Patents by Inventor Peter Ray Manahan

Peter Ray Manahan 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).

  • Browser-controlled installation of software on remote computer system
    Patent number: 7685595
    Abstract: A method for a web browser-controlled installation of software on a remote computer system includes accessing at least one remote computer system; temporarily transferring a non-user interface, platform-independent installation program having an embedded web application and light-weight web server onto the at least one remote computer system, wherein the web application provides a web user interface; accessing a web browser and connecting to the light-weight web server via the web interface provided by the web application; providing instructions for installing software on the at least one remote computer to the web interface; the light-weight web server transferring the instructions to the non-user interface installation program; transferring and installing software on the at least one remote computer system; and removing the installation program, web application, and light-weight web server from the at least one remote computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Ray Manahan, Jason Robert McGee, Barry Charles Searle