Patents by Inventor Shabbir A. Chowdhury

Shabbir A. Chowdhury 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).

  • Apparatus and method for automatically determining the topology of a local area network
    Patent number: 5606664
    Abstract: Apparatus for monitoring and displaying the status of a local area network. The network includes a hub with ports for connection to various data terminal equipment in a star configuration and for connection to other hubs of the network. The hubs each have different types of plug-in modules which have ports for connecting the hub to different types of network cable such as fiber optic cable, unshielded twisted pair cable and shielded twisted pair cable. Information is automatically provided to a control console identifying the types of modules and the location of the modules in the hub so that an image of the actual hub can be displayed on the screen of the control console. The actual hub image shows the location and types of modules installed in the hub. In addition, information regarding the connection of each of the hubs to other hubs of the network is obtained and provided to the control console.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1997
    Assignee: Bay Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Brown, Shabbir A. Chowdhury, Jean-Luc Fontaine, Chao-Yu Liang, Ronald V. Schmidt, Chang-Jung Wang
  • Apparatus and method of monitoring the status of a local area network
    Patent number: 5226120
    Abstract: Apparatus for monitoring and displaying the status of a local area network. The network includes a hub with ports for connection to various data terminal equipment in a star configuration and for connection to other hubs of the network. The hubs each have different types of plug-in modules which have ports for connecting the hub to different types of network cable such as fiber optic cable, unshielded twisted pair cable and shielded twisted pair cable. Information is automatically provided to a control console identifying the types of modules and the location of the modules in the hub so that an image of the actual hub can be displayed on the screen of the control console. The actual hub image shows the location and types of modules installed in the hub. In addition, information regarding the connection of each of the hubs to other hubs of the network is obtained and provided to the control console.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1993
    Assignee: Synoptics Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Brown, Shabbir A. Chowdhury