Patents by Inventor John Martin Elliott

John Martin Elliott 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).

  • Automated determination of service impacting events in a communications network
    Patent number: 7796500
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining if an alarm originating from a component within a communications network impacts service of said network. One embodiment includes scanning a first data structure for faulty network components which may potentially affect network service, determining network components that are supported by the faulty network component, calculating a percentage of the network components indicating a fault, and determining if the percentage of the network components is above a threshold. If the percentage is above the threshold the faulty network component is determined to be service impacting. Finally, communicating to a second data structure that the faulty network component impacts service of the communications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: John Martin Elliott, Satishkumar Sadagopan, Perry Vance Licari