Patents by Inventor Patrick Richard Lowndes

Patrick Richard Lowndes 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: 20220050815
    Abstract: A database may contain representations of: (i) software packages managed by a software management tool, including publishers, titles, and categories associated with each, and (ii) a plurality of software activities, including descriptions and amounts associated with each. A server device may be configured to obtain classifications of the software activities that predict the publishers, titles, and categories of the software activities from the descriptions. The server device may further compare the software packages to the classifications in order to identify: (i) unmanaged software packages, and (ii) amounts associated with the software packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Gavin Thomas Peterkin, Brian Eric Geihsler, Patrick Richard Lowndes, Peter John Bell
  • Patent number: 11204903
    Abstract: A database may contain representations of: (i) software packages managed by a software management tool, including publishers, titles, and categories associated with each, and (ii) a plurality of software activities, including descriptions and amounts associated with each. A server device may be configured to obtain classifications of the software activities that predict the publishers, titles, and categories of the software activities from the descriptions. The server device may further compare the software packages to the classifications in order to identify: (i) unmanaged software packages, and (ii) amounts associated with the software packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Gavin Thomas Peterkin, Brian Eric Geihsler, Patrick Richard Lowndes, Peter John Bell
  • Patent number: 11201797
    Abstract: One or more databases contain data defining: a common authentication configuration for a plurality of remote services, and individual authentication configurations for each of the remote services, where a particular remote service of the remote services is associated with a particular individual authentication configuration. One or more server devices are configured to: (i) access, by way of the common authentication configuration and the particular individual authentication configuration, a master userid of the particular remote service; (ii) receive, from the particular remote service, a list of userids that are registered to the managed network and configured to use the particular remote service; (iii) receive, from the particular remote service, access data representing use of the particular remote service by the userids; (iv) determine, from the access data, most-recent access times of the userids; and (v) store, in the one or more databases, representations of the most-recent access times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Eric Geihsler, Benjamin Keith Stephens, Patrick Richard Lowndes
  • Publication number: 20210006475
    Abstract: One or more databases contain data defining: a common authentication configuration for a plurality of remote services, and individual authentication configurations for each of the remote services, where a particular remote service of the remote services is associated with a particular individual authentication configuration. One or more server devices are configured to: (i) access, by way of the common authentication configuration and the particular individual authentication configuration, a master userid of the particular remote service; (ii) receive, from the particular remote service, a list of userids that are registered to the managed network and configured to use the particular remote service; (iii) receive, from the particular remote service, access data representing use of the particular remote service by the userids; (iv) determine, from the access data, most-recent access times of the userids; and (v) store, in the one or more databases, representations of the most-recent access times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Eric Geihsler, Benjamin Keith Stephens, Patrick Richard Lowndes
  • Publication number: 20200349134
    Abstract: A database may contain representations of: (i) software packages managed by a software management tool, including publishers, titles, and categories associated with each, and (ii) a plurality of software activities, including descriptions and amounts associated with each. A server device may be configured to obtain classifications of the software activities that predict the publishers, titles, and categories of the software activities from the descriptions. The server device may further compare the software packages to the classifications in order to identify: (i) unmanaged software packages, and (ii) amounts associated with the software packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Gavin Thomas Peterkin, Brian Eric Geihsler, Patrick Richard Lowndes, Peter John Bell
  • Patent number: 10785126
    Abstract: One or more databases contain data defining: a common authentication configuration for a plurality of remote services, and individual authentication configurations for each of the remote services, where a particular remote service of the remote services is associated with a particular individual authentication configuration. One or more server devices are configured to: (i) access, by way of the common authentication configuration and the particular individual authentication configuration, a master userid of the particular remote service; (ii) receive, from the particular remote service, a list of userids that are registered to the managed network and configured to use the particular remote service; (iii) receive, from the particular remote service, access data representing use of the particular remote service by the userids; (iv) determine, from the access data, most-recent access times of the userids; and (v) store, in the one or more databases, representations of the most-recent access times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Eric Geihsler, Benjamin Keith Stephens, Patrick Richard Lowndes
  • Publication number: 20200204459
    Abstract: One or more databases contain data defining: a common authentication configuration for a plurality of remote services, and individual authentication configurations for each of the remote services, where a particular remote service of the remote services is associated with a particular individual authentication configuration. One or more server devices are configured to: (i) access, by way of the common authentication configuration and the particular individual authentication configuration, a master userid of the particular remote service; (ii) receive, from the particular remote service, a list of userids that are registered to the managed network and configured to use the particular remote service; (iii) receive, from the particular remote service, access data representing use of the particular remote service by the userids; (iv) determine, from the access data, most-recent access times of the userids; and (v) store, in the one or more databases, representations of the most-recent access times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Eric Geihsler, Benjamin Keith Stephens, Patrick Richard Lowndes