Patents by Inventor Merl Allen Trimmer

Merl Allen Trimmer 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).

  • Methods and systems for automatically configuring network monitoring system
    Patent number: 7680928
    Abstract: An automatically configurable network monitoring system includes a network monitoring communications protocol used for communications between a network monitoring client executing on a routing node (100) being monitored and a network monitoring server executing on a network monitoring processor (106). According to the network monitoring communications protocol, the network monitoring client broadcasts a network monitoring service request message to the network monitoring servers. The service request message identifies a signaling link for which network monitoring service is being requested. The network monitoring servers provisioned to the requested provide network monitoring service respond affirmatively and thereby automatically grant network monitoring service. The network monitoring system may be completely probeless or, alternatively, used in conjunction with probe-based network monitoring devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Tekelec
    Inventors: Yoogin Lean, David Wayne Minnich, Kevin Allen Sapp, Richard James Spangler, Merl Allen Trimmer, Jr.
  • Methods and systems for automatically configuring network monitoring system
    Patent number: 7155512
    Abstract: An automatically configurable network monitoring system includes a network monitoring communications protocol used for communications between a network monitoring client executing on a routing node (100) being monitored and a network monitoring server executing on a network monitoring processor (106). According to the network monitoring communications protocol, the network monitoring client broadcasts a network monitoring service request message to the network monitoring servers. The service request message identifies a signaling link for which network monitoring service is being requested. The network monitoring servers provisioned to the requested provide network monitoring service respond affirmatively and thereby automatically grant network monitoring service. The network monitoring system may be completely probeless or, alternatively, used in conjunction with probe-based network monitoring devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Tekelec
    Inventors: Yoogin Lean, David Wayne Minnich, Kevin Allen Sapp, Richard James Spangler, Merl Allen Trimmer, Jr.
  • Methods and systems for automatically configuring network monitoring system
    Publication number: 20030105850
    Abstract: An automatically configurable network monitoring system includes a network monitoring communications protocol used for communications between a network monitoring client executing on a routing node (100) being monitored and a network monitoring server executing on a network monitoring processor (106). According to the network monitoring communications protocol, the network monitoring client broadcasts a network monitoring service request message to the network monitoring servers. The service request message identifies a signaling link for which network monitoring service is being requested. The network monitoring servers provisioned to the requested provide network monitoring service respond affirmatively and thereby automatically grant network monitoring service. The network monitoring system may be completely probeless or, alternatively, used in conjunction with probe-based network monitoring devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Yoogin Lean, David Wayne Minnich, Kevin Allen Sapp, Richard James Spangler, Merl Allen Trimmer