Patents by Inventor Rick G. Malone

Rick G. Malone 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 and apparatus for restoring an information handling system to a previous software state
    Publication number: 20040243998
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for restoring the software image of a customer information handling system (IHS) to the same software image it had when it left the factory or other software installation facility. The customer IHS enters a re-imaging mode wherein it requests a software download server to recreate the software image originally shipped with that particular IHS. Once the replacement software image is created, the customer IHS downloads the replacement software image to the media drive of the customer IHS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Mark A. Collins, Darryl J. Konopka, Robert Hunter Robertson, Rick G. Malone, William Hoi Ching Wong