Patents by Inventor Richard Harry Hopkins

Richard Harry Hopkins 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 triggering a protocol analyzer
    Patent number: 7962800
    Abstract: A protocol analyzer is provided including a monitoring state machine for tracking a communication protocol. A trigger mechanism triggers a trace by the analyzer when the state of the protocol differs from the monitoring state machine. The state of the protocol differs from the monitoring state machine when no state change occurs in a pre-defined time period, which may be defined for a given state change. The state of the protocol also differs from the monitoring state machine when a different state change takes place to that indicated by the monitoring state machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Harry Hopkins, Jonathan Ian Settle
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRIGGERING A PROTOCOL ANALYZER
    Publication number: 20080052561
    Abstract: A protocol analyzer is provided including a monitoring state machine for tracking a communication protocol. A trigger mechanism triggers a trace by the analyzer when the state of the protocol differs from the monitoring state machine. The state of the protocol differs from the monitoring state machine when no state change occurs in a pre-defined time period, which may be defined for a given state change. The state of the protocol also differs from the monitoring state machine when a different state change takes place to that indicated by the monitoring state machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Richard Harry Hopkins, Jonathan Ian Settle