Patents by Inventor Peter T. Donovan

Peter T. Donovan 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).

  • Method for using device enumeration information to identify an operating system running on a computer system
    Patent number: 7574534
    Abstract: Identifying an operating system running on a computer system. In one aspect of the invention, an enumeration pattern is collected, the enumeration pattern describing an enumeration of a device that has been performed between the device and the operating system running on a host computer system. The type of the operating system running on the host computer system is identified based on the collected enumeration pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph E. Bolan, Robert K. Christner, Simon C. Chu, Peter T. Donovan, Eric R. Kern
  • Method and System for Identifying an Operating System Running on a Computer System
    Publication number: 20080005370
    Abstract: Identifying an operating system running on a computer system. In one aspect of the invention, an enumeration pattern is collected, the enumeration pattern describing an enumeration of a device that has been performed between the device and the operating system running on a host computer system. The type of the operating system running on the host computer system is identified based on the collected enumeration pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph E. BOLAN, Robert K. CHRISTNER, Simon C. CHU, Peter T. DONOVAN, Eric R. KERN