Patents by Inventor Kevin L. Porter

Kevin L. Porter 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).

  • Displaying network properties in a graphical user interface
    Patent number: 8806372
    Abstract: Network information can be represented by displaying one or more graphical components representing network entities in a first portion of a graphical user interface. An embedded browser is provided in a second portion of the graphical user interface. A selection of one of the graphical components is detected. In response to the selection, browser-compatible data is retrieved from a network entity corresponding to the selected graphical component, and the browser-compatible data is rendered in the embedded browser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Kevin L. Porter
  • Displaying network properties in a graphical user interface
    Publication number: 20110047467
    Abstract: Network information can be represented by displaying one or more graphical components representing network entities in a first portion of a graphical user interface. An embedded browser is provided in a second portion of the graphical user interface. A selection of one of the graphical components is detected. In response to the selection, browser-compatible data is retrieved from a network entity corresponding to the selected graphical component, and the browser-compatible data is rendered in the embedded browser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventor: Kevin L. Porter
  • Displaying network properties in a graphical user interface
    Patent number: 7853880
    Abstract: Network information can be represented by displaying one or more graphical components representing network entities in a first portion of a graphical user interface. An embedded browser is provided in a second portion of the graphical user interface. A selection of one of the graphical components is detected. In response to the selection, browser-compatible data is retrieved from a network entity corresponding to the selected graphical component, and the browser-compatible data is rendered in the embedded browser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Kevin L. Porter
  • System for selecting a device over a network for a computer to use
    Patent number: 6611880
    Abstract: A computer automatically selects a device, such as a printer, over a network for the computer to use without a user having to provide the network address of the device. The computer identifies a group of devices connected to a network that meet certain pre-determined criteria. The computer then selects the device from this group that has the lowest uptime. This device is assumed to be the device the user wishes to configure their computer to use. After the device is selected, the computer then can operate to configure itself to use the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Co., L.P.
    Inventors: Shell S. Simpson, Matthew P. Howell, Kevin L. Porter