Patents by Inventor John McNicholas

John McNicholas 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).

  • Identifying and reporting differences in network activity data files
    Patent number: 8935295
    Abstract: A method of identifying differences between activity data files includes determining a difference between the activity data files. Causal analysis may be performed to identify a cause of the difference. The difference and/or the cause of the difference may be rendered based on a rendering template. Tier pairs between the activity data files may be matched and a user may be queried to confirm the tier pair match. Statistical and/or protocol differences between each of the activity files may be presented. Transactions between each of the activity data files may be matched including comparing the content files in each of the activity data files that account for the transactions. Client side differences between each of the activity data files may be identified. A categorization may be assigned to each of the determined differences. Determined differences may be excluded from the rendering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Riverbed Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick J. Malloy, John McNicholas, John W. Strohm, Antoine Dunn
  • IDENTIFYING AND REPORTING DIFFERENCES IN NETWORK ACTIVITY DATA FILES
    Publication number: 20080016056
    Abstract: A method of identifying differences between activity data files includes determining a difference between the activity data files. Causal analysis may be performed to identify a cause of the difference. The difference and/or the cause of the difference may be rendered based on a rendering template. Tier pairs between the activity data files may be matched and a user may be queried to confirm the tier pair match. Statistical and/or protocol differences between each of the activity files may be presented. Transactions between each of the activity data files may be matched including comparing the content files in each of the activity data files that account for the transactions. Client side differences between each of the activity data files may be identified. A categorization may be assigned to each of the determined differences. Determined differences may be excluded from the rendering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Patrick MALLOY, John McNicholas, John Strohm, Antoine Dunn