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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Roy Ballantine, Dunrobin, CA;
Gorete M. Almeida, Denver, CO (US);
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited, , CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ;
Abstract
A software tool for monitoring network performance, traffic, inventory, breakdown, repair activity, and other conditions, alerts a user to anticipated problems based upon projection of performance and related data. The software can also suggest appropriate solutions, schedules proactive maintenance based upon anticipated fail date, importance to the network, repairperson availability, and company policy. A user can set the parameters of the software tool to provide customized network maintenance.