Patents by Inventor Clinton Lum

Clinton Lum 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 for remote installation of network drivers and software
    Publication number: 20070100936
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for remote installation of network drivers and software. The present invention provides for the remote installation of a rerouting driver into the network driver interface in the path between one or more media access control units and one or more protocol drivers in a computer system. Code in the network driver interface is disabled, patched to insert the rerouting driver, and then re-enabled. The disabling and re-enabling of the code is performed such that the computer system does not have to be restarted following installation of the patch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: Internet Security Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Clinton Lum