Patents by Inventor Joshua Neil

Joshua Neil 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).

  • Object oriented model of preloading software
    Patent number: 7007273
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for creating a preload. A preload may be stored onto a computer system prior to the computer system being manufactured. One or more attributes of an object of a preload may be defined. Each preload object may be an aggregation of one or more software element objects. A comparison may be made between the attributes in each software element object with the one or more attributes in the defined preload object. Upon identifying one or more software element objects whose attributes comprise the one or more attributes of the defined preload object, one or more part numbers associated with the one or more identified software element objects may be transmitted to a manufacturing system. Software associated with the identified one or more software element objects may be retrieved and installed onto a preload associated with the defined preload object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte Ltd.
    Inventors: Mary Lynn Cashin, Timothy Alan Jones, Joshua Neil Novak, Rod David Waltermann, Arnold S. Weksler
  • Method for providing a single preloaded software image with an ability to support multiple hardware configurations and multiple types of computer systems
    Patent number: 6944867
    Abstract: The hard disk drive of a computer system is loaded with a preloaded image including an operating system, a number of application programs, and a device driver installation routine, all of which are not dependent on the hardware configuration of the computer system. A hidden partition of the hard disk drive is also loaded with a number of device drivers, which are dependent upon the hardware configuration. During the first boot only of the preloaded image, the device drivers are installed by the device driver installation routine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard Wayne Cheston, Daryl Carvis Cromer, Jeffrey Mark Estroff, James Anthony Hunt, Howard Jeffrey Locker, Joshua Neil Novak, Randall Scott Springfield, James Peter Ward, Arnold Stephen Weksler
  • Object oriented model of preloading software
    Publication number: 20030084437
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for creating a preload. A preload may be stored onto a computer system prior to the computer system being manufactured. One or more attributes of an object of a preload may be defined. Each preload object may be an aggregation of one or more software element objects. A comparison may be made between the attributes in each software element object with the one or more attributes in the defined preload object. Upon identifying one or more software element objects whose attributes comprise the one or more attributes of the defined preload object, one or more part numbers associated with the one or more identified software element objects may be transmitted to a manufacturing system. Software associated with the identified one or more software element objects may be retrieved and installed onto a preload associated with the defined preload object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mary Lynn Cashin, Timothy Alan Jones, Joshua Neil Novak, Rod David Waltermann, Arnold S. Weksler
  • Method for providing a single preloaded software image with an ability to support multiple hardware configurations and multiple types of computer systems
    Publication number: 20030069999
    Abstract: The hard disk drive of a computer system is loaded with a preloaded image including an operating system, a number of application programs, and a device driver installation routine, all of which are not dependent on the hardware configuration of the computer system. A hidden partition of the hard disk drive is also loaded with a number of device drivers, which are dependent upon the hardware configuration. During the first boot only of the preloaded image, the device drivers are installed by the device driver installation routine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Wayne Cheston, Daryl Carvis Cromer, Jeffrey Mark Estroff, James Anthony Hunt, Howard Jeffrey Locker, Joshua Neil Novak, Randall Scott Springfield, James Peter Ward, Arnold Stephen Weksler