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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Irwin Gerszberg, Kendall Park, NJ (US);
Jeffrey S. Martin, Dover, NJ (US);
Thomas Oplinger, Morristown, NJ (US);
Philip Andrew Treventi, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Hopeton S. Walker, Haledon, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Corp., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 1/101 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 1/101 ;
Abstract
A facility management platform (FMP) monitors and views the status of a plurality of individually addressable downstream devices including, but not limited to, addressable terminals, IRG's, settops, cable modems, taps, nodes, and/or hubs at a network control center. The FMP may display problems at these downstream devices, for example, power loss, and/or may automatically notify the appropriate companies and/or personnel to correct the problem.