Dean A Nelson

US Patent:

6553422, Apr 22, 2003

Filed:

Apr 26, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/299832

Inventors:

Dean S. Nelson - Meridian ID

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Co., L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G06F 1516

US Classification:

709227, 709225, 709229, 709217, 713201

Abstract:

A method for enabling a remote processor to control a device coupled to a local processor, where the local processor is coupled to a computer network and a firewall is operatively interposed between the local processor and the computer network. The firewall routes messages from the local processor to the computer network, and only when authorized, routes messages from the computer network to the local processor. The local processor initiates communication with the remote processor, authorizes the firewall to pass a message from the remote processor to the local processor, and executes commands to manage the device as indicated in the message from the remote processor. The exchange of messages is continued when the message from the remote processor directs the local processor to send a next message to the remote processor. A reverse HTTP connection is established when the messages received from the remote processor are requests, and the messages sent to the remote processor are responses.

US Patent:

20020188608, Dec 12, 2002

Filed:

Jun 12, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/880321

Inventors:

Dean Nelson - Meridian ID, US
James Clough - Meridian ID, US

International Classification:

G06F009/44
G06F017/30

US Classification:

707/010000

Abstract:

A computing system is configured to identify product attributes, including components, associated with a product and to resolve the attributes to determine licensing dependencies for the product. In another embodiment, the licensing dependencies are resolved with other product attributes to identify a potential license for the product.

US Patent:

20030005092, Jan 2, 2003

Filed:

Jun 28, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/896711

Inventors:

Dean Nelson - Meridian ID, US
James Clough - Meridian ID, US
Douglas Wiegley - Santa Clara CA, US

International Classification:

G06F015/16
G06F015/177

US Classification:

709/220000, 709/203000

Abstract:

A method for locating and recovering network-connected devices includes the steps of: employing one or more discovery techniques to discover devices on the Internet or on an Internet-connected computer network; acquiring identifiers of discovered devices; storing information pertaining to the discovered devices in a discovery database; accessing a database of information pertaining to devices of interest; comparing the identifiers to the database of information to identify devices of interest among the discovered devices; tracing network addresses of the identified devices of interest; and providing information pertaining to the identified devices of interest and/or the discovered devices to a party of interest. In a preferred embodiment, the network addresses of the identified devices of interest are traced through an Internet Service Provider (ISP). The party of interest is, for example, a law enforcement agency or a purchaser of market research data.

US Patent:

20030046535, Mar 6, 2003

Filed:

Sep 6, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/947831

Inventors:

Dean Nelson - Meridian ID, US

International Classification:

H04L009/00

US Classification:

713/155000

Abstract:

The present disclosure relates to a system and method for authenticating use of a network appliance. In some arrangements, the system and method involve receiving a use request from a user, forwarding the request to an authentication agent configured to determine whether the user is authorized to use the network appliance, receiving an indication from the authentication agent as to whether the user is authorized, and enabling or disabling use of the network appliance by the user based upon the indication received from the authentication agent.

US Patent:

20030128384, Jul 10, 2003

Filed:

Jan 4, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/039198

Inventors:

Dean Nelson - Meridian ID, US
Janine Helms - Boise ID, US

International Classification:

B41J001/00
G06F015/00

US Classification:

358/001150

Abstract:

Systems and methods of a load-balancing print server system are disclosed. A representative load-balancing print server system of the present invention includes a primary print server. The primary print server is configured receive printing request data corresponding to a printing request and determine if the primary print server is able to process the printing request data. The primary print server also is configured to communicatively couple with another print server and transmit print queue data to another print server. Additionally, the primary print server is configured to transmit secondary destination print data to the source of the primary request data indicating that the source is to transmit the information corresponding to the print task to another print server.

US Patent:

20070115846, May 24, 2007

Filed:

Nov 1, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/263732

Inventors:

Sheridan Kooyers - Star ID, US
Dean Nelson - Meridian ID, US

International Classification:

H04J 1/16

US Classification:

370252000, 370465000

Abstract:

A method and system for controlling data throughput in a network connecting two sites in which mixed communication protocols are employed, and in which the inter-site communication protocol is different than the intra-site communication protocol. A series of PING source messages are sent from a source storage device to a destination storage device via a network link. PING response messages, from the destination storage device via the network link, indicating receipt of each of the PING source messages are received and sampled. Round trip PING times for each of the PING source messages and corresponding PING response messages are determined and then sorted to separate PING timing data sampled when the network link was idle from PING timing data sampled when the network link was in use. The difference between the sampled idle PING timing data and the sampled busy PING timing data is calculated to obtain a delta PING time. The number of transmission resources associated with the source storage device is then adjusted as a function of the value of the delta PING time and of a current inter-site transmission retry rate to reduce contention for transmission resources on the intra-site link.