Patents by Inventor Mark R. Wittlin

Mark R. Wittlin 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).

  • Automated configuration of internet-like computer networks
    Patent number: 6212559
    Abstract: A system and corresponding method of its operation, for configuring a communication network of multiple interconnected computers. The system includes a graphical user interface (36) that facilitates the functions of task organization development (38), platform equipment development (40), address book development (60) and logical network development (42) in a simulated planning phase of operation (30). Using the system, an authorized user performs these development functions to define one or more logical communication networks, and then the system automatically generates specifications for a corresponding physical communication network (44), including management information blocks (74). In a dissemination phase of operation (32), the management information blocks are transmitted (50) to the network computers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: TRW Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Bixler, Eufemia P. Hilger, Jeffrey A. Smith, Mark R. Wittlin, Neil G. Siegel