Patents by Inventor Merlin Rhoda

Merlin Rhoda 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 test/measurement agent extensible with different types of network interfaces
    Patent number: 8055700
    Abstract: A system or method that extends a communication test/measurement agent by providing the communication test/measurement agent with built-in functionality to allow a central communication test/measurement system to generically communicate with and operate the agent, and by providing the communication test/measurement agent with built-in functionality to allow the agent to automatically recognize and dynamically incorporate plugins that are specific to different types of communication interfaces and which allow the network test/measurement system to communicate with the respective different types of communication interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: JDS Uniphase Corporation
    Inventors: Merlin A. Rhoda, Scott A. Blomquist
  • Method and apparatus for performing call trace filtering in a signal analyzer system
    Publication number: 20070294389
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and an apparatus for performing high-level filtering processes on data prior to the data being stored in the capture buffer, or on data that is currently stored in the capture buffer. In both cases, the amount of data that is ultimately paged from the capture buffer to other storage devices is reduced. In addition, signal analyzer resources, such as data collection probes, for example, can be shared without users having to view data that is not relevant to them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: Samuel Bauer, Andrew Donaghey, Merlin Rhoda
  • Extensible network agent method, system, and architecture
    Publication number: 20050097193
    Abstract: A system or method that extends a communication test/measurement agent by providing the communication test/measurement agent with built-in functionality to allow a central communication test/measurement system to generically communicate with and operate the agent, and by providing the communication test/measurement agent with built-in functionality to allow the agent to automatically recognize and dynamically incorporate plugins that are specific to different types of communication interfaces and which allow the network test/measurement system to communicate with the respective different types of communication interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Merlin Rhoda, Scott Blomquist
  • System controlling test/measurement devices on a network using markup language documents and methods thereof
    Publication number: 20040216139
    Abstract: Defining an interface/function protocol, which parallels (mirrors) user interface functions of a computing device based upon a markup language (tag-based scripting language), to remotely interact (control/establish communication) via a network with the computing device. Accordingly, the markup-language based interface/function protocol can be used as an application programming interface to develop software applications remotely controlling computing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventors: Merlin A. Rhoda, John M. Monk