Patents by Inventor Greg R. Purcell

Greg R. Purcell 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).

  • Systems and methods for managing health of a client system
    Patent number: 7792922
    Abstract: A method and system for monitoring the health of a networked client computer node include health service agent software that scans the client computer node upon which the agent is installed. The health service agent software transmits data to a health service data manager identifying the type of client node upon which the agent is installed to permit retrieval by the manager of a health service task list specifying rules and executables applied by the health service agent to an associated client node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Greg R. Purcell, Steven G. Yarnot, Anthony Hobson
  • Systems and methods for managing health of a client system
    Publication number: 20090228519
    Abstract: A method and system for monitoring the health of a networked client computer node include health service agent software that scans the client computer node upon which the agent is installed. The health service agent software transmits data to a health service data manager identifying the type of client node upon which the agent is installed to permit retrieval by the manager of a health service task list specifying rules and executables applied by the health service agent to an associated client node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Greg R. Purcell, Steven G. Yarnot, Anthony Hobson