Rick C Fletcher, 60608 Talbart St, Martinez, CA 94553

2008028, Nov 13, 2008

Jun 5, 2008

12/133869

Rick Fletcher - San Jose CA, US
Prakash C. Banthia - Santa Clara CA, US

G06F 15/16

709224

A method and apparatus for the distributed monitoring of network traffic deploys end system agents to collect traffic statistics at distributed points in the network. These statistics are forwarded to collectors which compile the statistics to create higher level pictures of network performance. A collector may act as a proxy for a prior art standalone network probe and may interact with network management software as though it were a standalone network probe. The invention is designed to work in accordance with a variety of standard network management protocols including SNMP, RMON, and RMON but is not limited to those environments.

6009274, Dec 28, 1999

Jun 24, 1997

8/881517

Rick Fletcher - San Jose CA
Pei-Chen Lin - San Jose CA

3Com Corporation - Santa Clara CA

G06F 9445

395712

A method and apparatus for automatically updating software components in one or more agents (end systems) in a network. An ASU server generates a multicast request to agents within its network domain, identifying the newest, available versions of software components that may be installed on the agents. Agents compare installed versions with the newest versions and respond to the server request by indicating components that need to be updated. Components include network and non-network software as well as operating system (OS) software. The ASU server then transmits the requested components to the requesting agents in a self extracting compressed file. The file is installed and the components updated without rebooting system software.

6085243, Jul 4, 2000

Dec 13, 1996

8/766274

Rick Fletcher - San Jose CA
Prakash C. Banthia - Santa Clara CA

3Com Corporation - Santa Clara CA

G06F 1700

709224

A method and apparatus for the distributed monitoring of network traffic deploys end system agents to collect traffic statistics at distributed points in the network. These statistics are forwarded to collectors which compile the statistics to create higher level pictures of network performance. A collector may act as a proxy for a prior art standalone network probe and may interact with network management software as though it were a standalone network probe. The invention is designed to work in accordance with a variety of standard network management protocols including SNMP, RMON, and RMON2 but is not limited to those environments.

6108782, Aug 22, 2000

Jun 24, 1997

8/882207

Rick Fletcher - San Jose CA
Prakash Banthia - Santa Clara CA

3COM Corporation - Santa Clara CA

H04L 900
G06F 1130

713153

Distributed remote monitoring (dRMON) of network traffic and performance uses distributed nodes to collect traffic statistics at distributed points in the network. These statistics are forwarded to collectors which compile the statistics to create combined views of network performance. A collector may mimic a prior art, non-distributed, network probe and may interact with network management software as though it were a stand alone network probe thereby simplifying a user's interaction with the distributed system. The invention is designed to work in accordance with a variety of standard network management protocols including SNMP, RMON, and RMON2 but is not limited to those environments. The invention has applications in a variety of communication system environments including local area networks, cable television distribution systems, ATM systems, and advanced telephony systems. A specific embodiment of the invention solves is particularly optimized to work in LAN environments with end systems running under Windows-compatible network operating systems.