Patents by Inventor James R. Fritsch

James R. Fritsch 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).

  • Software configuration based on entitlement records
    Patent number: 9141767
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to software license management and provide a method, system and computer program product for authorizing customer managed software installation. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for authorizing customer managed software installation based on entitlement records can be provided. The method can include in response to a request to transfer a registered software product from an existing platform to a new platform, validating both an entitlement record and also a maintenance record for the registered software product and transferring the registered software product to the new platform only if both the entitlement record and the maintenance record validate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James R. Fritsch, Lars R. Iversen, Russell G. Turner, Daniel J. Wingard
  • SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION BASED ON ENTITLEMENT RECORDS
    Publication number: 20090158269
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to software license management and provide a method, system and computer program product for authorizing customer managed software installation. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for authorizing customer managed software installation based on entitlement records can be provided. The method can include in response to a request to transfer a registered software product from an existing platform to a new platform, validating both an entitlement record and also a maintenance record for the registered software product and transferring the registered software product to the new platform only if both the entitlement record and the maintenance record validate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James R. Fritsch, Lars R. Iversen, Russell G. Turner, Daniel J. Wingard
  • 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
  • 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