Patents by Inventor William W. Madden

William W. Madden 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 apparatus for installing and executing a single user task in a multi-user environment
    Patent number: 6377971
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for installing and executing a single user application on a multi-user system. The method includes the steps of installing a single user application using the installation program of the application, placing the application initialization data in a predetermined location in data storage, obtaining initialization data corresponding to the single user application from the predetermined location in data storage, copying the initialization data into a user specific initialization data, and executing the single user application using the user specific initialization data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: William W. Madden, Bradley Jay Pedersen, John Richardson