Patents by Inventor Jonathan Ott

Jonathan Ott 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).

  • Process for joining a computer to a directory based on either a newly created computer account or renewed computer account depending on a unique identifier associated with an end-user
    Patent number: 8856506
    Abstract: A user-friendly system, method, and program product for installing an image on a computer, the method comprising: booting the computer (400) from an image source; receiving first information from an end-user of the computer (400), wherein the first information is at least one unique identifier associated with the end-user; obtaining automatically second information associated with the end-user based on the first information; determining automatically if there is an existing record associated with the computer based on the second information; renewing automatically, if there is an existing record associated with the computer, a computer account in a directory service based on the existing record; creating automatically, if there is not an existing record associated with the computer, a new computer account in the directory service; installing automatically the image to the computer; and joining automatically the computer to directory service domain based on the newly created computer account or based on the re
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jens Weber, David Nutt, Jonathan Ott, Jonathan Michael Hale
  • Imaging process
    Publication number: 20140201515
    Abstract: A user-friendly system, method, and program product for installing an image on a computer, the method comprising: booting the computer (400) from an image source; receiving first information from an end-user of the computer (400), wherein the first information is at least one unique identifier associated with the end-user; obtaining automatically second information associated with the end-user based on the first information; determining automatically if there is an existing record associated with the computer based on the second information; renewing automatically, if there is an existing record associated with the computer, a computer account in a directory service based on the existing record; creating automatically, if there is not an existing record associated with the computer, a new computer account in the directory service; installing automatically the image to the computer; and joining automatically the computer to directory service domain based on the newly created computer account or based on the re
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jens Weber, David Nutt, Jonathan Ott, Jonathan Michael Hale