Patents by Inventor Richard P. Steckler

Richard P. Steckler 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).

  • Element management system with adaptive interfacing selected by last previous full-qualified managed level
    Patent number: 7113934
    Abstract: An element management system in which: a list of fully-qualified versions of network elements is maintained, and the interface to each network element is managed in accordance with the highest fully-qualified version which is no later than the network element's actual version date, EVEN IF there is also a fully-qualified later version. By specifying a “managed level” which is fully qualified and is guaranteed not to be later than the actual revision of the network element, the possibility of hidden incompatibility is reduced. (Network elements are expected to be backwards compatible, but the addition of features may introduce some hidden forward incompatibility.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Gilbert Lévesque, Malais Wong, Richard P. Steckler
  • Element management system with adaptive interfacing selected by last previous fully-qualified managed level
    Publication number: 20040098422
    Abstract: An element management system in which: a list of fully-qualified versions of network elements is maintained, and the interface to each network element is managed in accordance with the highest fully-qualified version which is no later than the network element's actual version date, EVEN IF there is also a fully-qualified later version. By specifying a “managed level” which is fully qualified and is guaranteed not to be later than the actual revision of the network element, the possibility of hidden incompatibility is reduced. (Network elements are expected to be backwards compatible, but the addition of features may introduce some hidden forward incompatibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc., a California corporation
    Inventors: Gilbert Levesque, Malais Wong, Richard P. Steckler