David M Rhodes

US Patent:

6385557, May 7, 2002

Filed:

Sep 8, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/392199

Inventors:

James D Mundo - Loveland CO
David M Rhodes - Loveland CO
John J Szlendak - Fort Collins CO
David H Rosenberg - Fort Collins CO

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Company - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G06F 1740

US Classification:

702179, 702187, 702182

Abstract:

A method for tracking the remaining useful life of a magnetic data storage tape. The tape is checked to determine if it is formatted so that an indication of the cumulative number of end-to-end passes performed on the tape can be maintained on the tape. The indication of the number of passes is initialized if the tape has not been previously written, and is maintained to reflect the number of end-to-end passes that have been performed on the tape. That information is then ultimately transferred to the user in a descriptive form that indicates the amount of use incurred by the tape with respect to the recommended useful life of the tape, as recommended by the tape manufacturer in terms of the total number of end-to-end passes performed on the tape.

US Patent:

7512841, Mar 31, 2009

Filed:

Oct 22, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/972045

Inventors:

Anthony Paul Michael Walker - Fort Collins CO, US
Darren D. Smith - Fort Collins CO, US
David M. Rhodes - Loveland CO, US
Srikanth Natarajan - Fort Collins CO, US
Kam Chooi Wong - Fort Collins CO, US

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G06F 11/00

US Classification:

714 43, 714 46

Abstract:

A method and system for locating a fault in a network. According to the system, an address analyzer and interface analyzer of a network manager of the network detect that there is a failure associated with a node of the network, a node analyzer of the network manager determines if the node responds to a poll, and if the node does not respond to the poll, a neighbor analyzer of the network manager models the failure, further comprising determining a number and a polling of a plurality of neighbor nodes of the node and assigning the fault in accordance with the number and the polling of the plurality of neighbor nodes According to the method, in response to a node having one or more of one or more addresses and one or more interfaces that fail to respond to a poll, polling the node and polling a plurality of neighbor nodes of the node and assigning the fault in accordance with the polling of the node and a number and the polling of the plurality of neighbor nodes.

US Patent:

8068432, Nov 29, 2011

Filed:

Nov 12, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/986966

Inventors:

Anthony Paul Michael Walker - Fort Collins CO, US
Darren D. Smith - Fort Collins CO, US
Russell John Huonder - Windsor CO, US
David M. Rhodes - Loveland CO, US
Kam Chooi Wong - Ft Collins CO, US
Srikanth Natarajan - Ft Collins CO, US

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G01R 31/08

US Classification:

370242, 370449

Abstract:

A method and system for reducing fault analysis times in a network having a plurality of pollable objects. Poll responses are received from pollable objects, priorities are assigned to each received poll response in accordance with one or more of a received poll response value, a pollable object status and a type of pollable object, and the assigned priorities are processed and to determine any fault locations, wherein a pollable object with a higher priority is processed before a second pollable object with a lower priority. A status manager is operable to receive poll responses from one or more of the pollable objects, a status analyzer is operable to assign, in conjunction with one or more analyzers, priorities to each received poll response in accordance with the received poll response value, a pollable object status and a type of pollable object, and analyzers coupled the status analyzer use the assigned priorities and the corresponding received poll responses to determine a fault location.

US Patent:

20060087976, Apr 27, 2006

Filed:

Oct 22, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/972027

Inventors:

David Rhodes - Loveland CO, US
Srikanth Natarajan - Fort Collins CO, US
Anthony Michael Walker - Fort Collins CO, US
Kam Wong - Fort Collins CO, US
Darren Smith - Fort Collins CO, US

International Classification:

H04J 3/14
H04L 12/28
H04L 12/403

US Classification:

370242000, 370254000, 370449000

Abstract:

A method and system for analyzing a group of network elements in a network. One or more of the group of network elements, functionally coupled to provide a service, and a plurality of sub elements of the group of network elements are polled. A list having one or more items from one or more of the group of network elements and one or more of the sub elements is generated, wherein the one or more items have a changed state as determined by polling the one or more of the group of network elements and the plurality of sub elements of the group of network elements. The list is analyzed to perform one or more of setting a status for the group of network elements and reporting fault indications. A polling engine is operative to poll one or more of the group of network elements, and a plurality of sub elements of the group of network elements. A status analyzer is operative to generate the list comprising the one or more items and to analyze the list to perform one or more of: setting a status for the group of network elements and reporting fault indications.

US Patent:

20090088250, Apr 2, 2009

Filed:

Jul 29, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/181747

Inventors:

Edwin B. Carlson - Princeton MA, US
David W. Rhodes - Bolton MA, US
Clotilde Grimault - Somerville MA, US
Evan Isaac Timerding Gant - Medford MA, US
Gregor Mittersinker - Warwick RI, US

Assignee:

E.B. CARLSON MARKETING, INC. - PRINCETON MA

International Classification:

A63F 13/02

US Classification:

463 37

Abstract:

An improved video game device that is operable with a variety of music-oriented video game platforms that can provide, among other things, improved responsiveness and directional sensitivity, as well as the ability to interchange video game bodies and/or game platform controllers.

US Patent:

48499773, Jul 18, 1989

Filed:

Aug 17, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/086013

Inventors:

Philip J. Baun - Andover MA
Joseph F. Carriere - Andover MA
Stephen K. Eng - Andover MA
Joseph E. Landry - Atkinson NH
Jonghee Lee - Seochotong, KP
Thomas M. Nolan - Windham NH
David C. Rhodes - Andover MA

Assignee:

American Telephone and Telegraph Company AT&T Bell Laboratories - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

G06F 1110

US Classification:

371 49

Abstract:

A channel bank unit for interfacing baseband user signals with a PCM carrier communications channel. The channel bank unit includes a circuit allowing verification of the transmission interity between the channel bank unit and external equipment having two-way communication with the channel bank unit. The circuit includes a first portion for evaluating the reception integrity of signals received from the external equipment and a second portion for imposing a parity sense on the signals transmitted to the external equipment that is related to the evaluation results of the first portion.

US Patent:

20170282383, Oct 5, 2017

Filed:

Mar 29, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/473376

Inventors:

- Boulder CO, US
Jon Carroll - Boulder CO, US
Corey Earwood - Boulder CO, US
Brandon Dorris - Boulder CO, US
Adam Williams - Boulder CO, US
David Rhodes - Boulder CO, US

Assignee:

Sphero, Inc. - Boulder CO

International Classification:

B25J 19/02
G10L 15/22
B25J 11/00

Abstract:

A system can use a microphone to detect audio content from a content source, and analyze the audio content to determine whether the audio content corresponds to a respective portion of a stored content file. The system can then identify a response action correlated to the respective portion of the content file, and generate control commands to cause a robotic device to perform the response action.

US Patent:

20170043478, Feb 16, 2017

Filed:

Aug 14, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/827159

Inventors:

- Boulder CO, US
David Rhodes - Boulder CO, US
Corey Earwood - Boulder CO, US
Phillip Atencio - Boulder CO, US

International Classification:

B25J 9/16
G06N 3/00

Abstract:

A data exchange system is disclosed herein for receiving motion and attribute data corresponding to user interactions via a robot animation application. The motion and attribute data can be associated with a virtual animation of a virtual character using the robot animation application on a computing device. The data exchange system can translate the motion and attribute data for implementation on a physical or virtual robotic device to perform the virtual animation.