Patents by Inventor Lester Childs

Lester Childs 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).

  • Patent number: 10419313
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for industrial network monitoring. In one embodiment of the disclosure, a method includes acquiring, by a plant server communicatively coupled to at least one switch of the data network associated with plant components, traffic data flowing through the data network. The method further includes performing, by the plant server, an analysis of the traffic data to generate a network profile. The method may further include monitoring, by the plant server, traffic data flowing through the data network. While monitoring the traffic data, the method may determine, by the plant server, a deviation of the traffic data from the network profile. The method may include issuing, by the plant server based on the deviation, at least one alarm concerning a health state of the data network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kavyesh Trivedi, Robert Haley, Barry Littlefield, Lester Childs
  • Publication number: 20190166025
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for industrial network monitoring. In one embodiment of the disclosure, a method includes acquiring, by a plant server communicatively coupled to at least one switch of the data network associated with plant components, traffic data flowing through the data network. The method further includes performing, by the plant server, an analysis of the traffic data to generate a network profile. The method may further include monitoring, by the plant server, traffic data flowing through the data network. While monitoring the traffic data, the method may determine, by the plant server, a deviation of the traffic data from the network profile. The method may include issuing, by the plant server based on the deviation, at least one alarm concerning a health state of the data network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Kavyesh Trivedi, Robert Haley, Barry Littlefield, Lester Childs