Patents by Inventor Jody Buchanan

Jody Buchanan 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).

  • Patent number: 8103698
    Abstract: A computer implemented method is disclosed including receiving a client request from a client within an object-oriented model and intercepting said client request with a client abstraction layer able to communicate with said client and a management layer database. The method further includes generating with said client abstraction layer a request for information from said management layer database, wherein said database comprises information describing each managed object of said object-oriented model. An information handling system is further disclosed including a processor and memory accessible by the processor. The system further includes instructions stored on the memory that when carried out cause the system to initialize a discovery process identifying each managed object of the information handling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Inventors: Jianwen Yin, Jody Buchanan, Vishwanath Jayaraman
  • Publication number: 20080208896
    Abstract: Computer implemented methods comprising receiving a client request from a client within an object-oriented model, intercepting the client request with a client manager able to communicate with the client and a management database, and generating with the client manager a request for information from the management database, wherein the database comprises information describing each managed object of the object-oriented model. Generally the database is created by the client manager when the client manager is installed on an information handling system of the model. Methods may comprise generating with the client manager the request for information from an object manager of the model. Methods may comprise initializing a discovery process identifying each managed object of the model, and adding to the database any new information describing a managed object of the model. Information handling systems and computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for executing said methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jianwen Yin, Jody Buchanan, Vishwanath Jayaraman