Patents by Inventor Kirk Soluk

Kirk Soluk 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 apparatus for configuring a server
    Patent number: 7620704
    Abstract: A process identifies one or more roles associated with a target server. The process also identifies one or more services associated with each role and identifies one or more ports associated with each role. The identified ports associated with the role are presented to a user. The user is requested to select among the identified ports associated with the role.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kirk Soluk, Everett McKay, Hitesh Raigandhi, Yang Gao, Praerit Garg
  • Method and apparatus for configuring servers
    Patent number: 7454483
    Abstract: A process determines a role that a target server will perform. The process also identifies at least one security policy associated with the role. The target server is then configured to implement the identified security policies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kirk Soluk, Praerit Garg, Vishnu A. Patankar, Jin Huang, Xiaohong Wu
  • Method and apparatus for configuring a server using a knowledge base that defines multiple server roles
    Patent number: 7231377
    Abstract: A process identifies multiple server roles and stores the server roles in a knowledge base. For each of the multiple server roles, the process identifies at least one service used by the server role, at least one communication port used by the server role, and any web-related requirements of the server role. This identified information regarding each of the server roles is stored in the knowledge base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kirk Soluk, Vishnu A. Patankar, Hitesh Raigandhi, Nick Finco
  • Method and apparatus for configuring a server
    Publication number: 20060168152
    Abstract: A process identifies one or more roles associated with a target server. The process also identifies one or more services associated with each role and identifies one or more ports associated with each role. The identified ports associated with the role are presented to a user. The user is requested to select among the identified ports associated with the role.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Kirk Soluk, Everett McKay, Hitesh Raigandhi, Yang Gao, Praerit Garg
  • Method and apparatus for configuring servers
    Publication number: 20040230639
    Abstract: A process determines a role that a target server will perform. The process also identifies at least one security policy associated with the role. The target server is then configured to implement the identified security policies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kirk Soluk, Praerit Garg, Vishnu A. Patankar, Jin Huang, Xiaohong Wu
  • Method and apparatus for configuring a server using a knowledge base that defines multiple server roles
    Publication number: 20040220894
    Abstract: process identifies multiple server roles and stores the server roles in a knowledge base. For each of the multiple server roles, the process identifies at least one service used by the server role, at least one communication port used by the server role, and any web-related requirements of the server role. This identified information regarding each of the server roles is stored in the knowledge base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kirk Soluk, Vishnu Patankar, Hitesh Raigandhi, Nick Finco