Patents by Inventor Craig Harvey Prouse

Craig Harvey Prouse 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).

  • Providing a reliable operating system for clients of a net-booted environment
    Patent number: 7849169
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for supplying a reliable and maintainable operating system in a net-booted environment. According to one embodiment, a network computer (NC) client boots from a boot image provided by an NC server. The boot image includes information identifying the location of one or more system volumes on the NC server that contain operating system software. In response to an attempt to modify the contents of the one or more system volumes, the NC client causes information identifying the modification to be recorded on the NC server separate from the one or more system volumes in a storage area associated with the NC client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: C. K. Haun, Craig Harvey Prouse, Joseph Sokol, Jr., Paul M. Resch
  • Providing a reliable operating system for clients of a net-booted environment
    Patent number: 7233985
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for supplying a reliable and maintainable operating system in a net-booted environment. According to one embodiment, a network computer (NC) client boots from a boot image provided by an NC server. The boot image includes information identifying the location of one or more system volumes on the NC server that contain operating system software. In response to an attempt to modify the contents of the one or more system volumes, the NC client causes information identifying the modification to be recorded on the NC server separate from the one or more system volumes in a storage area associated with the NC client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: C. K. Hahn, Craig Harvey Prouse, Joseph Sokol, Jr., Paul M. Resch
  • Providing a reliable operating system for clients of a net-booted environment
    Publication number: 20040153526
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for supplying a reliable and maintainable operating system in a net-booted environment. According to one embodiment, a network computer (NC) client boots from a boot image provided by an NC server. The boot image includes information identifying the location of one or more system volumes on the NC server that contain operating system software. In response to an attempt to modify the contents of the one or more system volumes, the NC client causes information identifying the modification to be recorded on the NC server separate from the one or more system volumes in a storage area associated with the NC client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: C. K. Haun, Craig Harvey Prouse, Joseph Sokol, Paul M. Resch
  • Providing a reliable operating system for clients of a net-booted environment
    Patent number: 6751658
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for supplying a reliable and maintainable operating system in a net-booted environment. According to one embodiment, a network computer (NC) client boots from a boot image provided by an NC server. The boot image includes information identifying the location of one or more system volumes on the NC server that contain operating system software. In response to an attempt to modify the contents of the one or more system volumes, the NC client causes information identifying the modification to be recorded on the NC server separate from the one or more system volumes in a storage area associated with the NC client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher K. Haun, Craig Harvey Prouse, Joseph Sokol, Jr., Paul M. Resch