Patents by Inventor Vern T Rhead

Vern T Rhead 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 allocating on-demand resources using a connection manager
    Patent number: 8140693
    Abstract: A method and system provide a user-friendly mechanism that allows the user to access remote on-demand resources through a network only when the resources are required. These on-demand resources are accessed using a connection manager that is enabled on a client when, for example, the user moves a mouse cursor to an active edge of the client computer screen. Once enabled, the connection manager allows the user access to any on-demand resources to which the user has authorization. These on-demand resources can be freed from the user when they are no longer needed, so that these resources can be used by other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Byron A. Alcorn, Jeffrey Joel Walls, Vern T Rhead
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALLOCATING ON-DEMAND RESOURCES USING A CONNECTION MANAGER
    Publication number: 20090287834
    Abstract: A method and system provide a user-friendly mechanism that allows the user to access remote on-demand resources through a network only when the resources are required. These on-demand resources are accessed using a connection manager that is enabled on a client when, for example, the user moves a mouse cursor to an active edge of the client computer screen. Once enabled, the connection manager allows the user access to any on-demand resources to which the user has authorization. These on-demand resources can be freed from the user when they are no longer needed, so that these resources can be used by other users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: Byron A. Alcorn, Jeffrey Joel Walls, Vern T. Rhead