Patents by Inventor Clair L. Ewert

Clair L. Ewert 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).

  • Mechanisms for handling software license agreements on multi-user system
    Patent number: 7222106
    Abstract: A method, a data structure, a computer program product and a computer-readable medium for handling license agreements for multiple software packages in a computer system, each software package being identified by a unique package ID and comprising one or more components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Block, Bonita Kay Chaney, Clair L. Ewert, Robert Joseph Padzieski
  • Method and apparatus for automating software upgrades
    Patent number: 7055149
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for upgrading a software on a customer system are provided. In one embodiment, a method for upgrading a software on a customer system comprises: receiving, by a supplier system, a software inventory from the customer system; verifying one or more business contracts for the software inventory utilizing one or more databases connected to the supplier system; and determining one or more software upgrade releases for the software inventory utilizing a product topology database connected to the supplier system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE Ltd.
    Inventors: Suellen Kae Birkholz, Carol Ann Egan, Clair L. Ewert, James R. Fritsch, John David Gressett, Lonny R. Olson-Williams
  • Mechanisms for handling software license agreements on multi-user system
    Publication number: 20030220883
    Abstract: A method, a data structure, a computer program product and a computer-readable medium for handling license agreements for multiple software packages in a computer system, each software package being identified by a unique package ID and comprising one or more components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Block, Bonita Kay Chaney, Clair L. Ewert, Robert Joseph Padzieski
  • Method and apparatus for automating software upgrades
    Publication number: 20030023963
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for upgrading a software on a customer system are provided. In one embodiment, a method for upgrading a software on a customer system comprises: receiving, by a supplier system, a software inventory from the customer system; verifying one or more business contracts for the software inventory utilizing one or more databases connected to the supplier system; and determining one or more software upgrade releases for the software inventory utilizing a product topology database connected to the supplier system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Suellen Kae Birkholz, Carol Ann Egan, Clair L. Ewert, James R. Fritsch, John David Gressett, Lonny R. Olson-Williams