Patents by Inventor Dennis David Leak

Dennis David Leak 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).

  • Dynamic mapping of user id into TCP/IP address without user interaction as user signing on or singing off among workstations
    Patent number: 6013107
    Abstract: Method, apparatus and system is disclosed for providing TCP/IP addresses from a dynamic user identification server to workstations running an application program so that messages can be sent from one operator to another operator regardless of which workstation the other operator may be using, without the need to send the message itself through a server station. The dynamic user identification server also keeps track of the number of workstations in use at any one time and the number of copies of a licensed program being used for royalty control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Susan Louise Blackshear, Dennis David Leak, Jody Lynn Mace