Patents by Inventor Edward McDonnell

Edward McDonnell 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).

  • Secure resource tracker
    Patent number: 7643948
    Abstract: A system for tracking resource parameters includes a resource having an associated memory tag; a parameter sensing element sensing a parameter of the resource; and a memory tag reader/writer. The system is configured to store information gathered from the parameter sensing element on the memory tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Helen Balinsky, Edward McDonnell, Eytan Cohen, Moshe Uzan, Mark Ripenbein
  • Secure resource tracker
    Publication number: 20090100946
    Abstract: A system for tracking resource parameters includes a resource having an associated memory tag; a parameter sensing element sensing a parameter of the resource; and a memory tag reader/writer. The system is configured to store information gathered from the parameter sensing element on the memory tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Helen Balinsky, Edward McDonnell, Eytan Cohen, Moshe Uzan, Mark Ripenbein
  • Loop prevention in networks
    Patent number: 6778506
    Abstract: Logical connections between nodes in a network can be established by the following steps: generation of an identifier by each group of logically connected nodes in the network; exchange of identifiers between physically connected groups of logically connected nodes; and establishment of logical connections between physically connected groups of logically connected nodes for which the exchanged identifiers differ. Repeatedly carried out, these steps can allow a network without logical loops to be built up from individual nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Edward McDonnell, Alistair Neil Coles