Patents by Inventor Richard D. Burney

Richard D. Burney 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).

  • Platform Independent Imaging Method And System
    Publication number: 20120246635
    Abstract: A method and system for defining a platform independent image on a medium readable by an information handling system determines a core operating system, enterprise configurations and a driver file for each of plural platform model types with one or more installation functions operable to install the enterprise configurations in an operating system of an information handling system having one of the plural platform model types. The installation function determines the platform model type of an information handling system loaded with the platform independent image and configures the core operating system with the enterprise configurations and a driver file associated with the determined platform model type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Michael Kennedy, Don Cannon, Richard D. Burney
  • Platform independent imaging method and system
    Patent number: 8225306
    Abstract: A method and system for defining a platform independent image on a medium readable by an information handling system determines a core operating system, enterprise configurations and a driver file for each of plural platform model types with one or more installation functions operable to install the enterprise configurations in an operating system of an information handling system having one of the plural platform model types. The installation function determines the platform model type of an information handling system loaded with the platform independent image and configures the core operating system with the enterprise configurations and a driver file associated with the determined platform model type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Michael Kennedy, Don Cannon, Richard D. Burney
  • Platform independent imaging method and system
    Publication number: 20040117338
    Abstract: A method and system for defining a platform independent image on a medium readable by an information handling system determines a core operating system, enterprise configurations and a driver file for each of plural platform model types with one or more installation functions operable to install the enterprise configurations in an operating system of an information handling system having one of the plural platform model types. The installation function determines the platform model type of an information handling system loaded with the platform independent image and configures the core operating system with the enterprise configurations and a driver file associated with the determined platform model type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Kennedy, Don Cannon, Richard D. Burney