Patents by Inventor Jimmy D. DILLON

Jimmy D. DILLON 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).

  • Method and apparatus of providing an interface for managing network switches
    Patent number: 9270540
    Abstract: An approach is provided for presenting, via a graphical user interface, a plurality of selectable areas corresponding to a plurality of categories of switches and a plurality of options. One of the options includes a search function for finding a desired one of the switches. A communication session is automatically established with one of the switches as specified by a user through one of the selectable areas or the search function. Information from the one switch is received over the communication session, wherein the information is used for analyzing the one switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Jimmy D. Dillon
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PROVIDING AN INTERFACE FOR MANAGING NETWORK SWITCHES
    Publication number: 20090158415
    Abstract: An approach is provided for presenting, via a graphical user interface, a plurality of selectable areas corresponding to a plurality of categories of switches and a plurality of options. One of the options includes a search function for finding a desired one of the switches. A communication session is automatically established with one of the switches as specified by a user through one of the selectable areas or the search function. Information from the one switch is received over the communication session, wherein the information is used for analyzing the one switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Verizon Business Network Services Inc.
    Inventor: Jimmy D. DILLON