Patents by Inventor Brent Arthur Allsop

Brent Arthur Allsop 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).

  • Mechanism for selecting representatives from program patch chains based on user roles
    Patent number: 7020875
    Abstract: An automated method is described for searching through sets of software patches to select a recommended set for installation on any given system. The patches are organized into patch chains each having a root. The method involves searching for a patch that corrects a particular defect or that has a particular property, examining additional patches sharing the same patch chain as the patch found and occupying a position on the shared patch chain between that patch and the root of the chain, and presenting as candidates for the recommended set patches that satisfy one or more specified conditions determined by the nature of each patch and by the identity of the patch recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Evan Rudolph Zweifel, Brent Arthur Allsop, Joseph Michael Webster
  • Mechanism for selecting representatives from program patch chains based on user roles
    Publication number: 20030033313
    Abstract: An automated method is described for searching through sets of software patches to select a recommended set for installation on any given system. The patches are organized into patch chains each having a root. The method involves searching for a patch that corrects a particular defect or that has a particular property, examining additional patches sharing the same patch chain as the patch found and occupying a position on the shared patch chain between that patch and the root of the chain, and presenting as candidates for the recommended set patches that satisfy one or more specified conditions determined by the nature of each patch and by the identity of the patch recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Evan Rudolph Zweifel, Brent Arthur Allsop, Joseph Michael Webster