Patents by Inventor Ronald Joseph Haugen

Ronald Joseph Haugen 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).

  • Apparatus and method for synchronizing software between computers
    Patent number: 6968550
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for synchronizing software between computers are disclosed. A software fix manager compares a preferred software inventory with a software inventory from a computer that is to be synchronized and, from this comparison, creates a number of software product synchronizations. An update manager uses the software fix list to apply software product synchronizations to the computer. Preferably, the computer can be brought to the same fix level or product level, if desired, as the preferred software inventory through this process. The software fix manager can place synchronizations in a fix list. There can be multiple software product synchronizations per software product, and the synchronizations can be applied to a computer by removing a software product fix or installing a product software fix. The current invention may also be applied to software products themselves, by installing or removing software products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael John Branson, George Francis DeStefano, Ronald Joseph Haugen, Gregory Richard Hintermeister, Gregory Scott Hurlebaus, Erik Duane Lindberg, David Henry Sandifer, Susette Marie Townsend
  • Apparatus and method for synchronizing software between computers
    Publication number: 20040015942
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for synchronizing software between computers are disclosed. A software fix manager compares a preferred software inventory with a software inventory from a computer that is to be synchronized and, from this comparison, creates a number of software product synchronizations. An update manager uses the software fix list to apply software product synchronizations to the computer. Preferably, the computer can be brought to the same fix level or product level, if desired, as the preferred software inventory through this process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Michael John Branson, George Francis DeStefano, Ronald Joseph Haugen, Gregory Richard Hintermeister, Gregory Scott Hurlebaus, Erik Duane Lindberg, David Henry Sandifer, Susette Marie Townsend
  • Apparatus and method for synchronizing software between computers
    Patent number: 6425126
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for synchronizing software between computers are disclosed. A software fix manager compares a preferred software inventory with a software inventory from a computer that is to be synchronized and, from this comparison, creates a number of software product synchronizations. An update manager uses the software fix list to apply software product synchronizations to the computer. Preferably, the computer can be brought to the same fix level or product level, if desired, as the preferred software inventory through this process. The software fix manager can place synchronizations in a fix list. There can be multiple software product synchronizations per software product, and the synchronizations can be applied to a computer by removing a software product fix or installing a product software fix. The current invention may also be applied to software products themselves, by installing or removing software products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael John Branson, George Francis DeStefano, Ronald Joseph Haugen, Gregory Richard Hintermeister, Gregory Scott Hurlebaus, Erik Duane Lindberg, David Henry Sandifer, Susette Marie Townsend