Patents by Inventor Larry R. Stilwell

Larry R. Stilwell 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).

  • Network device simulator
    Patent number: 5907696
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for creating the appearance of a network device and its communications, and in particular, an SNMP agent and its SNMP communications. A device dataset contains a plurality of counter variables having instance values which change over time and describe the behavior of the device on the network. A characterization file is created from the device dataset based on correlations among the variables and their instance values. The characterization file is used to generate predicted instance values for a simulated device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Assignee: Cabletron Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry R. Stilwell, Vishwae V. Gokhale