Patents by Inventor Nathan W. Atkins

Nathan W. Atkins 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: 9712409
    Abstract: The agile information technology infrastructure management system and related methods and processes provide a solution with the required flexibility to effectively and efficiently monitor and manage a wide-variety of disparate information technology and network infrastructure deployed in businesses and enterprises throughout a region or the world.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell E. Sellers, William H. Ballard, Jeffrey Guillot, Gregory H. Carter, Nathan W. Atkins, Nicholas J. Pausback, Matthew R. Engle, Paul T. Young, Craig R. Roffers, Adam D. HerrNeckar
  • Publication number: 20140250225
    Abstract: The agile information technology infrastructure management system and related methods and processes provide a solution with the required flexibility to effectively and efficiently monitor and manage a wide-variety of disparate information technology and network infrastructure deployed in businesses and enterprises throughout a region or the world.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell E. Sellers, Jeffrey Guillot, Gregory H. Carter, Nathan W. Atkins, Nicholas J. Pausback, Matthew R. Engle, Paul T. Young, Craig R. Roffers, Adam D. HerrNeckar, William H. Ballard
  • Patent number: 8725853
    Abstract: The agile information technology infrastructure management system and related methods and processes provide a solution with the required flexibility to effectively and efficiently monitor and manage a wide-variety of disparate information technology and network infrastructure deployed in businesses and enterprises throughout a region or the world.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell E. Sellers, Jeffrey Guillot, Gregory H. Carter, Nathan W. Atkins, Nicholas J. Pausback, Matthew R. Engle, Paul T. Young, Craig R. Roffers, Adam D. Herrneckar, William H. Ballard
  • Publication number: 20110083073
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, and logic for the synchronized recording and playback of a plurality of media content are described herein. According to an embodiment of the present invention, first and second media content provided by at least one source are selected via a media control device configured to receive and store media content provided from a plurality of sources. Media content and format information of the selected first and second media content are retrieved from the at least one source, and the first and second media content are recorded. A master index is generated to allow synchronous playback of the first and second media content on selected presentation devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Nathan W. Atkins, Michael Flannagan
  • Patent number: 5162742
    Abstract: A method for locating electrical short circuits in an electronic substrate containing a plurality of conductive paths. A pair of shorted paths is identified and a current signal is applied thereto. Simultaneously, the voltage across the shorted paths is measured. The current signal is then increased in incremental steps until the voltage starts to vary nonlinearly with respect to the current signal. A temperature differential is then created between the substrate as a whole and small sectors of the substrate until the measured nonlinear relationship between current and voltage reverses in the direction of resuming a linear relationship. The small sector which caused the voltage to respond to the temperature differential is then identified, thereby identifying the approximate location of the short circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nathan W. Atkins, Philip J. Davies, Gary P. Suback