Patents by Inventor Simon P Valentine

Simon P Valentine 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).

  • Optimisation of network configuration
    Patent number: 7340515
    Abstract: A method and program for checking for misconfigurations and inefficiencies in the configuration of devices and links on a network. Information relating to the configuration of components on the network is stored in a database. The configuration information is accessed for each device, and interrogated for each port and its associated link and connected remote port. The interrogation determines whether the ports and links have matched configuration and whether they are running at optimum capability, such as at full duplex (both ends permitting), at maximum speed or with maximum numbers of ports assigned to a trunk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: 3Com Corporation
    Inventors: Lee A Walker, Simon P Valentine, Christopher R Linzell, Richard J Artes
  • Optimisation of network configuration
    Publication number: 20020120731
    Abstract: A method and program for checking for misconfigurations and inefficiencies in the configuration of devices and links on a network. Information relating to the configuration of components on the network is stored in a database. The configuration information is accessed for each device, and interrogated for each port and its associated link and connected remote port. The interrogation determines whether the ports and links have matched configuration and whether they are running at optimum capability, such as at full duplex (both ends permitting), at maximum speed or with maximum numbers of ports assigned to a trunk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Lee A. Walker, Simon P. Valentine, Christopher R. Linzell, Richard J. Artes