Patents by Inventor Frances Jean Hardwick

Frances Jean Hardwick 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).

  • COMMUNICATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, METHODS, AND INTERFACES
    Publication number: 20140298183
    Abstract: Communication system management apparatus, methods, and interfaces are disclosed. A group of objects that are associated with different types of communication system components in a representation of a communication system are configured in a group. A further representation of the objects of the group is provided, and includes an indication of component operational status for one or more communication system components respectively associated with one or more of the objects of the group. The further representation of the objects of the group may also or instead provide access to the objects of the group, so that information associated with the objects may be more easily displayed, for example. The communication system representation and the group representation are provided in a Graphical User Interface (GUI) in some embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: MICHAEL NICHOLAS TOFINETTI, KAREN ENSING, PAUL KURUVILLA, SAIED HEIDARI, FRANCES JEAN HARDWICK, DAVID KIESEKAMP, TERRENCE MARTINEAU, ROBERT CRAIG, SASA NIJEMCEVIC
  • Communication system management apparatus, methods, and interfaces
    Patent number: 8793585
    Abstract: Communication system management apparatus, methods, and interfaces are disclosed. A group of objects that are associated with different types of communication system components in a representation of a communication system are configured in a group. A further representation of the objects of the group is provided, and includes an indication of component operational status for one or more communication system components respectively associated with one or more of the objects of the group. The further representation of the objects of the group may also or instead provide access to the objects of the group, so that information associated with the objects may be more easily displayed, for example. The communication system representation and the group representation are provided in a Graphical User Interface (GUI) in some embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Michael Nicholas Tofinetti, Karen Ensing, Paul Kuruvilla, Saied Heidari, Frances Jean Hardwick, David Kiesekamp, Terrence Martineau, Robert Craig, Sasa Nijemcevic
  • Method and system for presenting network devices on a display screen of a network management system
    Publication number: 20080065756
    Abstract: A method for presenting network devices associated with a communications network on a display screen of a network management system, comprising: displaying a first list of the network devices on the display screen; receiving a signal from a user to select a network device from the first list, the network device having associated therewith one or more items; generating a second list of the one or more items; and, displaying the second list on the display screen to thereby improve access to the one or more items by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Frances Jean Hardwick, Pascal Harnois, Sasa Nijemcevic, David Kiesekamp, Terrence Martineau