Patents by Inventor Paula Zimon Clawson

Paula Zimon Clawson 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).

  • Hardware pay-per-use
    Patent number: 8271400
    Abstract: A hardware pay-per-use system and corresponding method allow computer system operators to tailor their hardware utilization to more closely match changing customer demands. The hardware pay-per-use system includes one or more hardware products and a metering mechanism coupled to at least one of the hardware products. The metering mechanism includes a hardware device separate from the hardware products. The metering mechanism acquires metrics data from the hardware products, the metrics data related to an operation at the hardware products. The metering mechanism determines data to report on the operation of the hardware products. A usage repository coupled to the metering mechanism receives the determined data and generates usage reports related to the operation of the hardware products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert C. Lehr, Arif Sardar, Matthew Lane, Winthrop Reis, Cynthia Alderson, Patrick Allaire, Richard Birrell, Christopher K Buss, Paula Zimon Clawson, Michael Graf, Arthur F. Green, Monica Lasgoity, Susan C. Neidhart, Anthony Keith Towles, Carol Uno
  • Hardware pay-per-use
    Publication number: 20030135380
    Abstract: A hardware pay-per-use system and corresponding method allow computer system operators to tailor their hardware utilization to more closely match changing customer demands. The hardware pay-per-use system includes one or more hardware products and a metering mechanism coupled to at least one of the hardware products. The metering mechanism includes a hardware device separate from the hardware products. The metering mechanism acquires metrics data from the hardware products, the metrics data related to an operation at the hardware products. The metering mechanism determines data to report on the operation of the hardware products. A usage repository coupled to the metering mechanism receives the determined data and generates usage reports related to the operation of the hardware products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Robert C. Lehr, Arif Sardar, Matthew Lane, Winthrop Reis, Cynthia Alderson, Patrick Allaire, Richard Birrell, Christopher K. Buss, Paula Zimon Clawson, Michael Graf, Arthur F. Green, Monica Lasgoity, Susan C. Neidhart, Anthony Keith Towles, Carol Uno