Patents by Inventor Jorg T. Pfenning

Jorg T. Pfenning 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).

  • Model-based management of computer systems and distributed applications
    Patent number: 7103874
    Abstract: Model-based application management architecture. A developer can describe an application or service in terms of its constituent components. Desired states can be described in terms of functionality, configuration, security, and performance. The description is employed at application installation to configure management services, which services help to ensure availability of the application through automatic management actions, such as configuration management, problem detection, diagnosis, and recovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond W. McCollum, Radu R. Palanca, Jorg T. Pfenning, Alexander M. Sutton, Mark R. Brown