Patents by Inventor Tyler Grant Peterson

Tyler Grant Peterson 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).

  • Recursive discovery of CDP type of nodes in a network of various node types
    Patent number: 7185109
    Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for automatically discovering Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) nodes a network in real time. The discover process transmits a signal from a network manager to a first CDP node of the network. The signal requests information regarding additional CDP nodes known to the first node. The network manger receives a response is that identifies additional CDP nodes known to the first CDP node. The transmitting and receiving steps are then repeated for each additional CDP node identified. A list containing information of all identified nodes is then stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Richard Conrad, Tyler Grant Peterson
  • Recursive discovery of CDP nodes
    Publication number: 20020156920
    Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for automatically discovering Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) nodes a network in real time. The discover process transmits a signal from a network manager to a first CDP node of the network. The signal requests information regarding additional CDP nodes known to the first node. The network manger receives a response is that identifies additional CDP nodes known to the first CDP node. The transmitting and receiving steps are then repeated for each additional CDP node identified. A list containing information of all identified nodes is then stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Jeffrey Richard Conrad, Tyler Grant Peterson