Patents by Inventor Janel Barfield

Janel Barfield 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 modifying installation software
    Publication number: 20060053419
    Abstract: Method, system and computer program product for modifying installation software in a data processing system. Installation software is stored on a rewritable data storage medium using a file system that allows portions of software stored on the rewritable data storage medium to be modified without modifying other portions of the software stored on the rewritable data storage medium. At least one portion of the stored installation software is modified to provide modified installation software on the rewritable data storage medium. The invention enables modifications to installation software to be selectively placed on the same data storage medium that stores the installation software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Janel Barfield, Julie Craft, Virginia Wigginton, Andrew Wong
  • System, apparatus and method of assisting with software product update installations
    Publication number: 20060031827
    Abstract: A system, apparatus and method of assisting with software product update installations are provided. When a software product is to be updated, a plurality of deployment descriptors are recursively read to determine all dependencies of the software product. Once all the dependencies have been determined, a list of the dependencies is presented for installation as a solution update.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Janel Barfield, Susann Keohane