Patents by Inventor David M. Lakis

David M. Lakis 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).

  • Processes and apparatuses for managing network devices
    Patent number: 6532491
    Abstract: Processes and apparatuses are provided for managing one of a plurality of network manageable devices, each one of the plurality of network manageable devices having a unit of first management information associated therewith. A request is issued to a first computer from a second computer to access the unit of first management information associated with the one of the plurality of network manageable devices. A first data structure is created for storing a unit of first device information for each one of the plurality of network manageable devices with each unit of first device information identifying its respective network manageable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Lakis, William A. Cluff, Mark D. Webster, Jay R. Cummings