Patents by Inventor William Andrew Oswald

William Andrew Oswald 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).

  • Computer grid access management system
    Patent number: 7937589
    Abstract: An apparatus and program product manage access to a remote computing grid that is not normally accessible to a client. A client computer may communicate with the computing grid via a dropbox configured to receive and distribute data between the client computer and the grid. The connection may remain open while multiple commands are thus communicated to the computing grid, and the identity of the client submitting the commands may be authenticated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William Andrew Oswald, Janice Lynn Pascoe, Paul Emery Schardt, Lance Gordon Thompson
  • COMPUTER GRID ACCESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090183234
    Abstract: An apparatus and program product manage access to a remote computing grid that is not normally accessible to a client. A client computer may communicate with the computing grid via a dropbox configured to receive and distribute data between the client computer and the grid. The connection may remain open while multiple commands are thus communicated to the computing grid, and the identity of the client submitting the commands may be authenticated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William Andrew Oswald, Janice Lynn Pascoe, Paul Emery Schardt, Lance Gordon Thompson
  • Computer grid access management system
    Patent number: 7523317
    Abstract: An apparatus, program product and method for managing access to a remote computing grid that is not normally accessible to a client. A client computer may communicate with the computing grid via a dropbox configured to receive and distribute data between the client computer and the grid. The connection may remain open while multiple commands are thus communicated to the computing grid, and the identity of the client submitting the commands may be authenticated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William Andrew Oswald, Janice Lynn Pascoe, Paul Emery Schardt, Lance Gordon Thompson