Patents by Inventor Benjamin Brian Harry

Benjamin Brian Harry 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).

  • Method to prevent operating system digital product key activation failures
    Patent number: 9703937
    Abstract: A method, an information handling system (IHS), and a computer program product initiates injection verification to determine whether a key injection procedure to support automated system activation within a target IHS was completed successfully. An injection verification module (IVM) compares a copy of a selected and limited character sequence for a unique digital product key (DPK) utilized during key injection to a character sequence reported by an operating system (OS) image on a selected, target IHS. If the selected character sequence matches the reported character sequence, the IVM identifies the selected information handling system as a “passing” system on which the key injection procedure was successfully performed. If the selected character sequence for the unique DPK does not match the reported character sequence, the IVM identifies the selected information handling system as a “failing” system on which the key injection procedure was not successfully performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas Vrhel, Benjamin Brian Harry
  • Method to Prevent Operating System Digital Product Key Activation Failures
    Publication number: 20140310816
    Abstract: A method, an information handling system (IHS), and a computer program product initiates injection verification to determine whether a key injection procedure to support automated system activation within a target IHS was completed successfully. An injection verification module (IVM) compares a copy of a selected and limited character sequence for a unique digital product key (DPK) utilized during key injection to a character sequence reported by an operating system (OS) image on a selected, target IHS. If the selected character sequence matches the reported character sequence, the IVM identifies the selected information handling system as a “passing” system on which the key injection procedure was successfully performed. If the selected character sequence for the unique DPK does not match the reported character sequence, the IVM identifies the selected information handling system as a “failing” system on which the key injection procedure was not successfully performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas Vrhel, Benjamin Brian Harry