Patents by Inventor Frank Webb

Frank Webb 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).

  • Patent number: 10680902
    Abstract: Techniques for virtual agent facilitation of network-based storage reporting are provided. A method can comprise determining, by a virtual agent comprising a processor and located at a node, first information indicative of data storage associated with the node, wherein the virtual agent is configured to be instantiated at the node in response to an instantiation instruction, and comprises non-proprietary, publicly available open source software. The method can also comprise outputting, by the virtual agent, the first information for reporting and forecasting of future capacity growth on the node or a network device of a network to which the node is communicatively coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Joseph Garrison, Kim Haislip, Frank Webb
  • Publication number: 20180062938
    Abstract: Techniques for virtual agent facilitation of network-based storage reporting are provided. A method can comprise determining, by a virtual agent comprising a processor and located at a node, first information indicative of data storage associated with the node, wherein the virtual agent is configured to be instantiated at the node in response to an instantiation instruction, and comprises non-proprietary, publicly available open source software. The method can also comprise outputting, by the virtual agent, the first information for reporting and forecasting of future capacity growth on the node or a network device of a network to which the node is communicatively coupled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Joseph Garrison, Kim Haislip, Frank Webb