Patents by Inventor Richard Jesse Dickson

Richard Jesse Dickson 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).

  • Patent number: 11122012
    Abstract: The different advantageous embodiments provide a system for managing license utilization comprising a client system, a number of message transport servers, and a number of license management servers. The client system is configured to generate a number of messages having information about usage associated with a project code or a business unit. The number of message transport servers replicates the number of messages. The number of messages is transmitted to a message transport server in the number of message transport servers. The message transport server receiving the number of messages replicates the number of messages to each message transport server. The number of license management servers has a number of license management services configured to listen for updates from the number of message transport servers. The updates are the number of messages replicated across the number of message transport servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Richard Jesse Dickson
  • Publication number: 20170149746
    Abstract: The different advantageous embodiments provide a system for managing license utilization comprising a client system, a number of message transport servers, and a number of license management servers. The client system is configured to generate a number of messages having information about usage associated with a project code or a business unit. The number of message transport servers replicates the number of messages. The number of messages is transmitted to a message transport server in the number of message transport servers. The message transport server receiving the number of messages replicates the number of messages to each message transport server. The number of license management servers has a number of license management services configured to listen for updates from the number of message transport servers. The updates are the number of messages replicated across the number of message transport servers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Richard Jesse Dickson
  • Patent number: 9563751
    Abstract: The different advantageous embodiments provide a system for managing license utilization comprising a client system, a number of message transport servers, and a number of license management servers. The client system is configured to generate a number of messages having information about usage associated with a project code or a business unit. The number of message transport servers replicates the number of messages. The number of messages is transmitted to a message transport server in the number of message transport servers. The message transport server receiving the number of messages replicates the number of messages to each message transport server. The number of license management servers has a number of license management services configured to listen for updates from the number of message transport servers. The updates are the number of messages replicated across the number of message transport servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Richard Jesse Dickson
  • Patent number: 8769299
    Abstract: The different advantageous embodiments provide a system for managing license usage comprising a license management interface and a number of storage devices. The license management interface is configured to control access to a number of applications. The number of applications is associated with a number of licenses. The number of storage devices has a number of files needed to run the number of applications. The number of storage devices is configured to be managed by the license management interface to distribute the number of files to a number of client systems approved to run the number of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Richard Jesse Dickson