Patents by Inventor Robert J. Madril

Robert J. Madril 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).

  • Reliability and performance of SNMP status through protocol with reliability limitations
    Patent number: 6985921
    Abstract: A system for an interceptor client is utilized to improve the reliability of data transfer between devices on a network. In particular, the interceptor client may be configured to monitor transactions between a SNMP manager application and a SNMP application. The interceptor client may be further configured to monitor and to identify a “Get” command requesting multiple object identifiers (OIDs), e.g., OID.a, OID.b, . . . , OID.n, from a destination agent. The interceptor client may be further configured to preprocess the requested OIDs to the nearest possible previous OIDs, i.e., OID.a?1, OID.b?1, . . . , OID.n?1. The interceptor client may be further configured format the requested “Get” command as a “Get-Next” command requesting the modified OIDs from the destination agent. “Get-Next” command will always retrieve the next value in the tree of the MIB, regardless of whether or not a valid OID was specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ernest F. Covelli, Robert J. Madril, Jr., Matt Howell, Steven Kolstad
  • Reliability and performance of SNMP status through protocol with reliability limitations
    Publication number: 20020107978
    Abstract: A system for an interceptor client is utilized to improve the reliability of data transfer between devices on a network. In particular, the interceptor client may be configured to monitor transactions between a SNMP manager application and a SNMP application. The interceptor client may be further configured to monitor and to identify a “Get” command requesting multiple object identifiers (OIDs), e.g., OID.a, OID.b, . . . , OID.n, from a destination agent. The interceptor client may be further configured to preprocess the requested OIDs to the nearest possible previous OIDs, i.e., OID.a−1, OID.b−1, . . . , OID.n−1. The interceptor client may be further configured format the requested “Get” command as a “Get-Next” command requesting the modified OIDs from the destination agent. “Get-Next” command will always retrieve the next value in the tree of the MIB, regardless of whether or not a valid OID was specified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Ernest F. Covelli, Robert J. Madril, Matt Howell, Steven Kolstad