Patents by Inventor Erik D. Lindberg

Erik D. Lindberg 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).

  • Automated enrollment of a computer system into a service network of computer systems
    Patent number: 5349674
    Abstract: A service network has several computer systems connected together. A computer system can either be a "Service Requestor" (SR), a "Service Provider" (SP), or a hybrid of the two, a "Service Provider/Requestor" (SP/R). The service network is built by an enrollment process that adds computer systems into the service network. A SP (or SP/R acting as an SP) already in the network can initiate the enrollment of an SR (or SP/R acting as an SR) into the network. In addition, a SR (or SP/R acting as an SR) can initiate a request for enrollment into the network. If such a request is initiated, it must be approved automatically or with human intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corp.
    Inventors: Nathanial Calvert, John L. Koehler, Erik D. Lindberg, Mark A. McKelvey, Steven P. Mervosh, Jeffrey A. Newton, George B. Scarborough, Ruth A. Upchurch, Sandra D. Westling