Patents by Inventor Lawrence Smithmier

Lawrence Smithmier 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).

  • Information handling system image management deployment of virtual machine images to physical information handling systems
    Patent number: 8959322
    Abstract: Images for information handling system manufacture and maintenance are created and managed by manipulating the images as virtual machines through a secure remote network interface, such as a virtual private network or virtual desktop infrastructure. Operating system and application installation and updates, such as service packs and patches, are performed on a virtual machine of the image to adjust the image as desired, and then the image is transformed for loading on physical information handling systems, such as newly manufactured information handling systems or deployed information handling systems in need of maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: John Mullin, Campbell McNeill, Christopher Speers, Dana Ragsdill, John Tracey, Lawrence Smithmier
  • INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM IMAGE MANAGEMENT DEPLOYMENT OF VIRTUAL MACHINE IMAGES TO PHYSICAL INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20140026135
    Abstract: Images for information handling system manufacture and maintenance are created and managed by manipulating the images as virtual machines through a secure remote network interface, such as a virtual private network or virtual desktop infrastructure. Operating system and application installation and updates, such as service packs and patches, are performed on a virtual machine of the image to adjust the image as desired, and then the image is transformed for loading on physical information handling systems, such as newly manufactured information handling systems or deployed information handling systems in need of maintenance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: John Mullin, Campbell McNeill, Christopher Speers, Dana Ragsdill, John Tracey, Lawrence Smithmier
  • Information handling system image management deployment of virtual machine images to physical information handling systems
    Patent number: 8549272
    Abstract: Images for information handling system manufacture and maintenance are created and managed by manipulating the images as virtual machines through a secure remote network interface, such as a virtual private network or virtual desktop infrastructure. Operating system and application installation and updates, such as service packs and patches, are performed on a virtual machine of the image to adjust the image as desired, and then the image is transformed for loading on physical information handling systems, such as newly manufactured information handling systems or deployed information handling systems in need of maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: John Mullin, Campbell McNeill, Christopher Speers, Dana Ragsdill, John Tracey, Lawrence Smithmier
  • System and Method for Information Handling System Image Management Deployment
    Publication number: 20110197051
    Abstract: Images for information handling system manufacture and maintenance are created and managed by manipulating the images as virtual machines through a secure remote network interface, such as a virtual private network or virtual desktop infrastructure. Operating system and application installation and updates, such as service packs and patches, are performed on a virtual machine of the image to adjust the image as desired, and then the image is transformed for loading on physical information handling systems, such as newly manufactured information handling systems or deployed information handling systems in need of maintenance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: John Mullin, Campell McNeill, Christopher Speers, Dana Ragsdill, John Tracey, Lawrence Smithmier
  • System and Method for Imaging and Provisioning of Information Handling System
    Publication number: 20110126193
    Abstract: A method includes emulating an information handling system on a virtual machine, allowing users to create and validate an operating environment on the emulation, creating an image based on the validated environment, and loading the image onto an information handling system. The environment includes an operating system and an application from the virtual machine module, and an application from the user. A disk imaging system includes a virtual machine that emulates an information handling system, and a session manager that establishes a session between an interface and the virtual machine. The virtual machine allows users to create an operating environment including an operating system and an application from the virtual machine and an application from the users, and to validate the environment, captures an image of the environment, and loads the image onto an information handling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS, LP
    Inventors: John Mullin, Amer Chowdhry, Campbell McNeill, Christopher Speers, Dana Ragsdill, Lawrence Smithmier