Patents by Inventor Keith Irwin Meyer

Keith Irwin Meyer 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 for reducing SNMP instrumentation message flows
    Patent number: 6076107
    Abstract: A method of data retrieval reduces the number of Instrumentation message flows in a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) device. The method uses "look-ahead" algorithms whereby data items which have not yet been requested by the Agent (but are expected to be) are retrieved from Instrumentation. The method comprises the step of retrieving from the Instrumentation an entire row of data from an SNMP table whenever a GetRequest or GetNextRequest Protocol Data Unit (PDU) is issued by the Manager to the Agent. A SubAgent saves this row in anticipation of a subsequent request for another column in this same row thereby eliminating the need for further Instrumentation message flows for further data retrieval from this row. Whenever a new GetRequest is issued by the Manager, a new set of data is retrieved from the Instrumentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David De-Hui Chen, William Frank McKenzie, Keith Irwin Meyer, Leo Temoshenko