Patents by Inventor Mike E. Williams

Mike E. Williams 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).

  • Network information control method utilizing a common command format and a centralized storage management system
    Patent number: 6415289
    Abstract: A method of controlling information stored on a computer network. The method of the present invention comprises a means for indexing and storing information about information stored on the network in a database. Clients connected to the network that wish to access information stored on the network, are first approved by the indexing means and the storage device on which the information is stored is directed to deliver the requested information to the client. In addition, devices connected to the network communicate by means of a common command format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Williams Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Mike E. Williams, Keith Holmes