Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Brough

Thomas J. Brough 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).

  • Computing environment failover in a branch office environment
    Patent number: 7287083
    Abstract: A computer system accesses a list of connections. The list of connections identifies computers, protocols, and/or types of connections that can be used. The computer system attempts to establish a connection to a server. While establishing the connection, the computer system can store a user's credential. If the connection to the server fails, the computer system attempts to access a connection from the list, and uses the stored user credential (if it exists) to authenticate the user on the new connection without requesting the credential anew from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyrt V. Nay, Thomas J. Brough, Scott A. Isaacson, Robert Wipfel