Patents by Inventor Robert Raymond Popp, Jr.

Robert Raymond Popp, Jr. 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 devices within a private network via a public network
    Patent number: 7701934
    Abstract: A network management system includes a processor and a memory that is accessible by the processor. A computer program is embedded within the memory. The computer program includes instructions to detect the receipt of one or more modified management messages. Each of the one or more modified management messages includes one or more modified data packets having a unique identifier. The computer program further includes instructions to determine an originating device associated with each of the unique identifiers. In a particular embodiment, the unique identifier is a predetermined device management password. Further, the predetermined device management password is a community string for a simple network management protocol data packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Edward Walter, Jae-Sun S Chin, Robert Raymond Popp, Jr.