Patents by Inventor Edward John Groenendaal

Edward John Groenendaal 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 health monitoring and recovery
    Patent number: 6993686
    Abstract: A network device. The network device includes a least one communication port that allows communication with at least one other network device and storage to store a rules database. At least one health monitor module receives an event notification, then accesses the rules database to locate a matching rule for the event notification and perform any tasks determined by the rules database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward John Groenendaal, Peter Joseph Hanselmann, Gene Michael Clendon
  • Distributed call control processing
    Patent number: 6975625
    Abstract: A network device and a method of distributed call control processing. The network device includes at least one port, at least two call processors, a memory, and a central processing unit. The method receives a call setup message and determines if a call processor is assigned to that call. If no call processor is assigned, a central processing unit assigns a least-loaded call processor to the call and that call processor sets up the call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward John Groenendaal