Patents by Inventor James H. Shelton

James H. Shelton 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: 10061371
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system for controlling a plurality of managed devices. The system may involve a manageability services module adapted to facilitate communication between the plurality of managed devices and a central user located remotely from the plurality of managed devices. The system may also involve a manageability engine module that communicates with the manageability services module. The manageability engine module may have an element library storing parameters associated with the plurality of managed devices, and may be configured to perform a number of useful operations such as: facilitating communication between the managed devices and the manageability services module; discovering a new managed device; and collecting, aggregating and providing real time analytics on the data collected from the managed devices. A database may be used to store data collected by the manageability engine module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: AVOCENT HUNTSVILLE, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Geffin, Richard M. Tobin, Kyle Keeper, James H. Shelton, Bharat A. Khuti, Michael W. Velten, Aman Khan, Dai Jun, Yang Pu
  • Patent number: 9762435
    Abstract: A system is disclosed that forms a base platform that enables a plurality of objects to be used in forming a plurality of different domain models. The system may have a common data model repository (CDMR) having an object relational mapping layer for mapping instances of the objects to persistent storage. The instances of objects may represent information that includes connections and control capabilities for at least certain ones of the instances of objects, and the CDMR may implement the connections and control capabilities in relation to managed elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: AVOCENT HUNTSVILLE, LLC
    Inventors: James H. Shelton, Roy D. Pestone, Steffen C. Hulegaard, Kenneth L. Harper
  • Patent number: 9568974
    Abstract: A system for monitoring, controlling and optimizing power usage and cooling utilization within a data center infrastructure. The system may make use of a subsystem which is adapted to obtain real time information on both facility devices and information technology (IT) devices. The subsystem may be used to evaluate the real time information to provide an alert and diagnostic information with respect to at least one of the facility devices or at least one of the IT devices. The subsystem may also make use of a mechanism that provides real time control over at least one of the facility devices or at least one of the IT devices to optimize at least one of cooling utilization, power usage or performance of at least one of the facility devices or at least one of the IT devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: AVOCENT HUNTSVILLE, LLC
    Inventors: Bharat A. Khuti, Steven Geffin, Joe Kutner, Jack Basiago, Sheldon Altman, Brian Williams, Juarez Carvalho, Michael Browner, Mitesh Patel, Kenneth L. Harper, James H. Shelton, Steven Clark, Donald A. Sturgeon, David John Cowen, Mark Kershner, Steven R. Blackwell, Karl Mills, Yang Pu, Dai Jun, Richard M. Tobin, Aman Khan, Roy D. Pestone, Jean-Maxime Lachapelle
  • Publication number: 20140025968
    Abstract: A system for monitoring, controlling and optimizing power usage and cooling utilization within a data center infrastructure. The system may make use of a subsystem which is adapted to obtain real time information on both facility devices and information technology (IT) devices. The subsystem may be used to evaluate the real time information to provide an alert and diagnostic information with respect to at least one of the facility devices or at least one of the IT devices. The subsystem may also make use of a mechanism that provides real time control over at least one of the facility devices or at least one of the IT devices to optimize at least one of cooling utilization, power usage or performance of at least one of the facility devices or at least one of the IT devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: AVOCENT HUNTSVILLE CORP.
    Inventors: Bharat A. Khuti, Steven Geffin, Richard Williams, Joe Kutner, Jack Basiaago, Sheldon Altman, Brian Williams, Juarez Carvalho, Michael Browner, Mitesh Patel, Kenneth L. Harper, James H. Shelton, Steven Clark, Donald A. Sturgeon, David John Cowen, Mark Kershner, Steven R. Blackwell, Karl Mills, Yang Pu, Dai Jun, Richard M. Tobin, Aman Khan, Roy D. Pestone, Jean-Maxime Lachapelle
  • Publication number: 20130262685
    Abstract: A system is disclosed that forms a base platform that enables a plurality of objects to be used in forming a plurality of different domain models. The system may have a common data model repository (CDMR) having an object relational mapping layer for mapping instances of the objects to persistent storage. The instances of objects may represent information that includes connections and control capabilities for at least certain ones of the instances of objects, and the CDMR may implement the connections and control capabilities in relation to managed elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: AVOCENT HUNTSVILLE CORP.
    Inventors: James H. Shelton, Roy D. Pestone, Steffen C. Hulegaard, Kenneth L. Harper
  • Publication number: 20130238795
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system for controlling a plurality of managed devices. The system may involve a manageability services module adapted to facilitate communication between the plurality of managed devices and a central user located remotely from the plurality of managed devices. The system may also involve a manageability engine module that communicates with the manageability services module. The manageability engine module may have an element library storing parameters associated with the plurality of managed devices, and may be configured to perform a number of useful operations such as: facilitating communication between the managed devices and the manageability services module; discovering a new managed device; and collecting, aggregating and providing real time analytics on the data collected from the managed devices. A database may be used to store data collected by the manageability engine module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: AVOCENT HUNTSVILLE CORP.
    Inventors: Steven Geffin, Richard M. Tobin, Kyle Keeper, James H. Shelton, Bharat A. Khuti, Michael W. Velten, Aman Khan, Dai Jun, Yang Pu