Patents by Inventor Seth Nickell

Seth Nickell 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).

  • System, method, and medium for configuring client computers to operate disconnected from a server computer while using a master instance of the operating system
    Publication number: 20060080385
    Abstract: A computer system comprises a server. The server, in turn, comprises one or more master instances of an operating system (OS). The OS comprises a set of computer program files to operate a computer. The server also includes a version-managing program maintaining the one or more master operating systems. The computer system also includes a number of client computers each of which is configured to operate using one of the one or more master operating systems as read-only files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Applicant: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Blandford, John Dennis, Alexander Larsson, David Malcolm, Mark McLoughlin, Seth Nickell, Havoc Pennington, Brian Stevens, Owen Taylor