Patents by Inventor Tim Beale

Tim Beale 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).

  • Method and apparatus for preventing network conflict
    Patent number: 8467303
    Abstract: A resiliency-link having a master node and slave nodes may be used to automatically avoid network conflicts due to failure of a node stack. Any stack stub formed as a result of the failure of a stack node or link may use the resiliency-link to determine whether the stack Master node is still online and providing service. If communication over the resiliency-link determines that the original Master node is offline, a new stack stub takes over and provides the desired service. If the original Master node is still online, then the new stack stub takes an appropriate alternative or fallback action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Allied Telesis Holdings K.K.
    Inventors: Hayden Fowler, Tim Beale, Sharee McNab, Seiichiro Satoh
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING NETWORK CONFLICT
    Publication number: 20090086620
    Abstract: A resiliency-link having a master node and slave nodes may be used to automatically avoid network conflicts due to failure of a node stack. Any stack stub formed as a result of the failure of a stack node or link may use the resiliency-link to determine whether the stack Master node is still online and providing service. If communication over the resiliency-link determines that the original Master node is offline, a new stack stub takes over and provides the desired service. If the original Master node is still online, then the new stack stub takes an appropriate alternative or fallback action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: Allied Telesis Holdings K.K.
    Inventors: Hayden FOWLER, Tim Beale, Sharee McNab, Seiichiro Satoh