Patents by Inventor Trent Mark Thomas

Trent Mark Thomas 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 for computer recovery using removable high capacity media
    Patent number: 6317845
    Abstract: A computer recovery system provided on a removable high capacity disk. In the event that a user encounters an abnormal operating condition, the user inserts the removable high capacity disk into the computer and restarts the computer. The computer boots either directly from the removable high capacity disk or from a floppy disk which transfers control to the removable high capacity disk. The removable high capacity disk includes all of the files necessary to load the computer operating system and launch the graphical user interface of the operating system such that the user is provided with a familiar operating environment. The removable high capacity disk also includes a suite of software recovery software which attempt to ascertain and correct the cause of the abnormal operating condition to return the computer system to a normal operating condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Iomega Corporation
    Inventors: George Raymond Meyer, Trent Mark Thomas, Troy Taylor Davidson, Stephen Larry McBride, Stefan A. Teleki
  • System for computer recovery using removable high capacity media
    Patent number: 6170055
    Abstract: A computer recovery system provided on a removable high capacity disk. In the event that a user encounters an abnormal operating condition, the user inserts the removable high capacity disk into the computer and restarts the computer. The computer boots either directly from the removable high capacity disk or from a floppy disk which transfers control to the removable high capacity disk. The removable high capacity disk includes all of the files necessary to load the computer operating system and launch the graphical user interface of the operating system such that the user is provided with a familiar operating environment. The removable high capacity disk also includes a suite of software recovery software which attempt to ascertain and correct the cause of the abnormal operating condition to return the computer system to a normal operating condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Iomega Corporation
    Inventors: George Raymond Meyer, Trent Mark Thomas, Troy Taylor Davidson, Stephen Larry McBride, Stefan A. Teleki