peripheral Component Interconnect (CPCI) system is provided that can map PCI Industrial Computer Manufactures Group (PICMG) states describing the state of a hot-swap CPCI card into Telecommunication Management Network (TMN) plug-in unit states. Specifically, the hardware/Operating System (OS) states for the CPCI card are specified in PICMG states in accordance with the PICMG hot-swap specification. The present system identifies or defines the meaning (e.g., the definition, identification, function, and/or status) of the states on the CPCI card. The system then maps these states into intermediate states. The intermediate states are then mapped into TMN plug-in unit states (e.g., OperationalState and/or AvailiableStatus). The TMN plug-in unit states corresponding to the CPCI card will then comprise the proper identification information for the CPCI card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Tuan A. Le, Christopher J. Rinaldo, Angshuman Mukherjee, Vinh H. Truong, Daniel Delfatti