Patents by Inventor Eric Matthew Stillman
Eric Matthew Stillman 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).
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Patent number: 11782693Abstract: Examples described herein include systems and methods managing firmware versions of user devices that are enrolled in an enterprise mobility management system. The system can include a management server that sends profiles to enrolled devices, causing those devices to restrict further firmware updates and register with a firmware server. The management server can retrieve available firmware versions and display those in a console. An administrator can select target firmware versions in the console. The management server can the cause the enrolled devices to update to the target firmware versions. This can include sending a call from the management server to the firmware server, causing an automatic update. It can also include sending a command from the management server to an enrolled device, causing the enrolled device to prompt a user prior to requesting a firmware update.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: VMware, Inc.Inventors: Kashyap Kumar Sharma, Lokeswar Akuthota, Eric Matthew Stillman, Daniel Benjamin Quintas
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Publication number: 20210405995Abstract: Examples described herein include systems and methods managing firmware versions of user devices that are enrolled in an enterprise mobility management system. The system can include a management server that sends profiles to enrolled devices, causing those devices to restrict further firmware updates and register with a firmware server. The management server can retrieve available firmware versions and display those in a console. An administrator can select target firmware versions in the console. The management server can the cause the enrolled devices to update to the target firmware versions. This can include sending a call from the management server to the firmware server, causing an automatic update. It can also include sending a command from the management server to an enrolled device, causing the enrolled device to prompt a user prior to requesting a firmware update.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Kashyap Kumar Sharma, Lokeswar Akuthota, Eric Matthew Stillman, Daniel Benjamin Quintas
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Patent number: 11126423Abstract: Examples described herein include systems and methods managing firmware versions of user devices that are enrolled in an enterprise mobility management system. The system can include a management server that sends profiles to enrolled devices, causing those devices to restrict further firmware updates and register with a firmware server. The management server can retrieve available firmware versions and display those in a console. An administrator can select target firmware versions in the console. The management server can the cause the enrolled devices to update to the target firmware versions. This can include sending a call from the management server to the firmware server, causing an automatic update. It can also include sending a command from the management server to an enrolled device, causing the enrolled device to prompt a user prior to requesting a firmware update.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: VMware, Inc.Inventors: Kashyap Kumar Sharma, Lokeswar Akuthota, Eric Matthew Stillman, Daniel Benjamin Quintas
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Publication number: 20200241871Abstract: Examples described herein include systems and methods managing firmware versions of user devices that are enrolled in an enterprise mobility management system. The system can include a management server that sends profiles to enrolled devices, causing those devices to restrict further firmware updates and register with a firmware server. The management server can retrieve available firmware versions and display those in a console. An administrator can select target firmware versions in the console. The management server can the cause the enrolled devices to update to the target firmware versions. This can include sending a call from the management server to the firmware server, causing an automatic update. It can also include sending a command from the management server to an enrolled device, causing the enrolled device to prompt a user prior to requesting a firmware update.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Kashyap Kumar Sharma, Lokeswar Akuthota, Eric Matthew Stillman, Daniel Benjamin Quintas
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Patent number: 10637958Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for an improved GUI workflow that supports complex bundle arrays for configuring devices. The method can also include displaying, on a GUI, a first top-level array of configuration fields described in a schema file having configuration options for a user device. A top-level array can include at least one group of nested (or “lower-level”) configuration options, where the grouping is represented by a graphical element in the top-level array. In response to a selection of a second-level array, the example method can include extracting lower-level configuration information from the schema file, generating a lower-level array based on the extracted information, and displaying, within the first top-level array, the first lower-level array of configuration fields. The method can also include various options for copying stored settings into a new array. The settings can be implemented on a device through a management server.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: VMware, Inc.Inventors: Sarmishta Akkala, Colleen Caporal, Bhavesh Krishna Kumar, Eric Matthew Stillman, Adarsh Subhash Chandra Jain
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Patent number: 10628149Abstract: Examples described herein include systems and methods managing firmware versions of user devices that are enrolled in an enterprise mobility management system. The system can include a management server that sends profiles to enrolled devices, causing those devices to restrict further firmware updates and register with a firmware server. The management server can retrieve available firmware versions and display those in a console. An administrator can select target firmware versions in the console. The management server can the cause the enrolled devices to update to the target firmware versions. This can include sending a call from the management server to the firmware server, causing an automatic update. It can also include sending a command from the management server to an enrolled device, causing the enrolled device to prompt a user prior to requesting a firmware update.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: VMWARE, INC.Inventors: Kashyap Kumar Sharma, Lokeswar Akuthota, Eric Matthew Stillman, Daniel Benjamin Quintas
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Publication number: 20190243631Abstract: Examples described herein include systems and methods managing firmware versions of user devices that are enrolled in an enterprise mobility management system. The system can include a management server that sends profiles to enrolled devices, causing those devices to restrict further firmware updates and register with a firmware server. The management server can retrieve available firmware versions and display those in a console. An administrator can select target firmware versions in the console. The management server can the cause the enrolled devices to update to the target firmware versions. This can include sending a call from the management server to the firmware server, causing an automatic update. It can also include sending a command from the management server to an enrolled device, causing the enrolled device to prompt a user prior to requesting a firmware update.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2018Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: KASHYAP KUMAR SHARMA, LOKESWAR AKUTHOTA, ERIC MATTHEW STILLMAN, DANIEL BENJAMIN QUINTAS