Patents by Inventor Silas Andrew Smith

Silas Andrew Smith 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).

  • Discovery and management of devices
    Patent number: 11336531
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a computational instance managing a managed network of computing devices, some communicating by proprietary protocol, and comprising a database storing representations of the computing devices and one or more sets of program logic configured to support the proprietary protocol, as well as one or more server devices configured to: receive, from an edge gateway software application, a request identifying a particular computing device on the managed network that communicates by the proprietary protocol; based on this request, select a set of the program logic configured to support the proprietary protocol; transmit a representation of the program logic, receipt of which is configured to cause the edge gateway software application to execute the set of program logic and obtain thereby configuration and state information from the particular computing device; receive, from the edge gateway software application, the configuration and state information; and store the configuration and state inf
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Mather Barnard, Silas Andrew Smith, William Michael Lisac, Jerrold Henry Jones, Jonathan Sparks
  • Discovery and Management of Devices
    Publication number: 20210160145
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a computational instance managing a managed network of computing devices, some communicating by proprietary protocol, and comprising a database storing representations of the computing devices and one or more sets of program logic configured to support the proprietary protocol, as well as one or more server devices configured to: receive, from an edge gateway software application, a request identifying a particular computing device on the managed network that communicates by the proprietary protocol; based on this request, select a set of the program logic configured to support the proprietary protocol; transmit a representation of the program logic, receipt of which is configured to cause the edge gateway software application to execute the set of program logic and obtain thereby configuration and state information from the particular computing device; receive, from the edge gateway software application, the configuration and state information; and store the configuration and state inf
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Bryan Mather Barnard, Silas Andrew Smith, William Michael Lisac, Jerrold Henry Jones, Jonathan Sparks
  • Discovery and management of devices
    Patent number: 10938663
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a computational instance managing a managed network of computing devices, some communicating by proprietary protocol, and comprising a database storing representations of the computing devices and one or more sets of program logic configured to support the proprietary protocol, as well as one or more server devices configured to: receive, from an edge gateway software application, a request identifying a particular computing device on the managed network that communicates by the proprietary protocol; based on this request, select a set of the program logic configured to support the proprietary protocol; transmit a representation of the program logic, receipt of which is configured to cause the edge gateway software application to execute the set of program logic and obtain thereby configuration and state information from the particular computing device; receive, from the edge gateway software application, the configuration and state information; and store the configuration and state inf
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Mather Barnard, Silas Andrew Smith, William Michael Lisac, Jerrold Henry Jones, Jonathan Sparks
  • Discovery and Management of Devices
    Publication number: 20190342179
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a computational instance managing a managed network of computing devices, some communicating by proprietary protocol, and comprising a database storing representations of the computing devices and one or more sets of program logic configured to support the proprietary protocol, as well as one or more server devices configured to: receive, from an edge gateway software application, a request identifying a particular computing device on the managed network that communicates by the proprietary protocol; based on this request, select a set of the program logic configured to support the proprietary protocol; transmit a representation of the program logic, receipt of which is configured to cause the edge gateway software application to execute the set of program logic and obtain thereby configuration and state information from the particular computing device; receive, from the edge gateway software application, the configuration and state information; and store the configuration and state inf
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Bryan Mather Barnard, Silas Andrew Smith, William Michael Lisac, Jerrold Henry Jones, Jonathan Sparks