Patents by Inventor Frederick Samuel Jackson

Frederick Samuel Jackson 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).

  • Automatic wake-up of systems in a data processing network
    Patent number: 6052779
    Abstract: A data processing network comprises a plurality of client systems and a controlling system operable to issue wake-up requests to the client systems to cause the client systems to issue boot requests onto the network for servicing by a connected server system. The controlling system, which may be embodied in the server system or in a separate system issues the wake-up requests in accordance with a wake-up schedule calculated, for each client, to complete the boot process for that client before a target start-up time when a client user wishes to use the client system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Frederick Samuel Jackson, Richard Ian Knox, Colin David McCall