Patents by Inventor André Francois Viljoen

André Francois Viljoen 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).

  • Internet-enabled device provisioning, upgrade and recovery mechanism
    Patent number: 7191327
    Abstract: The invention consists of a boot loader for a device, comprising an IP stack supporting Internet protocols, and a scripting engine to run a default script. The IP stack includes address discovery service (for example, BOOTP and DHCP), a URI to IP address translator (for example, DNS), and a protocol for file transfer over the Internet (for example, HTTP, FTP and/or TFTP). On start-up of the device, the boot loader runs the default script to initialize the device and verify the integrity of any data and operating systems in memory on the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Intrinsyc Software International, Inc.
    Inventors: André Francois Viljoen, Pieter Bernardus Truter
  • Internet-enabled device provisioning, upgrade and recovery mechanism
    Publication number: 20030191930
    Abstract: The invention consists of a boot loader for a device, comprising an IP stack supporting Internet protocols, and a scripting engine to run a default script. The IP stack includes address discovery service (for example, BOOTP and DHCP), a URI to IP address translator (for example, DNS), and a protocol for file transfer over the Internet (for example, HTTP, FTP and/or TFTP). On start-up of the device, the boot loader runs the default script to initialize the device and verify the integrity of any data and operating systems in memory on the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Andre Francois Viljoen, Pieter Bernardus Truter