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Steven M. French
Also filed as: FRENCH STEVEN · FRENCH STEVEN M · FRENCH STEVEN MICHAEL
41 granted patents·5 pending applications·1,867 citations·filing 1993–2014
98Inventor score
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46 records- 0198US6636854B2Method and system for augmenting web-indexed search engine results with peer-to-peer search resultsIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 21, 2003·199 cites·15 claims
- 0295US6466972B1Server based configuration of network computers via machine classesIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Oct 15, 2002·267 cites·29 claims
- 0394US6654794B1Method, data processing system and program product that provide an internet-compatible network file system driverIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 25, 2003·121 cites·30 claims
- 0491US7003514B2Method and apparatus for restricting a fan-out search in a peer-to-peer network based on accessibility of nodesIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 21, 2006·62 cites·15 claims
- 0589US7831692B2Method and system for automatically associating an address with a target deviceIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 9, 2010·61 cites·26 claims
- 0689US6684327B1Extensible, flexible, memory efficient technique for network boot without special DHCP/PXE hardwareIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 27, 2004·61 cites·27 claims
- 0788US5503081AAnnular plasma injectorFMC CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Apr 2, 1996·44 cites·10 claims
- 0886US6941518B2Method and system for booting of a target device in a network environment based on a provided administrator topology GUIIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 6, 2005·44 cites·34 claims
- 0985US6988193B2System and method for creating a definition for a target device based on an architecture configuration of the target device at a boot serverIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 17, 2006·53 cites·33 claims
- 1084US6396594B1Method for providing flexible and secure administrator-controlled watermarksIBM·Filed 1999·Granted May 28, 2002·82 cites·22 claims
- 1182US6687820B2System includes a selection manager for remotely managing the selection of an operating system for a target computerIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 3, 2004·33 cites·23 claims
- 1282US6208991B1Dynamic file mapping for network computersIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Mar 27, 2001·129 cites·10 claims
- 1381US9892274B2Accessing and providing access to computer files over a computer networkIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 13, 2018·5 cites·12 claims
- 1481US6748436B1System, method and program for management of users, groups, servers and resources in a heterogeneous network environmentIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 8, 2004·41 cites·21 claims
- 1580US6745241B1Method and system for dynamic addition and removal of multiple network names on a single serverIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 1, 2004·102 cites·5 claims
- 1678US9529809B2Managing log data using a circular fixed size fileIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 27, 2016·5 cites·20 claims
- 1778US7877602B2Transparent aware data transformation at file system level for efficient encryption and integrity validation of network filesIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 25, 2011·8 cites·20 claims
- 1878US7139816B2Method, apparatus, and program for server based network computer load balancing across multiple boot serversIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 21, 2006·26 cites·22 claims
- 1977US6826591B2Flexible result data structure and multi-node logging for a multi-node application systemIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 30, 2004·24 cites·51 claims
- 2076US6401093B1Cross file system caching and synchronizationIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 4, 2002·91 cites·21 claims
- 2175US6981031B2Language independent message management for multi-node application systemsIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 27, 2005·23 cites·18 claims
- 2275US6898701B2Method and system for organized booting of a target device in a network environment by a reservation server based on available boot resourcesIBM·Filed 2001·Granted May 24, 2005·20 cites·37 claims
- 2375US6341312B1Creating and managing persistent connectionsIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Jan 22, 2002·98 cites·21 claims
- 2474US6314428B1Method and apparatus for application management in computer networksIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 6, 2001·48 cites·42 claims
- 2571US8930401B2Accessing and providing access to computer files over a computer networkFRENCH STEVEN M·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 6, 2015·3 cites·22 claims
- 2671US6928538B2Method and system for delayed booting of a target device in a network environmentIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 9, 2005·16 cites·30 claims
- 2768US6845451B1System, method and program for implementing logon assignments and preferences for users in a heterogeneous networkIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 18, 2005·17 cites·21 claims
- 2867US8250063B2Restricting a fan-out search in a peer-to-peer network based on accessibility of nodesDUTTA RABINDRANATH·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 21, 2012·2 cites·12 claims
- 2964US8838916B2Hybrid data storage management taking into account input/output (I/O) priorityCAO MINGMING·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 16, 2014·5 cites·12 claims
- 3064US7631054B2Method and system for generating list of operating systems for a target deviceIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 8, 2009·9 cites·27 claims
- 3164US5564017AProcedure for safely terminating network programs during network logoffIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Oct 8, 1996·39 cites·1 claims
- 3262US5526483AFast network file system running over a hybrid connectionless transportIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Jun 11, 1996·46 cites·24 claims
- 3361US8230023B2Managing email disk usage based on user specified conditionsFRENCH STEVEN M·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 24, 2012·1 cites·9 claims
- 3461US7451141B2Method and apparatus for restricting a fan-out search in a peer-to-peer network based on accessibility of nodesIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 11, 2008·1 cites·3 claims
- 3558US7085826B2Method and system for dynamic addition and removal of multiple network names on a single serverIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 1, 2006·4 cites·14 claims
- 3658US6442685B1Method and system for multiple network names of a single serverIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 27, 2002·39 cites·23 claims
- 3757US8140683B2Method and system for selecting an operating system at user login on a target deviceFRENCH STEVEN M·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 20, 2012·6 cites·20 claims
- 3854US5767439AAnnular plasma injectorUNITED DEFENSE LP·Filed 1995·Granted Jun 16, 1998·14 cites·7 claims
- 3951US8996632B2Managing email disk usage based on user specified conditionsFRENCH STEVEN M·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 31, 2015·0 cites·15 claims
- 4045US5886290AAnnular plasma injectorUNITED DEFENSE LP·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 23, 1999·9 cites·2 claims
- 4144US2008228770A1Method for Performing Recoverable Live Context Migration in a Stacked File SystemHALCROW MICHAEL A·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 4242US2003041167A1Method and system for managing secure geographic boundary resources within a network management frameworkIBM·Filed 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 4342US2003041238A1Method and system for managing resources using geographic location information within a network management frameworkIBM·Filed 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 4442US2003009657A1Method and system for booting of a target device in a network management systemIBM·Filed 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 4540US2008065698A1Method and apparatus for emulating alternate data streams across heterogeneous file systemsFRENCH STEVEN MICHAEL·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 4637US5781738AProcedure for safely terminating network programs during network logoffIBM·Filed 1996·Granted Jul 14, 1998·9 cites·4 claims
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