Patents by Inventor James N. Entrekin

James N. Entrekin 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).

  • Methods, systems and computer program products for determining installation status of SMS packages
    Patent number: 9544196
    Abstract: Methods of determining status of advertised system management server (SMS) packages at a client device include receiving a request for a determination of the status from a user at the client device. Responsive to the received request and without further input from the user a plurality of SMS packages that have been advertised to the client device may be identified, an installation status of the identified plurality of SMS packages may be determined and a graphical user interface (GUI) may be generated. The GUI lists the identified plurality of SMS packages and provides a visual indication of the determined installation status of the listed plurality of SMS packages. The generated GUI may be displayed to the user on a display of the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael Hardy, James N. Entrekin, Richard Anthony Glenn
  • Methods, systems and computer program products for determining installation status of SMS packages
    Publication number: 20080071885
    Abstract: Methods of determining status of advertised system management server (SMS) packages at a client device include receiving a request for a determination of the status from a user at the client device. Responsive to the received request and without further input from the user a plurality of SMS packages that have been advertised to the client device may be identified, an installation status of the identified plurality of SMS packages may be determined and a graphical user interface (GUI) may be generated. The GUI lists the identified plurality of SMS packages and provides a visual indication of the determined installation status of the listed plurality of SMS packages. The generated GUI may be displayed to the user on a display of the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Hardy, James N. Entrekin, Richard Anthony Glenn