Patents by Inventor Arthur Edwin Harvey

Arthur Edwin Harvey has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for communicating text-based commands through a network
    Patent number: 8255503
    Abstract: A network device having text-based command language functions that are accessible via the network, includes a receiver for receiving a network protocol command sent through the network and having a text-based command attached thereto. The receiver determines whether a text-based command is attached to the network protocol command, and an interface extracts the text-based command from the network protocol command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Arthur Edwin Harvey, IV, Christy Harvey, legal representative, Arthur Landers Hager, III
  • Automatic TFTP firmware download
    Patent number: 7346672
    Abstract: A method of performing automatic Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) firmware download, includes: obtaining, by either a network-connected device (i.e., DHCP) or user (i.e., command file), a configuration file, where the configuration file includes an Internet Protocol (IP) address of a target device and a file name of a target file in the target device; retrieving a software image from the target file; determining if there is a match between the software image from the target file and another software image currently running on the device; and downloading to the network-connected device the software image from the target file if the software image is compatible and different from the software image currently in the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Arthur Edwin Harvey, IV
  • Automatic TFTP firmware download
    Publication number: 20030177208
    Abstract: A method of performing automatic Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) firmware download, includes: obtaining, by either a network-connected device (i.e., DHCP) or user (i.e., command file), a configuration file, where the configuration file includes an Internet Protocol (IP) address of a target device and a file name of a target file in the target device; retrieving a software image from the target file; determining if there is a match between the software image from the target file and another software image currently running on the device; and downloading to the network-connected device the software image from the target file if the software image is compatible and different from the software image currently in the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventor: Arthur Edwin Harvey