Patents by Inventor Colin Strutt

Colin Strutt 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).

  • Entity management system
    Patent number: 6438591
    Abstract: A system for managing an assemblage of entities. The entities interface within the assemblage for control of primary information handling functions and further interface with the system to permit the carrying out of management functions. The system includes management modules adapted to carry out management functions by independently interpreting and executing commands and a kernel including a table of dispatch pointers for directing the commands to the respective modules in which they are to be interpreted and executed. In addition, the system includes storage containing domain information defining groups of entities, where the kernel may issue a command to a group by issuing individual commands to appropriate modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Compaq Information Technologies Group L.P.
    Inventors: Leonard G. Fehskens, Colin Strutt, Steven K. Wong, Jill F. Callander, Peter H. Burgess, Kathy Jo Nelson, Matthew J. Guertin, Gerard R. Plouffe, Mark W. Sylor, Kenneth W. Chapman, Robert C. Schuchard, Stanley I. Goldfarb, Anil V. Navkal, Dennis O. Rogers, Linsey B. O'Brien, Philip J. Trasatti, Christine C. Chan-Lizardo, Benjamin M. England, James L. Lemmon, Jr., Richard L. Rosenbaum, Ruth E. J. Kohls, David L. Aronson, Allan B. Moore, Robert R. N. Ross, Danny L. Smith, William C. Adams, Jr., Arundahati G. Sankar, G. Paul Koning, Sheryl F. Namoglu, Mark J. Seger, Timothy M. Dixon, Jeffrey R. Harrow
  • Entity management system with remote call feature
    Patent number: 5822586
    Abstract: Apparatus and a related method for managing entities in a complex and, in general, geographically distributed system, such as distributed data processing system. The management approach is defined in terms of a generalized model having management modules integrated into a single cooperative system by a management director kernel. The management modules include presentation modules to provide an interface with users who manage the complex system, access modules to provide an interface with managed entities or devices, and function modules to define various functions that may be performed in controlling or monitoring the managed entities. If the complex system being managed is large, a managed entity and an associated access module may be located on one physical system, while a presentation module is located on another physical system, close to the user, and a function module being used might be located on yet another physical system, for reasons of processing convenience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Colin Strutt, James Anthony Swist
  • Extensible entity management system including an information manager for obtaining, storing and retrieving information from entities
    Patent number: 5608907
    Abstract: A system for managing an assemblage of entities. The entities interface within the assemblage for control of primary information handling functions and further interface with the system to permit the carrying out of management functions. The system includes management modules adapted to carry out management functions by independently interpreting and executing commands, a kernel including a table of dispatch pointers for directing the commands to the respective modules in which they are to be interpreted and executed, and an enroller for enrolling new modules into the system by adding further pointers to the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corp.
    Inventors: Leonard G. Fehskens, Colin Strutt, Arundahati G. Sankar, Steven K. Wong
  • Extensible entity management system including a dispatching kernel and modules which independently interpret and execute commands
    Patent number: 5557796
    Abstract: A system for managing an assemblage of entities. The entities interface within the assemblage for control of primary information handling functions and further interface with the system to permit the carrying out of management functions. The system includes management modules adapted to carry out management functions by independently interpreting and executing commands, a kernel including a table of dispatch pointers for directing the commands to the respective modules in which they are to be interpreted and executed, and an enroller for enrolling new modules into the system by adding further pointers to the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corp.
    Inventors: Leonard G. Fehskens, Colin Strutt, Jill F. Callander, Kathy J. Nelson, Matthew J. Guertin, Mark W. Sylor, Kenneth W. Chapman, Robert C. Schuchard, Stanley I. Goldfarb, Dennis O. Rogers, Linsey B. O'Brien, Christine C. Chan-Lizardo, Benjamin M. England, Richard L. Rosenbaum, Ruth E. J. Kohls, David L. Aronson, Allan B. Moore, Robert R. N. Ross, Danny L. Smith, Arundahati G. Sankar, G. Paul Koning, Sheryl F. Namoglu, Mark J. Seger, Timothy M. Dixon, Jeffrey R. Harrow
  • Extensible entity management system including rule-based alarms
    Patent number: 5475838
    Abstract: A system for managing an assemblage of entities. The entities interface within the assemblage for control of primary information handling functions and further interface with the system to permit the carrying out of management functions. The system includes management modules adapted to carry out management functions by independently interpreting and executing commands, a kernel including a table of dispatch pointers for directing the commands to the respective modules in which they are to be interpreted and executed, and an enroller for enrolling new modules into the system by adding further pointers to the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Leonard G. Fehskens, Colin Strutt, Steven K. Wong, Jill F. Callander, Peter H. Burgess, Kathy J. Nelson, Matthew J. Guertin, Gerard R. Plouffe, Mark W. Sylor, Kenneth W. Chapman, Robert C. Schuchard, Stanley I. Goldfarb, Anil V. Navkal, Dennis O. Rogers, Linsey B. O'Brien, Philip J. Trasatti, Christine C. Chan-Lizardo, Benjamin M. England, James L. Lemmon, Jr., Richard L. Rosenbaum, Ruth E. J. Kohls, David L. Aronson, Allan B. Moore, Robert R. N. Ross, Danny L. Smith, William C. Adams, Jr., Arundahati G. Sankar, G. Paul Koning, Sheryl F. Namoglu, Mark J. Seger, Timothy M. Dixon, Jeffrey R. Harrow
  • Extensible entity management system including a dispatching kernel and modules which independently interpret and execute commands
    Patent number: 5345587
    Abstract: A system for managing an assemblage of entities. The entities interface within the assemblage for control of primary information handling functions and further interface with the system to permit the carrying out of management functions. The system includes management modules adapted to carry out management functions by independently interpreting and executing commands, a kernel including a table of dispatch pointers for directing the commands to the respective modules in which they are to be interpreted and executed, and an enroller for enrolling new modules into the system by adding further pointers to the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Leonard G. Fehskens, Colin Strutt, Steven K. Wong, Jill F. Callander, Peter H. Burgess, Kathy J. Nelson, Matthew J. Guertin, Mark W. Sylor, Kenneth W. Chapman, Robert C. Schuchard, Stanley I. Goldfarb, Dennis O. Rogers, Linsey B. O'Brien, Philip J. Trasatti, Benjamin M. England, James L. Lemmon, Jr., Richard L. Rosenbaum, Ruth E. J. Kohls, David L. Aronson, Robert R. N. Ross, Danny L. Smith, William C. Adams, Jr., G. Paul Koning, Sheryl F. Namoglu, Mark J. Seger, Timothy M. Dixon, Jeffrey R. Harrow