Patents by Inventor Jeffrey M. Saathoff

Jeffrey M. Saathoff 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 system for synchronizing data shared among peer computing devices
    Patent number: 7743022
    Abstract: Disclosed is a data synchronization service for use in a peer-to-peer computing environment. Selected data objects are copied onto selected computing devices. A service running on each device monitors data objects for changes. When a change is detected, the service sends a change notification to the other devices so that they can update their copies of the data object. A user can access a data object from any device, knowing that he will retrieve the latest version of the data object. Instead of incurring the costs of storing a large file on every device, a user “ghosts” the file on some devices. A ghosting device stores only metadata about the file rather than the entire file. The user accesses the file through the ghost: access requests are sent to a device that holds the actual contents, and those contents are presented to the user as if they were stored locally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shaun A. Kaasten, Jason F. Moore, Balan Sethu Raman, Chris J. Guzak, David A. Orbits, Sudarshan A. Chitre, Eric R. Flo, Jeffrey M. Saathoff
  • Method and system for synchronizing data shared among peer computing devices
    Publication number: 20040172423
    Abstract: Disclosed is a data synchronization service for use in a peer-to-peer computing environment. Selected data objects are copied onto selected computing devices. A service running on each device monitors data objects for changes. When a change is detected, the service sends a change notification to the other devices so that they can update their copies of the data object. A user can access a data object from any device, knowing that he will retrieve the latest version of the data object. Instead of incurring the costs of storing a large file on every device, a user “ghosts” the file on some devices. A ghosting device stores only metadata about the file rather than the entire file. The user accesses the file through the ghost: access requests are sent to a device that holds the actual contents, and those contents are presented to the user as if they were stored locally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shaun A. Kaasten, Jason F. Moore, Balan Sethu Raman, Chris J. Guzak, David A. Orbits, Sudarshan A. Chitre, Eric R. Flo, Jeffrey M. Saathoff