Patents by Inventor Craig Boyd

Craig Boyd 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).

  • Patent number: 6173376
    Abstract: A data backup and restore method and system for a multiple computer system environment is provided. The method/system comprises an automated approach for backing up and if necessary restoring computer system data from a first computer system to an auxiliary storage pool of a second computer system. At the first computer system, a renaming of system data to be backed up is accomplished such that the renamed system data designates the first computer system as the source system of the system data and comprises a name different from any name of system data at the second computer system. The renamed system data is then backup stored by the first computer system to the auxiliary storage pool of the second computer system. Multiple computer systems in the multisystem environment can be backed up to the same target computer system, either to the same auxiliary storage pool or to different auxiliary storage pools. Partial or complete restore of the backed up system data is also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corp.
    Inventors: Craig Boyd Fowler, Warren W. Grunbok, Jr., Gilford Francis Martino, Paul Raymond Vasek
  • Patent number: 5806719
    Abstract: The system includes a rigid container having a fitment coupling, and a flexible pouch with a fitment thereon which is placed within a recess of the rigid container. The fitment has an annular attachment member which engages with a mating member on the fitment coupling. In this manner, the fitment is secured to the rigid container thereby allowing an user/consumer to dispense the contents of the flexible pouch by gripping the container. In an alternate embodiment, the rigid container permits the user to grasp the pouch to dispense the contents without raising the rigid container from a table. Various fitments may be employed in practicing the present invention such as flip cap, screw cap, tamper-proof fitments, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance, SA
    Inventors: Craig Witty, Craig Boyd