Patents by Inventor Rita A. Eberhart

Rita A. Eberhart 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).

  • Control system and operations system interface for a network element in an access system
    Patent number: 5608720
    Abstract: A control system for a network element (NE) such as a remote digital terminal (RDT) in an integrated digital loop carrier (DLC) system is provided which comprises subsystems for operating circuit packs and for providing functions that are common to the circuit packs. Each subsystem has a subagent residing on a network processor circuit pack. The subagents communicate via a common subagent interface. A NE which supports both OSI and non-OSI interfaces such as Transaction Language 1 (TL1) and Common Management Services Element (CMISE) interfaces is provided, along with a method for mapping TL1 commands to CMISE messages using TL1 proxy objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Charles H. Biegel, Nicholas J. Carter, Chung Chen, Michael Christofferson, Mahesh P. Desai, Rita A. Eberhart, Steven M. Klonsky, Shaun Missett, Theodore F. Rabenko, John R. Tomassone, David S. Turvene