Patents by Inventor BERND SOMMERLADE

BERND SOMMERLADE 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 for installing and simultaneously updating operating system software
    Patent number: 9477456
    Abstract: A method for installing operating system software on a machine computer for controlling machines includes transmitting further operating system software, in addition to old operating system software already running on the machine computer, while the machine is operating. The method also includes installing the further operating system software on the machine computer while the machine is operating, transferring user data from the old operating system software to the further operating system software while the machine is operating, and switching off the machine computer and choosing between starting the old operating system software and starting the newly installed further operating system software when switching on the machine again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Andreas Bechtel, Erik Leidel, Mario Rottloff, Bernd Sommerlade, Wilhelm Thome
  • METHOD FOR INSTALLING AND SIMULTANEOUSLY UPDATING OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE
    Publication number: 20120304165
    Abstract: A method for installing operating system software on a machine computer for controlling machines includes: transmitting further operating system software, in addition to old operating system software already running on the machine computer, while the machine is operating, installing the further operating system software on the machine computer while the machine is operating, transferring user data from the old operating system software to the further operating system software while the machine is operating, and switching off the machine computer and choosing between starting the old operating system software and starting the newly installed further operating system software when switching on the machine again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG
    Inventors: ANDREAS BECHTEL, ERIK LEIDEL, MARIO ROTTLOFF, BERND SOMMERLADE, WILHELM THOME