Patents by Inventor Myriam Carole Boyer

Myriam Carole Boyer 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).

  • Method and system for testing a connection
    Patent number: 7869371
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention an apparatus suitable for testing a connection defined between a customer entity and a network entity, the connection traversing at least a first portion of a packet-enabled network between said apparatus and the network entity is provided. The apparatus comprises a first interface adapted to exchange with the network entity data associated with the connection over a first traffic VLAN and a second interface adapted to exchange with the customer entity data associated with the connection over a second traffic VLAN bridged to the first traffic VLAN by a bridging entity. The apparatus further comprises a third interface adapted to exchange with a management entity data associated with a management connection over a management VLAN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Ixia
    Inventors: David Joseph Ralph Burns, Norman James Robertson, Peter A. Palumbo, Manuel Lopez Branco, Myriam Carole Boyer
  • Method and System for Testing a Connection
    Publication number: 20090003221
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention an apparatus suitable for testing a connection defined between a customer entity and a network entity, the connection traversing at least a first portion of a packet-enabled network between said apparatus and the network entity is provided. The apparatus comprises a first interface adapted to exchange with the network entity data associated with the connection over a first traffic VLAN and a second interface adapted to exchange with the customer entity data associated with the connection over a second traffic VLAN bridged to the first traffic VLAN by a bridging entity. The apparatus further comprises a third interface adapted to exchange with a management entity data associated with a management connection over a management VLAN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: David Joseph Ralph Burns, Norman James Robertson, Peter A. Palumbo, Manuel Lopes Branco, Myriam Carole Boyer