Patents by Inventor Kirby Files

Kirby Files 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).

  • System and method for network analysis
    Patent number: 7756128
    Abstract: A method of evaluating the performance of a network at an edge device of a provider network includes receiving a plurality of packets associated with a plurality of customers and copying the header information for each of the plurality of packets. The method also includes identifying one of the plurality of customers for each of the plurality of packets and storing the header information for each of the plurality of packets in a database associated with the identified customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Masergy Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward E. Barrett, Kirby Files, Ron Haberman, Shawn Edmondson
  • System and method for network analysis
    Publication number: 20080080495
    Abstract: A method of evaluating the performance of a network at an edge device of a provider network includes receiving a plurality of packets associated with a plurality of customers and copying the header information for each of the plurality of packets. The method also includes identifying one of the plurality of customers for each of the plurality of packets and storing the header information for each of the plurality of packets in a database associated with the identified customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventors: Edward E. Barrett, Kirby Files, Ron Haberman, Shawn Edmondson
  • Automated configuration of packet routed networks
    Publication number: 20040172412
    Abstract: Detailed configurations for specific network elements are automatically generated and, if desired, automatically activated in response to an addition, modification and/or deletion of a network service or topology specified at high level. Network configuration information is stored in a database. Metadata, including descriptions of network elements, properties of network elements and relationships between network elements, is used to describe network topologies. Data fields described the metadata store current configuration data for each network element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Kirby Files, Ron E. Haberman, Klyne L. Smith, Karen E. Krickus, Guy J. Rouillier, David Steele, Jason Collins