Patents by Inventor James R. Gunkel

James R. Gunkel 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).

  • Intelligent data inventory and asset management system method and apparatus
    Patent number: 6847982
    Abstract: A computerized process of intelligently inventorying data and managing assets includes the steps of initially inventorying a plurality of hardware, software, and data files on-site by assigning a hexadecimal signature identifying each file in the database, inventorying the files at a subsequent time by repeating the prior step and comparing the previous and current signatures of the files to determine whether any of the files have been changed, comparing the current version of a changed file to the last previous on-site version of the changed file, computing the differences between the two versions by different forward and reverse algorithms to provide a forward delta and a reverse delta, storing the current version and the reverse delta of the changed file on-site while deleting the last previous on-site version of the changed file, permanently storing off-site the forward deltas of each changed file and a baseline copy of each new file, restoring any requested file, if on-site, by recovering the current ver
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Parker, Gary J. Legner, George Lima, David P. Schwartz, James R. Gunkel
  • Intelligent data inventory and asset management system method and apparatus
    Publication number: 20020073106
    Abstract: A computerized process of intelligently inventorying data and managing assets includes the steps of initially inventorying a plurality of hardware, software, and data files on-site by assigning a hexadecimal signature identifying each file in the database, inventorying the files at a subsequent time by repeating the prior step and comparing the previous and current signatures of the files to determine whether any of the files have been changed, comparing the current version of a changed file to the last previous on-site version of the changed file, computing the differences between the two versions by different forward and reverse algorithms to provide a forward delta and a reverse delta, storing the current version and the reverse delta of the changed file on-site while deleting the last previous on-site version of the changed file, permanently storing off-site the forward deltas of each changed file and a baseline copy of each new file, restoring any requested file, if on-site, by recovering the current ver
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Applicant: Computer Associates Think, Inc. a Dela Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Parker, Gary J. Legner, George Lima, David P. Schwartz, James R. Gunkel
  • Intelligent data inventory & asset management systems method and apparatus
    Patent number: 6366930
    Abstract: A computerized process of intelligently inventorying data and managing assets includes the steps of initially inventorying a plurality of hardware, software, and data files on-site by assigning a hexadecimal signature identifying each file in the database, inventorying the files at a subsequent time by repeating the prior step and comparing the previous and current signatures of the files to determine whether any of the files have been changed, comparing the current version of a changed file to the last previous on-site version of the changed file, computing the differences between the two versions by different forward and reverse algorithms to provide a forward delta and a reverse delta, storing the current version and the reverse delta of the changed file on-site while deleting the last previous on-site version of the changed file, permanently storing off-site the forward deltas of each changed file and a baseline copy of each new file, restoring any requested file, if on-site, by recovering the current ver
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Parker, Gary J. Legner, George Lima, David P. Schwartz, James R. Gunkel