Patents by Inventor Steven A. Matz

Steven A. Matz 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).

  • Network manager and method thereof for a communication system
    Patent number: 6301266
    Abstract: A method of managing objects residing in a communication system includes the steps of reading (201), by a network manager for a plurality of objects represented by at least one agent and residing in a communication system, a mapping of bitmap types to object types and monitoring (203) at least one communication resource between the network manager and the at least one agent. After service interruption on one communication resource of the at least one communication resource, and upon detecting (207) a return to service of the one communication resource, the network manager reads at least one bitmap from the at least one agent, wherein the at least one bitmap represents information relating to at least one object of the plurality of objects, and interpreting (213) the at least one bitmap by utilizing the mapping of bitmap types to object types in order to determine a status of the at least one object of the plurality of objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry M. Peterson, Vijay Agarwal, Eliza Ballew, Kristin Cramer, Lana Dubinsky, John D. Harper, Brad Karch, Randall G. Kremske, Steven A. Matz