Patents by Inventor Stephen P. Ridgill

Stephen P. Ridgill 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).

  • Patent number: 9191460
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to PXE processing and provide a method, system and computer program product for selective PXE subnet filtering. In an embodiment of the invention, a PXE server subnet filtering method can be provided. The method can include selectively referring a PXE client to different boot logic depending upon at least a portion of a network assigned address for the PXE client. In this regard, selectively referring a PXE client to different boot logic depending upon at least a portion of a network assigned address for the PXE client can include selectively referring a PXE client to a different boot image notification layer (BINL) service providing a different filename for a different network bootstrap program depending upon at least a portion of an Internet protocol (IP) assigned address for the PXE client by a network resident dynamic host control protocol (DHCP) server in response to a previous DHCP request provided by the PXE client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Stephen P. Ridgill, Stephen W. Murphrey
  • Publication number: 20080147830
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to PXE processing and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for selective PXE subnet filtering. In an embodiment of the invention, a PXE server subnet filtering method can be provided. The method can include selectively referring a PXE client to different boot logic depending upon at least a portion of a network assigned address for the PXE client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Stephen P. Ridgill, Stephen W. Murphrey