Paul Griffiths

Title: Paul Griffiths and Client Discovery

Introduction

Paul Griffiths is an inventor associated with Austin, Texas, and International Business Machines Corporation. His patent describes a method for automatically identifying a networked client computer and creating a corresponding server-side instance. Griffiths is credited with 1 patent.

Latest Patents

The provided patent, “Sending a CD Boot Block to a Client Computer to Gather Client Information and Send It to a Server in Order to Create an Instance for Client Computer,” concerns Client Discovery, a program that builds on a network’s remote-boot capability.

When a client computer first connects to the network and requests an operating system, the server checks whether an instance already exists for that machine. If not, the server sends a CD boot block to the client. The boot block scans the computer to collect available information and may also prompt a user for additional details. It then sends the gathered information to a server log.

The server compares selected information with entries in a template table. When it finds a match, a server program links the client’s MAC address to the matching template, creates an instance for the computer, and saves that instance in server memory. The client then reboots, allowing the server to identify it by its instance and provide the appropriate operating system.

Career Highlights

Griffiths’s documented patent work focuses on automating computer discovery and configuration in network environments. The described approach connects client information gathering, template matching, and instance creation in a remote-boot workflow.

Collaborations

The provided information lists Kenneth Eric Hubacher and Philip Charles Theiller as Griffiths’s coworkers. It does not specify their roles in the patent or describe particular collaborations.

Conclusion

Paul Griffiths’s patent presents a process for identifying networked computers and preparing them to receive the appropriate operating system, with automation intended to simplify client setup.