Patents by Inventor James Patrick McGlothlin

James Patrick McGlothlin 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 factory-installation of files and directories with long filenames while maintaining proper reference to their short filename equivalents
    Patent number: 6425078
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for factory-installing directories with long filenames while maintaining proper references to the short filename equivalents thereof are described. During a development stage, a determination is made whether any files or directories with long filenames were created by an application installed on a development system for developing an installation package for the application. If so, the development system is queried for the short filenames associated with these long filenames. The development system then creates a factory-install package for the application in which all short filename references to these long filename files and directories are programmatically replaced with tokens that are unique to each long filename. The factory-install package is then uploaded to a factory server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Dell USA, L.P.
    Inventors: T. Gavin Smith, David T. Valys, James Patrick McGlothlin