Patents by Inventor Louis P Kruger

Louis P Kruger 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).

  • System and method for identifying changes made to a computer system due to software installation
    Patent number: 7448033
    Abstract: A method and apparatus identifies changes made to a computer system caused by the installation of software. The state of the computer system is recorded before the software is installed and, after the software is installed, the recorded state is compared against the state of the computer system. Changes are written into a manifest, which may be combined with any new or changed files and an installation program to produce a package which can be sent to another computer system for installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: BMC Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis P Kruger, Anson Mah, Sami Shaio
  • Method and apparatus for identifying changes made to a computer system due to software installation
    Patent number: 6738970
    Abstract: A method and apparatus identifies changes made to a computer system caused by the installation of software. The state of the computer system is recorded before the software is installed and, after the software is installed, the recorded state is compared against the state of the computer system. Changes are written into a manifest, which may be combined with any new or changed files and an installation program to produce a package which can be sent to another computer system for installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Marimba, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis P Kruger, Anson Mah, Sami Shaio
  • Method and apparatus for producing instructions describing the removal of updates to a computer system
    Patent number: 6367075
    Abstract: A computer program product and apparatus builds a set of uninstall instructions from a set of installation instructions so that one or more installations of computer updates can be removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Marimba, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis P Kruger, Anson Mah, Sami Shaio