Patents by Inventor Shannon Rae Smith

Shannon Rae Smith 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).

  • Patent number: 6442714
    Abstract: A centralized product testing system and method for its operation are disclosed. The system has a test application server that communicates with remote users as a web-based application. Equipment testers login to the system through their web browser. They can then run tests while viewing instructions for the test and entering results in dynamically-generated web browser forms tailored to their test. Completed forms (including files generated by test equipment tied to a tester's computer) can then be uploaded to the testing system. The testing system relates the test data to the product under test and stores the data in a relational database. The test data can then be used to dynamically generate preliminary or formal test reports for compliance and other purposes. The system has many benefits. For example, because test procedures, data, and report forms are all centrally stored, they can be reliably maintained and quickly updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Cisco Technology
    Inventors: Andrew Griffin, Daniel Paul Teeter, Shannon Rae Smith