Patents by Inventor Mark Bryan

Mark Bryan 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).

  • Method and system for automated distribution of software
    Patent number: 6421671
    Abstract: A method and system for automated distribution of software are provided. The method comprises maintaining a database of configuration information. The configuration information includes version information of loaded software stored on a remote server. The configuration information further includes version information of available software operable to be loaded upon the remote server. A request is received from a user to load the available software on the remote server. The version information of the available software is compared with the version information of the loaded software. The available software is copied to the remote server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Joe Mark Bryan, David Alan Butts, Roger W. Wong, William Paul Hyden
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED DISTRIBUTION OF SOFTWARE
    Publication number: 20020059242
    Abstract: A method and system for automated distribution of software are provided. The method comprises maintaining a database of configuration information. The configuration information includes version information of loaded software stored on a remote server. The configuration information further includes version information of available software operable to be loaded upon the remote server. A request is received from a user to load the available software on the remote server. The version information of the available software is compared with the version information of the loaded software. The available software is copied to the remote server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: JOE MARK BRYAN, DAVID ALAN BUTTS, ROGER W. WONG, WILLIAM PAUL HYDEN
  • High speed serial data link
    Patent number: 4979185
    Abstract: A high bit-rate serial communications link encodes data by inserting non-data 0's and 1's. These extra bits are removed by a decoder at the receiving end of the link. Transmission of data can be made along optical fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark A. Bryans, James H. Cline, Francis B. Frazee, Lark E. Lehman
  • Cable fitting
    Patent number: 4919370
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a cable fitting for insertion in a protective enclosure. The fitting includes a plurality of cable channels and is constructed of a first staging portion for attachment to the electrical enclosure and a second portion which incorporates strain relief features with gripping teeth for clamping the cable. The fitting is designed for use with one or two cables. In use, it is installed in the enclosure to the staging position depth, the cables are inserted through the fitting via the cable channels into the box to the desired position for clamping, and the fitting is driven to the installed position to lock the fitting to the box and the cable within the fitting. The fitting may also be fully inserted and the cables installed thereafter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1990
    Inventors: William B. Martin, John W. Martin, Mark Bryan
  • High speed serial data link
    Patent number: RE35137
    Abstract: A high bit-rate serial communications link encodes data by inserting non-data 0's and 1's. These extra bits are removed by a decoder at the receiving end of the link. Transmission of data can be made along optical fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark A. Bryans, James H. Cline, Francis B. Frazee, Lark E. Lehman