Patents by Inventor Jonathan D. Beard

Jonathan D. Beard 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 System for an Offsite Infrastructure Detection of an Enterprise Network
    Publication number: 20080040465
    Abstract: A system implementing a method for an offsite detection of an infrastructure of an enterprise network. The method involves the system parsing enterprise machine data files into an offsite database supporting a logical linkage of each enterprise network interconnection among a plurality of machines of the enterprise network, and the system generating an enterprise network infrastructure profile of the enterprise network based on the offsite database logical linkage of each enterprise network interconnection among the plurality of machines of the enterprise network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Corissa S. Koster, Jonathan D. Beard, Louis D. Echevarria, Andrew G. Hourselt, Stefan Lehmann
  • Method and apparatus for determining the patency of a blood vessel
    Patent number: 5267565
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for testing the vascular condition of a patient including applying a pulsatile waveform to a part of a patient's body, observing the resultant blood flow at a location spaced from the point of application, and comparing the observed waveform with the applied waveform. In one aspect, the method and apparatus are used to assess a patient's suitability for femorodistal by-pass surgery. In another aspect, the method and apparatus are used to determine the patency calf arteries in a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1993
    Inventor: Jonathan D. Beard