Patents by Inventor Steven J. Brooks

Steven J. Brooks 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: 9400853
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products for identifying under-defined geometries due to singular constraint schemes. A method includes receiving a CAD model having a plurality of geometries and determining the degrees of freedom for each of the geometries. The method includes identifying a number of constraints on each of the geometries and identifying any of the geometries that are under-defined and any of the geometries that are well-defined. The method includes identifying any of the under-defined geometries that are under-defined due to singular (UDS) and storing a UDS indicator for each of the geometries identified as UDS. The method can include identifying geometries computed from these UDS geometries (CFS) and storing a CFS indicator for each of the geometries identified as CFS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Brookes, Peter A. Knight, Ian J. Morrison
  • Patent number: 8824308
    Abstract: In general, techniques are described for interworking between Ethernet organization, administration, and maintenance (OAM) frames and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) ATM OAM cells. For example, an access node in an Ethernet and ATM network may implement the techniques. The access node comprises an Ethernet interface that receives an Ethernet OAM Loopback frame from a device within an Ethernet network. The access node includes a control unit that constructs an ATM OAM End-to-End Loopback cell from the Ethernet OAM Loopback frame, and an ATM interface that transmits the ATM OAM End-to-End Loopback cell from the access node towards a virtual circuit connected to a subscriber device to verify connectivity from the originating device within the Ethernet network to the subscriber device within the ATM network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Calix, Inc.
    Inventors: Shaun N. Missett, Steven J. Brooks, Jeffrey A. Buffum
  • Publication number: 20120294154
    Abstract: In general, techniques are described for interworking between Ethernet organization, administration, and maintenance (OAM) frames and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) ATM OAM cells. For example, an access node in an Ethernet and ATM network may implement the techniques. The access node comprises an Ethernet interface that receives an Ethernet OAM Loopback frame from a device within an Ethernet network. The access node includes a control unit that constructs an ATM OAM End-to-End Loopback cell from the Ethernet OAM Loopback frame, and an ATM interface that transmits the ATM OAM End-to-End Loopback cell from the access node towards a virtual circuit connected to a subscriber device to verify connectivity from the originating device within the Ethernet network to the subscriber device within the ATM network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: CALIX, INC.
    Inventors: Shaun N. Missett, Steven J. Brooks, Jeffrey A. Buffum
  • Publication number: 20110276315
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products for identifying under-defined geometries due to singular constraint schemes. A method includes receiving a CAD model having a plurality of geometries and determining the degrees of freedom for each of the geometries. The method includes identifying a number of constraints on each of the geometries and identifying any of the geometries that are under-defined and any of the geometries that are well-defined. The method includes identifying any of the under-defined geometries that are under-defined due to singular (UDS) and storing a UDS indicator for each of the geometries identified as UDS. The method can include identifying geometries computed from these UDS geometries (CFS) and storing a CFS indicator for each of the geometries identified as CFS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: SIEMENS PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE INC.
    Inventors: Steven J. Brookes, Peter A. Knight, Ian J. Morrison