Patents by Inventor Tom C. Davis, III

Tom C. Davis, III 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).

  • Apparatus and method for determining a program neighborhood for a client node in a client-server network using markup language techniques
    Patent number: 6928469
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining a program neighborhood of a client node in a client-server network is described. The program neighborhood of the client node includes application programs hosted by application servers on the network. The present invention enables a user of a client node to learn of these application programs. The user is not required to know where to find such applications or to manually establish links to such applications. To make the client node aware of its program neighborhood, a host server collects application-related information corresponding to application programs hosted by the servers in the network. The application-related information can include the application name, the server location of the application, minimum capabilities required of client nodes for executing the application, and those users who are authorized to use that application. User credentials are received from the client system. The user credentials are used to filter the application-related information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Duursma, Anatoliy Panasyuk, Robert Ciraldo, Anthony Ungerman, Bradley Jay Pedersen, Tom C. Davis, III, Marc A. Bloomfield
  • Apparatus and method for determining a program neighborhood for a client node in a client-server network
    Patent number: 6643690
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining a program neighborhood of a client node in a client-server network is described. The program neighborhood of the client node includes application programs hosted by application servers on the network. The present invention enables a user of a client node to learn of these application programs. The user is not required to know where to find such applications or to manually establish links to such applications. To make the client node aware of its program neighborhood, a host server collects application-related information corresponding to application programs hosted by the servers in the network. The application-related information can include the application name, the server location of the application, minimum capabilities required of client nodes for executing the application, and those users who are authorized to use that application. User credentials are received from the client system. The user credentials are used to filter the application-related information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Duursma, Anatoliy Panasyuk, Anthony Ungerman, Bradley Jay Pedersen, Tom C. Davis, III, Marc A. Bloomfield