Patents by Inventor Douglas Westley Rauenzahn

Douglas Westley Rauenzahn 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).

  • Device detection system and method
    Patent number: 7447761
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and method for detecting devices connected to a network. The method comprises sending a scan request to a remote command process running on a remote network host, scanning the network host with the remote command process to determine if devices are connected to the host, and receiving a response to the scan request from the remote command process that indicates whether a device is connected to the network host. In a preferred arrangement, the remote command process sends a scan request to a host application program interface to receive device addresses. With these addresses, the remote command process requests information from the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: David P. Ferguson, Peter M. Maddocks, Douglas Westley Rauenzahn