Patents by Inventor Alan J. Pickrell

Alan J. Pickrell 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 and method for securely upgrading networked devices
    Patent number: 6986133
    Abstract: A system (FIG. 1) for upgrading deployed networked devices (4,6,8,10,12,14,16). The devices are enabled with an installed agent (FIG. 2 left) that can identify and communicate with a server (22) running the upgrade program. When the appropriate conditions are met the server downloads the upgrade to the agent that then installs the upgrade onto the deployed device. The device is made capable of polling the server to see if an upgrade is available, or, in the alternative, the server can locate the device, query the state of the device and, when the appropriate predetermined conditions are met, download the upgrade to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: GoAhead Software Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. O'Brien, Peter Gravestock, Alan J. Pickrell
  • System and method for upgrading networked devices
    Publication number: 20030208569
    Abstract: A system (FIG. 1) for upgrading deployed networked devices (4,6,8,10,12,14,16). The devices are enabled with an installed agent (FIG. 2 left) that can identify and communicate with a server (22) running the upgrade program. When the appropriate conditions are met the server downloads the upgrade to the agent that then installs the upgrade onto the deployed device. The device is made capable of polling the server to see if an upgrade is available, or, in the alternative, the server can locate the device, query the state of the device and, when the appropriate predetermined conditions are met, download the upgrade to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Michael D O'Brien, Peter Gravestock, Alan J Pickrell