Patents by Inventor Elizabeth Sandra Fong-Jones

Elizabeth Sandra Fong-Jones 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).

  • Updating an operating system
    Patent number: 9524159
    Abstract: Systems and methods for updating operating system software are provided. In some aspects, an update for an operating system of a computing device is received, at a first time, at the computing device. A pre-reboot state of the computing device is stored at a second time. The pre-reboot state includes login information for logging into the computing device as a specified user of the computing device, the specified user of the computing device being logged into the computing device at the second time. The computing device is rebooted. Prior to or during rebooting of the computing device, the operating system of the computing device is updated according to the received update. After rebooting the computing device, user access is provided to the updated operating system according to the stored pre-reboot state of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Sandra Fong-Jones, William Alexander Drewry
  • UPDATING AN OPERATING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150169315
    Abstract: Systems and methods for updating operating system software are provided. In some aspects, an update for an operating system of a computing device is received, at a first time, at the computing device. A pre-reboot state of the computing device is stored at a second time. The pre-reboot state includes login information for logging into the computing device as a specified user of the computing device, the specified user of the computing device being logged into the computing device at the second time. The computing device is rebooted. Prior to or during rebooting of the computing device, the operating system of the computing device is updated according to the received update. After rebooting the computing device, user access is provided to the updated operating system according to the stored pre-reboot state of the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Elizabeth Sandra FONG-JONES, William Alexander DREWRY
  • Updating an operating system
    Patent number: 8990793
    Abstract: Systems and methods for updating operating system software are provided. In some aspects, an update for an operating system of a computing device is received, at a first time, at the computing device. A pre-reboot state of the computing device is stored at a second time. The pre-reboot state includes login information for logging into the computing device as a specified user of the computing device, the specified user of the computing device being logged into the computing device at the second time. The computing device is rebooted. Prior to or during rebooting of the computing device, the operating system of the computing device is updated according to the received update. After rebooting the computing device, user access is provided to the updated operating system according to the stored pre-reboot state of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Sandra Fong-Jones, William Alexander Drewry