Patents by Inventor Thomas Derrick Jollands

Thomas Derrick Jollands 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).

  • Operating system installation
    Patent number: 6292941
    Abstract: The invention relates to the installation of an operating system at a local computer connected or connectable to a remote management computer. To do this a standard operating system is provided on a storage medium at the local computer. Then a modular definition of an operating system model, defining a customised configuration of the standard operating system, is supplied from a memory at the management computer to the local computer. The standard installation of the operating system to a memory of the local computer is performed using the standard operating system on the storage medium and, in addition, this is customized using the model. The use of a modular definition of a model of a customized operating system installation facilitates the maintenance of the customized installation procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Derrick Jollands