Thomas G Perry

US Patent:

7130870, Oct 31, 2006

Filed:

Aug 4, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/633155

Inventors:

Christine Pecina - Acton MA, US
James R Perry - Merrimack NH, US
Thomas R Perry - Groton MA, US
Darryl Black - Hollis NH, US

Assignee:

Ciena Corporation - Linthicum MD

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06F 12/00
G06F 15/177

US Classification:

707203, 707 8, 707 10, 709220

Abstract:

The present invention provides a method for upgrading embedded configuration databases while a network device is operating and with minimal disruption to network device operation. While a network device is operating and using an embedded primary configuration database, an embedded backup configuration database stops performing as a backup database and is upgraded. The upgraded configuration database is then switched over to become the primary configuration database. The original primary configuration database may immediately become the backup configuration database, or the original primary configuration database may remain unchanged until the upgrade is committed. If the upgrade is not committed, for example, due to errors, then the original primary configuration database may be quickly switched over to again become the primary configuration database. As a result, embedded configuration databases may be upgraded while a network device is operating and with minimal disruption to network device operation.

US Patent:

7693976, Apr 6, 2010

Filed:

Sep 10, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/938160

Inventors:

Thomas R. Perry - Groton MA, US
James R. Perry - Merrimack NH, US
Kevin D. Snow - Amherst NH, US
Darryl Black - Hollis NH, US

Assignee:

Ciena Corporation - Linthicum MD

International Classification:

G06F 13/42
G06F 3/00
G06F 15/173
H04L 12/28
H04L 12/66

US Classification:

709223, 370252, 370254, 370255, 370352, 340825, 710104

Abstract:

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for granular management of network resources by accessing network device resources through associated references. In one embodiment, the references are group names, and one or more resources (i. e. , a resource collection) within each network device in a telecommunications network may be linked with one or more group names. Group names (or other types of references) may then be used to limit a user's access to particular network device resources. That is, a user may only have access to those resources associated with group names to which the user has access. Over time, network device resources may be associated or disassociated with particular group names. As a result, group names provide users with dynamic access to network device resources. In one embodiment, the groups to which a user has access are defined within a user profile associated with the user.

US Patent:

D3448371, Mar 1, 1994

Filed:

Sep 23, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/949123

Inventors:

Thomas J. Perry - Fairhaven MA

US Classification:

D34 38

US Patent:

51709333, Dec 15, 1992

Filed:

May 4, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/878402

Inventors:

Thomas J. Perry - Fairhaven MA

International Classification:

108
108
206
206

US Classification:

229 23R

Abstract:

A shipping container especially adapted for air freight movement of perishable goods in which separable base, wall members, and cover portions are assembled and disassembled on site. The base is formed of a rigid preferably plastic material and is of a general planar configuration with a peripheral groove for receipt of wall members in turn preferably formed from corrugated cardboard and the like and which define lower peripheral edges such that the separate wall members may be forced into the grooves to construct a compartment for the receipt of the material being shipped. Upon reaching the destination, the assembly may be easily dismantled and the corrugated cardboard wall members either discarded or returned back to the point of origin along with a plurality of stacked rigid bases.

US Patent:

54925711, Feb 20, 1996

Filed:

Oct 25, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/140956

Inventors:

Robert A. Frosch - Boston MA
Thomas A. Perry - Washington MI
John R. Bradley - Clarkston MI
Thaddeus Schroeder - Rochester Hills MI
Bruno P. B. Lequesne - Troy MI

Assignee:

General Motors Corporation - Detroit MI

International Classification:

H01F 1032

US Classification:

148103

Abstract:

An article comprising first and second bodies of permanent magnet material, each of said first and second bodies consisting substantially of a substrate of permanent magnet material being magnetized substantially uniformly to a predetermined flux density in a range from zero flux to 100% flux saturation of the permanent magnet material; each of the first and second bodies also comprising a pattern of at least one affected volume in a surface of the body, wherein each affected volume has a magnetic flux density that varies from the substantially uniform predetermined flux density and wherein the first and second bodies are stacked and fixedly attached so that the pattern on each body aligns with the pattern on the other body, wherein at least one affected volume on the first body is aligned with at least one affected volume on the second body and wherein the aligned affected volumes comprise a pole detectable by a magnetic sensor.

US Patent:

20160347541, Dec 1, 2016

Filed:

Aug 8, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/231340

Inventors:

- Wilmington MA, US
Thomas G. PERRY - Pepperell MA, US
William JOHNSON, JR. - Andover MA, US
Todd E. KEPPLE - Litchfield NH, US
Lawrence A. MARGAGLIANO - Boylston MA, US

International Classification:

B65G 1/02
B65G 1/04

Abstract:

An automated storage and retrieval system includes an autonomous rover and a multilevel rack structure. The multilevel rack structure includes columns connected by rail beams transversely spanning between the columns. The rail beams define storage and transport levels and provide riding surfaces for the autonomous rover. The rail beams include integral fatigue resistant rover location apertures.

US Patent:

20140311858, Oct 23, 2014

Filed:

Mar 13, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/209209

Inventors:

- Wilmington MA, US
Lawrence A. Margagliano - Boylston MA, US
Thomas G. Perry - Pepperell MA, US
William Johnson, JR. - Andover MA, US
Todd E. Kepple - Litchfield NH, US

Assignee:

Symbotic, LLC - Wilmington MA

International Classification:

B65G 1/04

US Classification:

1983471

Abstract:

An automated storage and retrieval system includes an autonomous rover and a multilevel rack structure. The multilevel rack structure includes columns connected by rail beams transversely spanning between the columns. The rail beams define storage and transport levels and provide riding surfaces for the autonomous rover. The rail beams include integral fatigue resistant rover location apertures.