Patents by Inventor Dale Schumacher

Dale Schumacher 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 dynamic command extensibility in an intelligent agent
    Patent number: 7039673
    Abstract: A system is provided whereby software components acting as servers can be upgraded or installed when new functionality is required without client components which have made requests to these components being made aware of the upgrade initiated by their request. The servers can then respond to requests which would otherwise have caused errors in the client components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Abbott, Dale Schumacher, Brett Peterson
  • Method and apparatus for hierarchical software distribution packages including composite packages
    Patent number: 6938075
    Abstract: A software distribution system for software bundles comprising a plurality of packages, at least two of which are required by a different set of nodes on a network. Rather than send all of the packages constituting the software bundle to each node, only the packages in the software bundle which are required by nodes below a certain link in the network are sent along that link, whereby to minimize the bandwidth required for transmitting the software bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Abbott, Brett Peterson, Dale Schumacher