Patents by Inventor Paul P. HULM

Paul P. HULM 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).

  • OUTAGE ANALYSIS SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130329569
    Abstract: A device may receiving alarms identifying failures of network elements, create a site table that includes a list of sites at which the alarms are generated and a number of alarms for each of the sites, determine whether an outage has occurred based on the alarms, analyze whether the outage is a false outage based on a failure of a probe that generates the alarms, and provide a notification that includes the site table, an indication of whether the outage has occurred, or an indication whether the outage is a false outage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Jim N. Russell, Kenny M. Hawkins, Bob E. Taylor, Paul P. Hulm
  • Outage analysis system
    Patent number: 8509093
    Abstract: A device may receiving alarms identifying failures of network elements, create a site table that includes a list of sites at which the alarms are generated and a number of alarms for each of the sites, determine whether an outage has occurred based on the alarms, analyze whether the outage is a false outage based on a failure of a probe that generates the alarms, and provide a notification that includes the site table, an indication of whether the outage has occurred, or an indication whether the outage is a false outage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Jim N Russell, Kenny M Hawkins, Bob E Taylor, Paul P Hulm
  • OUTAGE ANALYSIS SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090245094
    Abstract: A device may receiving alarms identifying failures of network elements, create a site table that includes a list of sites at which the alarms are generated and a number of alarms for each of the sites, determine whether an outage has occurred based on the alarms, analyze whether the outage is a false outage based on a failure of a probe that generates the alarms, and provide a notification that includes the site table, an indication of whether the outage has occurred, or an indication whether the outage is a false outage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicants: VERIZON BUSINESS NETWORK SERVICES INC., MCI COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Jim N. RUSSELL, Kenny M. HAWKINS, Bob E. TAYLOR, Paul P. HULM