Patents by Inventor Michael J. Ringholm

Michael J. Ringholm 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).

  • Publication number: 20240192947
    Abstract: A software deployment method in a server includes: obtaining a software update for deployment to a plurality of media processing devices; performing a primary deployment phase by: (i) transmitting the software update to selected media processing devices according to a primary deployment rate; (ii) responsive to the transmission, for each selected media processing device, updating a status indicator representing whether deployment of the software update succeeded; and (iii) determining, based on the status indicators, whether an update promotion condition has been satisfied; in response to determining that the update promotion condition has been satisfied, performing a secondary deployment phase by: transmitting the software update to further selected media processing devices according to a secondary deployment rate exceeding the primary deployment rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Ryan E. Brock, Michael J. Ringholm, Chris Kenley, Corbin P. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20240106656
    Abstract: A method in a server, the method comprising: storing, in a memory of the server, a certificate signing request (CSR) input template comprising: (i) a dynamic first field definition including an attribute name, and (ii) a second field definition including a second field value; transmitting respective CSR instructions to a plurality of client devices, each instruction including the CSR input template; in response to transmitting the instructions, receiving, from each client device, a CSR comprising: (i) a first field value including an attribute value inserted by the client device in place of the attribute name, and (ii) the second field value; installing respective digital certificates at each of the client devices in response to receiving the CSRs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Michael J. Ringholm, Blake E. Nemura, Vinod Govindaraju
  • Patent number: 11907703
    Abstract: A software deployment method in a server includes: obtaining a software update for deployment to a plurality of media processing devices; performing a primary deployment phase by: (i) transmitting the software update to selected media processing devices according to a primary deployment rate; (ii) responsive to the transmission, for each selected media processing device, updating a status indicator representing whether deployment of the software update succeeded; and (iii) determining, based on the status indicators, whether an update promotion condition has been satisfied; in response to determining that the update promotion condition has been satisfied, performing a secondary deployment phase by: transmitting the software update to further selected media processing devices according to a secondary deployment rate exceeding the primary deployment rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan E. Brock, Michael J. Ringholm, Chris Kenley, Corbin P. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20230297359
    Abstract: A software deployment method in a server includes: obtaining a software update for deployment to a plurality of media processing devices; performing a primary deployment phase by: (i) transmitting the software update to selected media processing devices according to a primary deployment rate; (ii) responsive to the transmission, for each selected media processing device, updating a status indicator representing whether deployment of the software update succeeded; and (iii) determining, based on the status indicators, whether an update promotion condition has been satisfied; in response to determining that the update promotion condition has been satisfied, performing a secondary deployment phase by: transmitting the software update to further selected media processing devices according to a secondary deployment rate exceeding the primary deployment rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Ryan E. Brock, Michael J. Ringholm, Chris Kenley, Corbin P. Johnson