Patents by Inventor Gordon W. Gifford, Jr.

Gordon W. Gifford, Jr. 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).

  • Method for automatically configuring network interface card and capable of randomizing a media access controller address of the network interface card
    Patent number: 6487608
    Abstract: A method, system and computer readable medium for performing automatic detection and identification of installed NICs with a minimized likelihood of performing an illegal operation that would hang the detection process. Once the NIC is identified, software appropriate for the NIC may be loaded. Automatic detection and identification of NICs may be performed by inserting a portable medium such as a floppy disk in a target computer and executing a detection program upon startup, or a server computer may be used which executes a program to detect and identify NICs installed in computers connected to the server via a network connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon W. Gifford, Jr., Randall K. Maxwell