Patents by Inventor Timothy L. Eberhard

Timothy L. Eberhard 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: 8108924
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for providing connection data related to a firewall. In one aspect, computer-readable media provide a method that includes receiving a request for a set of connection parameters of a firewall related to data packets processed by at least one non-CPU device of the firewall. The method further includes identifying raw data of a session table that corresponds to the requested connection parameters. The method additionally includes calculating a result for the requested connection parameters from the raw data, and providing the result in a format detailing a number of connections for each connection parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventor: Timothy L. Eberhard
  • Patent number: 8068873
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cellular telephone that does not include an integrated microphone and an integrated speaker but that instead requires use of an externally connected microphone and speaker to facilitate voice communication. By omitting any integrated microphone and integrated speaker, the cellular telephone may have increased surface area usable for other purposes, such as a display or keypad. Further, the cost to manufacture the cellular telephone could be incrementally lower than the cost to manufacture a comparable cellular telephone having an integrated microphone and integrated speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventor: Timothy L. Eberhard
  • Patent number: 8055760
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer-readable media are provided for performing a status check on a firewall. The computer-readable media may perform a method that includes receiving a request from a requester for a status check of a firewall. The method may further include creating a connection to the firewall for accessing the firewall, and determining a plurality of status parameters for the status check such that at least one status parameter is calculated from information stored within the firewall. Additionally, the method can include providing the plurality of status parameters to be displayed to the requester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventor: Timothy L. Eberhard