Patents by Inventor Stanley Allen Smith

Stanley Allen 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).

  • Method and system for capturing and storing system changes for application to multiple users and systems in a heterogeneous server environment
    Patent number: 6823376
    Abstract: A method and system for capturing and storing system changes for application to multiple users and systems in a heterogeneous server environment is provided. A data processing system is initialized for a capture of an initial state of the data processing system. The data processing system is modified. The modified state of the data processing system is captured. The differences between the initial state and the modified state are stored as a set of configuration parameters in a depository, and the set of configuration parameters may be used to manage configurability of a data processing system within the distributed data processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Randall M. George, Brian Keith Howe, Stanley Allen Smith