Patents by Inventor Gavin T. Smith

Gavin T. Smith 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).

  • System for automated generation of config to order software stacks
    Patent number: 7360211
    Abstract: A method for automatically generating a software stack in an information handling system. The information handling system includes a software process partition. The method includes generating a manifest identifying software stack contents, creating a target partition within the information handling system, installing the specified software stack components into the target partition, configuring the target partition as active and bootable and the software process partition as hidden, booting into the target partition, setting up and configuring the software components within the target partition, and configuring the software process partition as active and bootable and the target partition as inactive. The generated software stack optionally may be captured for later use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: William P. Hyden, Gaston M. Barajas, Gavin T. Smith, Thomas Vrhel, Jr.
  • System for automated generation of config to order software stacks
    Publication number: 20040268342
    Abstract: A method for automatically generating a software stack in an information handling system. The information handling system includes a software process partition. The method includes generating a manifest identifying software stack contents, creating a target partition within the information handling system, installing the specified software stack components into the target partition, configuring the target partition as active and bootable and the software process partition as hidden, booting into the target partition, setting up and configuring the software components within the target partition, and configuring the software process partition as active and bootable and the target partition as inactive. The generated software stack optionally may be captured for later use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: William P. Hyden, Gaston M. Barajas, Gavin T. Smith, Thomas Vrhel