Patents by Inventor Paul J. Gifford

Paul J. Gifford 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).

  • Methods and systems for providing improved access to data and measurements in a management system
    Patent number: 10642849
    Abstract: A method of managing device data related to a data center infrastructure includes generating, by a first server, a first portion of the device data in response to a change in a status of at least one of a plurality of data center infrastructure devices, storing, by a second server, the first portion of the device data in a database, generating, by the first server, a second portion of the device data in response to a request for data that is not contained in the database, the second portion of the device data being different than the first portion of the device data and being generated in a lightweight format, and displaying, in response to a user request, at least a portion of the device data using a user interface that is provided to the client computer by the second server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul J. Gifford, Gregory M. Emerick, Erica Harwood, Richard M. Ogren
  • Methods and systems for establishing secure authenticated bidirectional server communication using automated credential reservation
    Patent number: 9762578
    Abstract: A method of authenticating communications includes receiving, by a computer, a first set of credentials, verifying the first set of credentials by comparing the first set of credentials to a plurality of sets of credentials stored in a database, subsequent to verifying the first set of credentials, deriving a second set of credentials, and transmitting notification of the second set of credentials to a remote computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gregory M. Emerick, Paul J. Gifford
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ESTABLISHING SECURE AUTHENTICATED BIDIRECTIONAL SERVER COMMUNICATION USING AUTOMATED CREDENTIAL RESERVATION
    Publication number: 20120102554
    Abstract: A method of authenticating communications includes receiving, by a computer, a first set of credentials, verifying the first set of credentials by comparing the first set of credentials to a plurality of sets of credentials stored in a database, subsequent to verifying the first set of credentials, deriving a second set of credentials, and transmitting notification of the second set of credentials to a remote computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: American Power Conversion Corporat'on
    Inventors: Gregory M. Emerick, Paul J. Gifford
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED ACCESS TO DATA AND MEASUREMENTS IN A MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120102039
    Abstract: A method of managing device data related to a data center infrastructure includes generating, by a first server, a first portion of the device data in response to a change in a status of at least one of a plurality of data center infrastructure devices, storing, by a second server, the first portion of the device data in a database, generating, by the first server, a second portion of the device data in response to a request for data that is not contained in the database, the second portion of the device data being different than the first portion of the device data and being generated in a lightweight format, and displaying, in response to a user request, at least a portion of the device data using a user interface that is provided to the client computer by the second server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: American Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Paul J. Gifford, Gregory M. Emerick, Erica Harwood, Richard M. Ogren