Patents by Inventor Nicholas Watkins Brown

Nicholas Watkins Brown 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).

  • Discovery of a generic device in a non-linear discovery framework
    Patent number: 8185632
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes discovering a resource using a first discovery module, the first discovery module being for identifying resources having identifying information known to the first discovery module. The method also includes discovering the resource using a second discovery module, the second discovery module being for identifying resources having identifying information not known to the first discovery module. An object associated with the resource is created by the first discovery module if the resource has identifying information known to the first discovery module. In addition, an object associated with the resource is created by the second discovery module if the resource has identifying information not known to the first discovery module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Wade Brown, Nicholas Watkins Brown, Jacob Andrew Kitchener, Heather Nicole Sterling
  • DISCOVERY OF A GENERIC DEVICE IN A NON-LINEAR DISCOVERY FRAMEWORK
    Publication number: 20100235510
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes discovering a resource using a first discovery module, the first discovery module being for identifying resources having identifying information known to the first discovery module. The method also includes discovering the resource using a second discovery module, the second discovery module being for identifying resources having identifying information not known to the first discovery module. An object associated with the resource is created by the first discovery module if the resource has identifying information known to the first discovery module. In addition, an object associated with the resource is created by the second discovery module if the resource has identifying information not known to the first discovery module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Eric Wade Brown, Nicholas Watkins Brown, Jacob Andrew Kitchener, Heather Nicole Sterling