Patents by Inventor Robert M. Parent

Robert M. Parent 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).

  • System and method for managing access to active devices operably connected to a data network
    Patent number: 7315890
    Abstract: A system and method for managing access of one or more active devices through a data network is disclosed. The system comprises a service station operative to communicate with a requesting active device and a router, the active device and router operative to communicate with a data network. Connection management software executes at least partially in the service station to direct the router to control access to a responding active device by the requesting active device based on a detectable state of a predetermined characteristic of the requesting active device, the state being disclosed to the service station upon a request by the service station. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope of meaning of the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Earl W. Tilton, Mark K. Morehead, Robert M. Parent, Tommy L. Beane
  • System and method for managing access to active devices operably connected to a data network
    Publication number: 20040068562
    Abstract: A system and method for managing access of one or more active devices through a data network is disclosed. The system comprises a service station operative to communicate with a requesting active device and a router, the active device and router operative to communicate with a data network. Connection management software executes at least partially in the service station to direct the router to control access to a responding active device by the requesting active device based on a detectable state of a predetermined characteristic of the requesting active device, the state being disclosed to the service station upon a request by the service station. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope of meaning of the claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: Earl W. Tilton, Mark K. Morehead, Robert M. Parent, Tommy L. Beane