Patents by Inventor Warren McCoubrey

Warren McCoubrey 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 providing scalability and fault tolerance in a distributed network
    Patent number: 7203742
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing scalability and fault tolerance to a distributed network. According to one embodiment of the invention, a network management system comprises a set of one or more element management servers. One of the plurality of element management servers is designated as a master server. The master server determines which of the plurality of element management servers are to manage each of a set of one or more network elements. In one embodiment, peered and federated services are used within the network management system to provide scalability and fault tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Redback Networks Inc.
    Inventors: Siegfried Luft, Warren McCoubrey, Dave O'Neill