Patents by Inventor Alex Bethlehem

Alex Bethlehem 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 launching a resource in a network
    Patent number: 8306961
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a system and method for a client connected to a server in a computer network to access a resource, such as an application, database (either local, server, or web-based), service and/or a file, stored in the network. The system comprises: the client in the network; the server in the network; an instance of the resource stored in at least one of the server and the client; a file associated with the application stored in at least one of the server and the client; and an access module operating to provide the client with access to the server. In the system at the client, a first icon associated with a said resource is provided and if the instance of the resource is stored at the server, the application is automatically accessed when the icon at the client is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: desktopsites, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Bethlehem, Laura Armstrong, Yan Chen, Zhenwu Li, Paul Zhiyong Zhou
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LAUNCHING A RESOURCE IN A NETWORK
    Publication number: 20110167159
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a system and method for a client connected to a server in a computer network to access a resource, such as an application, database (either local, server, or web-based), service and/or a file, stored in the network. The system comprises: the client in the network; the server in the network; an instance of the resource stored in at least one of the server and the client; a file associated with the application stored in at least one of the server and the client; and an access module operating to provide the client with access to the server. In the system at the client, a first icon associated with a said resource is provided and if the instance of the resource is stored at the server, the application is automatically accessed when the icon at the client is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Alex BETHLEHEM, Laura Armstrong, Yan Chen, Zhenwu Li, Paul Zhiyong Zhou
  • System and method for launching a resource in a network
    Patent number: 7912822
    Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for a client connected to a server in a computer network to access a resource, such as an application, database (either local, server, or web-based), service and/or a file, stored in the network. The system comprises: the client in the network; the server in the network; an instance of the resource stored in at least one of the server and the client; a file associated with the application stored in at least one of the server and the client; and an access module operating to provide the client with access to the server. In the system at the client, a first icon associated with a said resource is provided and if the instance of the resource is stored at the server, the application is automatically accessed when the icon at the client is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: desktopsites Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Bethlehem, Laura Armstrong, Yan Chen, Zhenwu Li, Paul Zhiyong Zhou
  • System and method for launching a resource in a network
    Publication number: 20060168136
    Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for a client connected to a server in a computer network to access a resource, such as an application, database (either local, server, or web-based), service and/or a file, stored in the network. The system comprises: the client in the network; the server in the network; an instance of the resource stored in at least one of the server and the client; a file associated with the application stored in at least one of the server and the client; and an access module operating to provide the client with access to the server. In the system at the client, a first icon associated with a said resource is provided and if the instance of the resource is stored at the server, the application is automatically accessed when the icon at the client is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Alex Bethlehem, Laura Armstrong, Yan Chen, Zhenwu Li, Paul Zhou
  • System and method for launching a resource in a network
    Publication number: 20060122955
    Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for a client connected to a server in a computer network to access a resource, such as an application, database (either local, server, or web-based), service and/or a file, stored in the network. The system comprises: the client in the network; the server in the network; an instance of the resource stored in at least one of the server and the client; a file associated with the application stored in at least one of the server and the client; and an access module operating to provide the client with access to the server. In the system at the client, a first icon associated with a said resource is provided and if the instance of the resource is stored at the server, the application is automatically accessed when the icon at the client is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: Alex Bethlehem, Garrett Serack, Laura Armstrong, Yan Chen, Zhenwu Li