Patents by Inventor Heather Howard

Heather Howard 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 AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY INSTALLING AN INITIAL SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION INCLUDING AN OPERATING SYSTEM MODULE FROM A LIBRARY CONTAINING AT LEAST TWO OPERATING SYSTEM MODULES BASED ON RETRIEVED COMPUTER IDENTIFICATION DATA
    Patent number: 6681323
    Abstract: A method for automatically installing an initial software configuration on at least one target computer in an installation system. The at least one target computer is booted from a boot storage medium. Identification data associated with the hardware configuration of the target computer is automatically retrieved from the memory of the at least one target computer. Data representative of software component modules is automatically transferred from a library of software component modules stored on a library storage medium to the memory of the target computer based on the retrieved identification data associated with the hardware configuration of the target computer. The transferred software component modules are automatically installed onto the memory of the target computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Robert Fontanesi, Heather Howard, Bruce Stuart