Patents by Inventor Jeffrey R. Harrow

Jeffrey R. Harrow 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).

  • Entity management system
    Patent number: 6438591
    Abstract: A system for managing an assemblage of entities. The entities interface within the assemblage for control of primary information handling functions and further interface with the system to permit the carrying out of management functions. The system includes management modules adapted to carry out management functions by independently interpreting and executing commands and a kernel including a table of dispatch pointers for directing the commands to the respective modules in which they are to be interpreted and executed. In addition, the system includes storage containing domain information defining groups of entities, where the kernel may issue a command to a group by issuing individual commands to appropriate modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Compaq Information Technologies Group L.P.
    Inventors: Leonard G. Fehskens, Colin Strutt, Steven K. Wong, Jill F. Callander, Peter H. Burgess, Kathy Jo Nelson, Matthew J. Guertin, Gerard R. Plouffe, Mark W. Sylor, Kenneth W. Chapman, Robert C. Schuchard, Stanley I. Goldfarb, Anil V. Navkal, Dennis O. Rogers, Linsey B. O'Brien, Philip J. Trasatti, Christine C. Chan-Lizardo, Benjamin M. England, James L. Lemmon, Jr., Richard L. Rosenbaum, Ruth E. J. Kohls, David L. Aronson, Allan B. Moore, Robert R. N. Ross, Danny L. Smith, William C. Adams, Jr., Arundahati G. Sankar, G. Paul Koning, Sheryl F. Namoglu, Mark J. Seger, Timothy M. Dixon, Jeffrey R. Harrow
  • Method and device for monitoring, manipulating, and viewing system information
    Patent number: 5682489
    Abstract: A system monitoring device has the capacity of displaying historical or real time information and also allows a user to set, via direct manipulation, a range of values in relation to other currently displayed information in graphical format on a computer screen and to view such relationships in an intuitive manner. A user interface is provided so a user can interact with information being viewed via an input device, e.g., a pointing device. The user interface of the system monitoring device of the present invention includes two interactive icons allowing a user to select and display information contained in a historical record, or log, of information, as well as real time information, and also to expand the interactive icon into a range of values, specifying a minimum and maximum, so that there is a range between the point at which the activity may take place and the point at which the activity is canceled which a user can directly manipulate in an intuitive manner on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Harrow, Fred P. Messinger
  • Extensible entity management system including a dispatching kernel and modules which independently interpret and execute commands
    Patent number: 5557796
    Abstract: A system for managing an assemblage of entities. The entities interface within the assemblage for control of primary information handling functions and further interface with the system to permit the carrying out of management functions. The system includes management modules adapted to carry out management functions by independently interpreting and executing commands, a kernel including a table of dispatch pointers for directing the commands to the respective modules in which they are to be interpreted and executed, and an enroller for enrolling new modules into the system by adding further pointers to the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corp.
    Inventors: Leonard G. Fehskens, Colin Strutt, Jill F. Callander, Kathy J. Nelson, Matthew J. Guertin, Mark W. Sylor, Kenneth W. Chapman, Robert C. Schuchard, Stanley I. Goldfarb, Dennis O. Rogers, Linsey B. O'Brien, Christine C. Chan-Lizardo, Benjamin M. England, Richard L. Rosenbaum, Ruth E. J. Kohls, David L. Aronson, Allan B. Moore, Robert R. N. Ross, Danny L. Smith, Arundahati G. Sankar, G. Paul Koning, Sheryl F. Namoglu, Mark J. Seger, Timothy M. Dixon, Jeffrey R. Harrow
  • Extensible entity management system including rule-based alarms
    Patent number: 5475838
    Abstract: A system for managing an assemblage of entities. The entities interface within the assemblage for control of primary information handling functions and further interface with the system to permit the carrying out of management functions. The system includes management modules adapted to carry out management functions by independently interpreting and executing commands, a kernel including a table of dispatch pointers for directing the commands to the respective modules in which they are to be interpreted and executed, and an enroller for enrolling new modules into the system by adding further pointers to the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Leonard G. Fehskens, Colin Strutt, Steven K. Wong, Jill F. Callander, Peter H. Burgess, Kathy J. Nelson, Matthew J. Guertin, Gerard R. Plouffe, Mark W. Sylor, Kenneth W. Chapman, Robert C. Schuchard, Stanley I. Goldfarb, Anil V. Navkal, Dennis O. Rogers, Linsey B. O'Brien, Philip J. Trasatti, Christine C. Chan-Lizardo, Benjamin M. England, James L. Lemmon, Jr., Richard L. Rosenbaum, Ruth E. J. Kohls, David L. Aronson, Allan B. Moore, Robert R. N. Ross, Danny L. Smith, William C. Adams, Jr., Arundahati G. Sankar, G. Paul Koning, Sheryl F. Namoglu, Mark J. Seger, Timothy M. Dixon, Jeffrey R. Harrow
  • System monitoring method and device including a graphical user interface to view and manipulate system information
    Patent number: 5375199
    Abstract: A system monitoring device is disclosed which is capable of displaying historical or real time information and also allows a user to set, via direct manipulation, a range of values in relation to other currently displayed information in graphical format on a computer screen and to view such relationships in an intuitive manner. A user interface is provided whereby a user can interact with information being viewed via an input device, e.g., a pointing device. The user interface of the system monitoring device of the present invention includes two interactive icons which allow a user to select and display information contained in a historical record, or log, of information, as well as real time information, and also to expand the interactive icon into a range of values so that there is a range, or hysteresis, between the point at which the activity may take place and the point at which the activity is canceled which a user can directly manipulate in an intuitive manner on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1994
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Harrow, Fred P. Messinger
  • Extensible entity management system including a dispatching kernel and modules which independently interpret and execute commands
    Patent number: 5345587
    Abstract: A system for managing an assemblage of entities. The entities interface within the assemblage for control of primary information handling functions and further interface with the system to permit the carrying out of management functions. The system includes management modules adapted to carry out management functions by independently interpreting and executing commands, a kernel including a table of dispatch pointers for directing the commands to the respective modules in which they are to be interpreted and executed, and an enroller for enrolling new modules into the system by adding further pointers to the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Leonard G. Fehskens, Colin Strutt, Steven K. Wong, Jill F. Callander, Peter H. Burgess, Kathy J. Nelson, Matthew J. Guertin, Mark W. Sylor, Kenneth W. Chapman, Robert C. Schuchard, Stanley I. Goldfarb, Dennis O. Rogers, Linsey B. O'Brien, Philip J. Trasatti, Benjamin M. England, James L. Lemmon, Jr., Richard L. Rosenbaum, Ruth E. J. Kohls, David L. Aronson, Robert R. N. Ross, Danny L. Smith, William C. Adams, Jr., G. Paul Koning, Sheryl F. Namoglu, Mark J. Seger, Timothy M. Dixon, Jeffrey R. Harrow