Patents by Inventor Frederick John Roeber

Frederick John Roeber 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 and method for logging computer event data and physical components of a complex distributed system
    Patent number: 6789182
    Abstract: A system for collecting events relating to multiple distributed physical systems includes multiple event collection cards (100), each receiving events from one of the distributed physical systems. Each event collection card includes a time stamp clock (120) configured to provide a time stamp when each event is received, an event memory (110) configured to store the received events, a sync interface unit (130) configured to receive a sync signal, a sync control unit (125) configured to synchronize the time stamp clock (120) to the sync signal received by the sync interface (130), and a collection control unit (115) configured to time stamp the collected events according to the time stamp clock (120) synchronized to the sync signal, and to store the time stamped events in the event memory (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Inventors: Kevin Jay Brothers, David Bruce Cousins, Brian John Palmer, Frederick John Roeber, Scott Davis Stafford