Patents by Inventor Peter Frost

Peter Frost 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 booting a computer in a distributed computing system
    Patent number: 5948101
    Abstract: A field mountable controller boots by transmitting a seed letterbug to a server. The server responds with an initial operating system and program. The program reads configuration information about the controller and transmits it back to the server which responds with a particular letterbug for the controller. The controller then transmits the letterbug to a boot image server which returns a corresponding operating system image to the controller. The controller then boots using the operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: The Foxboro Company
    Inventors: Peter Frost David, Paul Raymond Jackson