Patents by Inventor Andrew Lockhart

Andrew Lockhart 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).

  • Hosted searching of private local area network information with support for add-on application
    Patent number: 8285704
    Abstract: Hosted searching of private LAN information is described. The apparatus includes a LAN crawler to automatically and repeatedly crawl a LAN having multiple devices, using a discovery module to discover the devices, a generic-probing module to attempt to collect the descriptive information according to a first set of probing requirements, and multiple specific-probing plug-ins each of which attempt to collect the descriptive information according to a second set of specific probing requirements. In another embodiment, the apparatus also includes a hosted on-demand search system including a centralized-search server to create and synchronize a private search database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Citrix Online LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Waters, Brian de Haaff, Andrew Lockhart
  • HOSTED SEARCHING OF PRIVATE LOCAL AREA NETWORK INFORMATION WITH SUPPORT FOR ADD-ON APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20110106786
    Abstract: Hosted searching of private LAN information is described. The apparatus includes a LAN crawler to automatically and repeatedly crawl a LAN having multiple devices, using a discovery module to discover the devices, a generic-probing module to attempt to collect the descriptive information according to a first set of probing requirements, and multiple specific-probing plug-ins each of which attempt to collect the descriptive information according to a second set of specific probing requirements. In another embodiment, the apparatus also includes a hosted on-demand search system including a centralized-search server to create and synchronize a private search database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Christopher Waters, Brian de Haaff, Andrew Lockhart
  • Hosted searching of private local area network information with support for add-on applications
    Patent number: 7877368
    Abstract: Hosted searching of private LAN information is described. The apparatus includes a LAN crawler to automatically and repeatedly crawl a LAN having multiple devices, using a discovery module to discover the devices, a generic-probing module to attempt to collect the descriptive information according to a first set of probing requirements, and multiple specific-probing plug-ins each of which attempt to collect the descriptive information according to a second set of specific probing requirements. In another embodiment, the apparatus also includes a hosted on-demand search system including a centralized-search server to create and synchronize a private search database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Paglo Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Waters, Brian de Haaff, Andrew Lockhart
  • Hosted searching of private local area network information with support for add-on applications
    Publication number: 20090119280
    Abstract: Hosted searching of private LAN information is described. The apparatus includes a LAN crawler to automatically and repeatedly crawl a LAN having multiple devices, using a discovery module to discover the devices, a generic-probing module to attempt to collect the descriptive information according to a first set of probing requirements, and multiple specific-probing plug-ins each of which attempt to collect the descriptive information according to a second set of specific probing requirements. In another embodiment, the apparatus also includes a hosted on-demand search system including a centralized-search server to create and synchronize a private search database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Christopher Waters, Brian de Haaff, Andrew Lockhart