Patents by Inventor Benjamin Bowes Beasley, Jr.

Benjamin Bowes Beasley, Jr. 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).

  • SOFTWARE SETUP SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100306760
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for automatic system setup. At least one embodiment of the present invention stores the setup configuration information (e.g., in files and/or in directory servers). The setup configuration information is stored (e.g., using a configuration file naming scheme) so that the configuration information for a particular machine can be found. A setup daemon on the machine searches for suitable configuration information in a number of places, such as: in a location in a local file system, in locations in mounted file volumes, and directory servers. The configuration information may be encrypted, and the setup daemon searches for the decryption key in a similar fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: J. Scott Mulligan, Benjamin Bowes Beasley, JR.
  • Software setup system
    Patent number: 7774774
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for automatic system setup. At least one embodiment of the present invention stores the setup configuration information (e.g., in files and/or in directory servers). The setup configuration information is stored (e.g., using a configuration file naming scheme) so that the configuration information for a particular machine can be found. A setup daemon on the machine searches for suitable configuration information in a number of places, such as: in a location in a local file system, in locations in mounted file volumes, and directory servers. The configuration information may be encrypted, and the setup daemon searches for the decryption key in a similar fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: J. Scott Mulligan, Benjamin Bowes Beasley, Jr.