Patents by Inventor Clifford A. Thompson

Clifford A. Thompson 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 and apparatus upgrade assistance using critical historical product information
    Patent number: 8195525
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an integrated methodology that simplifies upgrade choices for complex computer products through the use of automation and integration of product monitoring and business applications with, for example, web based capabilities. Historical information for computer systems is collected and transmitted to a remote support system. Over time, sufficient historical data provides a historical view of the systems indicative of usage and facilitating the choice of product enhancements, upgrades and customization. Further, this historical view may be integrated with the advances in the product that are kept by the remote support system as well as with the performance requirements of third party application providers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Earl Walter Emerick, Lonny R. Olson-Williams, Van Dee Sammons, Kurt Clifford Thompson, Paul William Wertzler, Ronald Dean Young
  • Method and apparatus upgrade assistance using critical historical product information
    Patent number: 7366685
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an integrated methodology that simplifies upgrade choices for complex computer products through the use of automation and integration of product monitoring and business applications with, for example, web based capabilities. Historical information for computer systems is collected and transmitted to a remote support system. Over time, sufficient historical data provides a historical view of the systems indicative of usage and facilitating the choice of product enhancements, upgrades and customization. Further, this historical view may be integrated with the advances in the product that are kept by the remote support system as well as with the performance requirements of third party application providers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Earl Walter Emerick, Lonny R. Olson-Williams, Van Dee Sammons, Kurt Clifford Thompson, Paul William Wertzler, Ronald Dean Young
  • Method and apparatus upgrade assistance using critical historical product information
    Publication number: 20020178075
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an integrated methodology that simplifies upgrade choices for complex computer products through the use of automation and integration of product monitoring and business applications with, for example, web based capabilities. Historical information for computer systems is collected and transmitted to a remote support system. Over time, sufficient historical data provides a historical view of the systems indicative of usage and facilitating the choice of product enhancements, upgrades and customization. Further, this historical view may be integrated with the advances in the product that are kept by the remote support system as well as with the performance requirements of third party application providers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Earl Walter Emerick, Lonny R. Olson-Williams, Van Dee Sammons, Kurt Clifford Thompson, Paul William Wertzler, Ronald Dean Young
  • Golf club carrier for bicycles
    Patent number: 4770326
    Abstract: A golf club carrier to be attached to a bicycle for transporting golf clubs and other golfing accessories comprises a main supporting frame adapted to be removably received and supported on the rear portion of the bicycle frame about the rear wheel and has a plurality of rigid outer tubular members secured to the sides of the main supporting frame at each side of the rear wheel, each of which slidably received a golf club. The supporting frame has U-shaped upper and lower frame members structurally reinforced by a pair of upright frame support members. A kick stand is mounted pivotally on the main supporting frame and movable to a down position for adjustably supporting the bicycle and frame filled with clubs in a generally upright position. Additional golf accessories may be carried in a box-like container secured on the supporting frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1988
    Inventor: Clifford A. Thompson