Patents by Inventor Edward Halpern

Edward Halpern 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).

  • Method and apparatus for providing work flows used to resolve alarm conditions detected in a system
    Publication number: 20070219843
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of providing workflows (400-404) to the operators of network management systems (114) and subsystems (202-208) is disclosed. The method identifies a plurality of tasks (210-228) that can be accomplished by at least one of the subsystem accessible for the workflows and groups the tasks into a plurality of roles (302-308) wherein each role includes at least one task to be performed. The roles are grouped into the workflows according to the roles needed to address an alarm condition. The workflow can be provided to an operator with a user interface (600).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventors: Jesse Keeler, Edward Halpern, Frank Miller, David Cohn