Patents by Inventor Mark Alan Techmeier

Mark Alan Techmeier 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).

  • Use of discovery scanning and method of IP only communication to identify owners and administrators of network attached devices
    Patent number: 8676923
    Abstract: Method, system, and product for remotely communicating with and identifying owners of objects on an IP network by providing a database identifying owners of objects on an IP network, discovery scanning the IP network for logical objects, sending a message to an unlisted logical object requesting a registration action of the recipient, receiving the registration action indicating an owner of the logical object, and updating the database with the received indication of the owner of the object. The method, system, or product may be embodied in a software application (such as an operating system element), a dedicated processor, or a dedicated processor with dedicated code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Steven Lingafelt, Scott Alex Creeley, Charles Victor Jolla, Mark Alan Techmeier, Ronald Jerome Walter, Ashley A. Brock