Patents by Inventor Janet R. Ritzer

Janet R. Ritzer 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).

  • System consolidation tool and method for patching multiple servers
    Publication number: 20040167906
    Abstract: A method and a tool simplify the analysis and maintenance of program products installed on plural computers. Product version information is gathered from each of a plurality of computers of a similar type. This information is then reorganized into one or more groups each containing the information gathered from a plurality of the computers such that the computers within each group have installed thereon program products the versions of which are upgrade compatible. The information in each group is used to guide the process of maintaining and upgrading the program products installed on the computers whose product information is within that group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Randolph C. Smith, Linda S. Richards, Janet R. Ritzer, Mary Beth Titman