Patents by Inventor Mala Devlin

Mala Devlin 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).

  • Development and build environment for packaged software delivery
    Patent number: 7458073
    Abstract: A development and build environment creates information used by the master node and nodes in a network of nodes to perform software loading and evaluation during boot and normal runtime. The invention creates metadata and dependency data for packages and modules. Module metadata are created and inserted into the package that includes information such as the module's: binary signature, name, directory path, characteristics, and API dependency information. Packages are formed based on features/characteristics or purpose. A package contains one or more modules. Metadata are created for each package and inserted into the package that includes information such as the package's: name, build date, and characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Glen Darling, Matthew Balint, Badari Kakumani, Mala Devlin