Patents by Inventor Eric Louis Zager

Eric Louis Zager 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).

  • Patent number: 8549129
    Abstract: Migrating services and clients from a legacy topology to a new topology. A method includes receiving user input selecting a first client managed by a first configuration management system to migrate to a second configuration management system. Dependencies of the first client are determined, including determining services on which the first client depends to function in a topology. The dependencies of the first client including services and their data on which the first client depends to function in a topology are migrated to a second configuration management system or an administrator is alerted to the dependencies of the first client including services and their data on which the first client depends to function in a topology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Louis Zager, Miho Urabe, Leyu Feng, Huajun Luo, Jun Ma, Yanfeng Cui, Jeroen van Eesteren, David C. James
  • Publication number: 20120089711
    Abstract: Migrating services and clients from a legacy topology to a new topology. A method includes receiving user input selecting a first client managed by a first configuration management system to migrate to a second configuration management system. Dependencies of the first client are determined, including determining services on which the first client depends to function in a topology. The dependencies of the first client including services and their data on which the first client depends to function in a topology are migrated to a second configuration management system or an administrator is alerted to the dependencies of the first client including services and their data on which the first client depends to function in a topology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Louis Zager, Miho Urabe, Leyu Feng, Huajun Luo, Jun Ma, Yanfeng Cui, Jeroen van Eesteren, David C. James
  • Patent number: 6011578
    Abstract: A system and apparatus for collecting response data. A response unit is provided having a dial, keypad, and a biconditional response mechanism. The response unit operates in two modes, a dial mode and a keypad mode. Mode is determined by the power supplied to the response unit. If the power supply supplies a first voltage, the response unit will be in one mode, and if the power supply supplies a second voltage, the response unit will be in a second mode. In dial mode, the keypad is inactive. The response unit sources a voltage along a continuum based on the positioning of the dial. The biconditional response mechanism may also be active and when activated, causes the response unit to source an analog voltage outside the dial's continuum. In keypad mode, the dial is inactive, and each key of the keypad is associated with a unique voltage within a voltage range such that pressing a key causes the associated voltage to be sourced by the response unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Consumer Dynamics LLC
    Inventors: Billy Wayne Shatto, Eric Louis Zager, David P. Castler