Patents by Inventor Mary U. Lautman

Mary U. Lautman 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 retrieving and updating configuration parameter values for application programs in a computer network
    Patent number: 6061693
    Abstract: A configuration parameter value access system used in connection with a computer system performs an access operation in connection with a configuration parameter in response to a configuration parameter access request from an applications program. Each configuration parameter access request includes a parameter class identifier, a filename and a parameter identifier. The configuration parameter value access system includes a plurality of configuration file path class lists, each of which has at least one entry, each entry defining a storage subsystem path in the computer system's storage subsystem. A file identifier generator tests successive entries of the configuration file path class list identified by the parameter class identifier to determine whether the storage subsystem contains a file which has the filename provided in the configuration parameter access request along a path defined by an entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael W. Carney, Mary U. Lautman, William F. Pittore
  • System and method for retrieving and updating configuration parameter values for application programs in a computer network
    Patent number: 5913218
    Abstract: A configuration parameter value access system used in connection with a computer system performs an access operation in connection with a configuration parameter in response to a configuration parameter access request from an applications program. Each configuration parameter access request includes a parameter class identifier, a filename and a parameter identifier. The configuration parameter value access system includes a plurality of configuration file path class lists, each of which has at least one entry, each entry defining a storage subsystem path in the computer system's storage subsystem. A file identifier generator tests successive entries of the configuration file path class list identified by the parameter class identifier to determine whether the storage subsystem contains a file which has the filename provided in the configuration parameter access request along a path defined by an entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc
    Inventors: Michael W. Carney, Mary U. Lautman, William F. Pittore