US Patent No: 6,332,202

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Method of remote access and control of environmental conditions

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Abstract

A fault tolerant method by which individual components of a server are monitored and controlled through independent, programmable microcontrollers interconnected through a microcontroller network. An external agent can control and monitor the microcontrollers by extending the interconnection network beyond the physical server. Intervention of the server operating system software is not required and is not utilized for the access and control operations. The method includes the processes running on a remote interface so as to enable communication between the microcontroller network and an external modem that communicates with a remote client machine. The remote interface also provides for connection to a local client machine.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
ROUND ROCK RESEARCH, LLCBOISE, ID3577

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Johnson, Karl S Harpers Ferry, WV 44 1164
Nguyen, Ken Mountain View, CA 43 704
Sheikh, Tahir Q Fremont, CA 10 263

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SILICON GRAPHICS INTERNATIONAL, CORP. (1)
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STONESTREET L.P. (1)
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STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (1)
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SYMANTEC CORPORATION (1)
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Patent Citation Ranking

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AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION CORPORATION (23)
6,714,977 Method and system for monitoring computer networks and equipment 181 1999
7,159,022 Method and system for a set of network appliances which can be connected to provide enhanced collaboration, scalability, and reliability 21 2002
7,392,309 Network appliance management 14 2002
7,330,886 Network appliance management 11 2002
7,779,026 Method and apparatus for collecting and displaying network device information 1 2003
8,090,817 Method and system for monitoring computer networks and equipment 0 2004
7,095,321 Extensible sensor monitoring, alert processing and notification system and method 6 2004
7,542,963 Method and system for journaling and accessing sensor and configuration data 2 2004
7,148,796 Environmental monitoring device 21 2004
7,627,651 System and method for network device communication 2 2004
7,456,736 Extensible sensor monitoring, alert processing and notification system and method 4 2006
8,327,656 Method and apparatus for cooling 2 2006
7,529,838 Method and system for a set of network appliances which can be connected to provide enhanced collaboration, scalability, and reliability 8 2006
7,456,733 Environmental monitoring device 4 2006
8,019,798 Method and apparatus for collecting and displaying network device information 0 2006
7,958,170 Method and apparatus for collecting and displaying data associated with network devices 1 2006
8,005,944 Method and system for monitoring computer networks and equipment 0 2006
8,224,953 Method and apparatus for replay of historical data 0 2008
8,145,748 Remote monitoring system 0 2008
8,322,155 Method and apparatus for cooling 0 2008
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