Patents by Inventor Sean Patrick Burke

Sean Patrick Burke 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).

  • Configurable mediation devices and systems
    Patent number: 6052382
    Abstract: A device for mediating information management in a communications network for communications with a given network element having a given management-information protocol includes a NEDL file defining a structured network-element-description-language (NEDL) format referencing information-management roles pertaining to the given network element in accordance with the network-element management-information protocol; and a processor coupled to the NEDL file for recomposing messages received from of for communication to the network element. The mediation device may be configured for a given network element by adapting the NEDL file to define the management roles, parameters and resources of the given network element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Telops Management, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Patrick Burke, Michael V. Harding, Santosh Alexander, Conor P. Dowling, Gerry A. Egan, David S. Spencer, Bernd Grohmann, Guenter H. Krauss, Stephen B. Flynn, Steven J. Urow