Patents by Inventor Deb Woods

Deb Woods 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).

  • Software certification and update process
    Patent number: 8635609
    Abstract: An update service is provided for maintaining software of one or more users, or an enterprise. On behalf of users or enterprises, the update service collects information from various software vendors about the certification and updates for their software. Dependencies or issues between the software are determined based on the information collected from the software vendors. A set of applicable updates for particular users or enterprises may then be determined based on the dependencies or issues. The update service may then broker various aspects of the delivery and installation of these updates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Joe Deblaquiere, Donald Fischer, Mihai Ibanescu, Adrian Likins, Jeremy Katz, Deb Woods
  • Software certification and update process
    Publication number: 20060184927
    Abstract: An update service is provided for maintaining software of one or more users, or an enterprise. On behalf of users or enterprises, the update service collects information from various software vendors about the certification and updates for their software. Dependencies or issues between the software are determined based on the information collected from the software vendors. A set of applicable updates for particular users or enterprises may then be determined based on the dependencies or issues. The update service may then broker various aspects of the delivery and installation of these updates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Joe Deblaquiere, Donald Fischer, Mihai Ibanescu, Adrian Likins, Jeremy Katz, Deb Woods