Douglas A Kimber, Age 66428 Pine St, Batavia, IL 60510

7536605, May 19, 2009

May 25, 2005

11/136861

Todd Keaffaber - Plano IL, US
Douglas A. Kimber - Batavia IL, US

Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. - Muray Hill NJ

G06F 11/00

714 41, 717124, 714 25, 714 38, 714 45

A method is provided for injecting faults into an operational system containing software and hardware components to be tested. A fault injection routine is stored in a memory location of the system. An interrupt service routine, preferably operational during normal operation of the system is provided with a pointer to the fault injection routine. A fault injection routine is executed from within the interrupt service routine. In one embodiment, the interrupt service routine provides a clock or timing function. In another embodiment, a number of fault injection subroutines are accessible by the fault injection routine. A value is passed to the fault injection routine indicating the particular fault injection subroutine to be employed.

7873505, Jan 18, 2011

Jun 27, 2005

11/168662

Eric Jonathan Bauer - Freehold NJ, US
Douglas A. Kimber - Batavia IL, US
Xuemei Zhang - Morganville NJ, US
Paul Hampton Franklin - Colts Neck NJ, US

Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

G06G 7/62

703 17

The invention includes a method for predicting a scheduled downtime associated with a system. In one embodiment, a method includes determining a system model associated with the system according to a system type of the system, determining at least one scheduled system downtime event type associated with the system using the system model, selecting at least one scheduled system downtime event model according to the at least one scheduled system downtime event type, and predicting the scheduled system downtime using the at least one scheduled system downtime event model.

6222855, Apr 24, 2001

Feb 19, 1998

9/025932

Douglas Alan Kimber - Batavia IL
Philip Eugene Rynes - Woodridge IL

Lucent Technologies, Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

H04J 316
G06F 1516

370466

A protocol converter converts from a first data and command exchange protocol to a second, different data and command exchange protocol. The protocol converter includes a first interface for sending and receiving data and commands in a first protocol, such as DSCH, and a second interface for sending and receiving data and commands in a second, different protocol, such as Ethernet. The device can receive data and commands simultaneously at either interface and convert from the first protocol to the second protocol or from the second protocol to the first protocol without loss of integrity to the flow of the data and commands. Additionally, the device provides a redundant connection, a safeguard in the event of primary path failure.

5560033, Sep 24, 1996

Aug 29, 1994

8/297458

Brian P. Doherty - Lisle IL
Douglas A. Kimber - Batavia IL
Mikiel L. Larson - St Charles IL
John H. Pokropinski - Woodridge IL

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

G06F 1120

395800

A highly available processor complex that can use industry standard hardware and software through use of an N+K sparing arrangement with a separate monitor ("watchdog") processor. The watchdog processor monitors periodic "heartbeat" messages from the monitored elements and can change activity and status of such monitored elements through control messages. Further, the watchdog processor is operatively connected to a power control circuit that controls the power to the monitored elements. Thus, the watchdog processor can guarantee that a faulty element can be rendered non-functional and can also totally restart an element through power cycling it.

5684789, Nov 4, 1997

Jun 29, 1995

8/496591

Michael Scott Habeck - Naperville IL
Douglas Alan Kimber - Batavia IL

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

H04M 326
H04M 308

370244

A modular switch box which is responsive to a control signal, is diagnosable, and is not dependent upon the type of protocol being switched. There may be a plurality of switch boxes wherein each switch box includes a plurality of inputs and an output. There is a selector for selecting which input is connected to the output and a controller for controlling the selector. There is also a control means for controlling the switch boxes. The switch boxes are connected in a chain so that the input of one switch box is connected to the output of the next, etc. , until the output of the last switch box is connected back to the controller. The controller sends a command message to the first switch box which then executes the command and forwards the message on to the next switch box, etc. , until the command returns to the controller. In this manner, the controller knows that all switch boxes have received the command.