Patents by Inventor Peter John Richards

Peter John Richards 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).

  • Publication number: 20230396497
    Abstract: This document relates to a process for supporting the management of a variety of types of deployed devices. Administrators utilizing enterprise services can provide generic configuration data using configuration templates, which can be provided to a management server. The management server can then precompute device-specific configuration settings and resolve any conflicts that may arise based on the configuration templates. The configuration templates can also include placeholders for secret values, and once a managed device checks in to the management server, the secret values can be retrieved from an applicable enterprise service and provided to the managed device at the time of applying the configuration template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Peter John Richards, Sean Anderson Bowles, Haipeng Li, Peter J. Kaufman, Shayak Lahiri, Brian Stuart Perlman, Venkata Raghuram Pampana, Dhruma Kishan Parikh, Manoj Jain
  • Patent number: 11816452
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing enterprise-level application content customization are described herein. A method includes executing an enterprise application (from a suite of enterprise applications that are utilized by the enterprise) on a remote computing system operated by an enterprise administrator. The method includes surfacing a content customization UI on a display device of the remote computing system during execution of the enterprise application. The content customization UI includes UI elements that enable the specification of parameters for providing enterprise-specific customized content during execution of enterprise application(s) from the suite of enterprise applications on remote computing system(s) operated by enterprise user(s). The method also includes receiving, via the content customization UI, user input including the specification of parameters and generating the customized content based on the specified parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.
    Inventors: Jesse H. Stein, Brian H. Burks, Lu Han, Shilpi Sinha, Antoine Haas, Gaurav Bindlish, Srinivasa Raghavan Santhanam, Harish Jayanti, Brent E. Ford, Cristian M. Matesan, Willis Fung, Sarvesh Surana, Ling-Ya Huang, Magdalena Dakeva, Peter John Richards, Fengna Gu, Andrew N. Dwersteg, Julio Cesar Gutierrez, Abhishek Mondal, William P. Dinkuhn, Shiyuan Zhao, Jonathan I. Reyes Spezzia, Woo Ram Lee, Aayushi Chowdhary, Conner Brennick, Khushi Hitendra Patel, Michael J. Krejcik, Amber Jerica McRae
  • Publication number: 20230315398
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing enterprise-level application content customization are described herein. A method includes executing an enterprise application (from a suite of enterprise applications that are utilized by the enterprise) on a remote computing system operated by an enterprise administrator. The method includes surfacing a content customization UI on a display device of the remote computing system during execution of the enterprise application. The content customization UI includes UI elements that enable the specification of parameters for providing enterprise-specific customized content during execution of enterprise application(s) from the suite of enterprise applications on remote computing system(s) operated by enterprise user(s). The method also includes receiving, via the content customization UI, user input including the specification of parameters and generating the customized content based on the specified parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jesse H. STEIN, Brian H. BURKS, Lu HAN, Shilpi SINHA, Antoine HAAS, Gaurav BINDLISH, Srinivasa Raghavan SANTHANAM, Harish JAYANTI, Brent E. FORD, Cristian M. MATESAN, Willis FUNG, Sarvesh SURANA, Ling-Ya HUANG, Magdalena DAKEVA, Peter John RICHARDS, Fengna GU, Andrew N. DWERSTEG, Julio Cesar GUTIERREZ, Abhishek MONDAL, William P. DINKUHN, Shiyuan ZHAO, Jonathan I. REYES SPEZZIA, Woo Ram LEE, Aayushi CHOWDHARY, Conner BRENNICK, Khushi Hitendra PATEL, Michael J. KREJCIK, Amber Jerica MCRAE
  • Patent number: 11770300
    Abstract: This document relates to a process for supporting the management of a variety of types of deployed devices. Administrators utilizing enterprise services can provide generic configuration data using configuration templates, which can be provided to a management server. The management server can then precompute device-specific configuration settings and resolve any conflicts that may arise based on the configuration templates. The configuration templates can also include placeholders for secret values, and once a managed device checks in to the management server, the secret values can be retrieved from an applicable enterprise service and provided to the managed device at the time of applying the configuration template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Peter John Richards, Sean Anderson Bowles, Haipeng Li, Peter J. Kaufman, Shayak Lahiri, Brian Stuart Perlman, Venkata Raghuram Pampana, Dhruma Kishan Parikh, Manoj Jain
  • Patent number: 11579672
    Abstract: The disclosed computing device may include electronic components, at least one of which is a processor. The computing device may also include a heat sink thermally coupled to the electronic components, as well as a temperature sensor that determines the current temperature inside the computing device. The computing device may further include a controller. The processor may generate a load schedule for the electronic components based on the current temperature inside the computing device. This load schedule ensures that a maximum temperature for the heat sink is not exceeded even when the total system power load exceeds, for a short period of time, the maximum sustainable power level the heat sink can dissipate. The controller may then load the electronic components according to the generated load schedule. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard William Winter, Chuankeat Kho, Peter John Richard Gilbert Bracewell
  • Publication number: 20230006880
    Abstract: Systems and methods providing a local edge authority platform that enables localized control of managed devices with selective cloud and occasional cloud connectivity are provided. The method includes receiving first configuration instructions from a first configuration authority for configuring a managed device; receiving second configuration instructions from a second configuration authority for configuring the managed device, wherein the first configuration authority is different than the second configuration authority; determining a conflict exists between the first configuration instructions and the second configuration instructions; resolving the conflict; and configuring the managed device based on the resolved conflict.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Peter J. KAUFMAN, Feng YUE, Shayak LAHIRI, Sarah Eleni COOLEY, Shrivaths Rajagopalan IYENGAR, Matthew Wayman REYNOLDS, Anshul AGRAWAL, Joannier Pinales HEVIA, Nathan Jeffrey IDE, Peter John RICHARDS, Jeffrey Scott PINKSTON
  • Publication number: 20220247636
    Abstract: This document relates to a process for supporting the management of a variety of types of deployed devices. Administrators utilizing enterprise services can provide generic configuration data using configuration templates, which can be provided to a management server. The management server can then precompute device-specific configuration settings and resolve any conflicts that may arise based on the configuration templates. The configuration templates can also include placeholders for secret values, and once a managed device checks in to the management server, the secret values can be retrieved from an applicable enterprise service and provided to the managed device at the time of applying the configuration template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Peter John Richards, Sean Anderson Bowles, Haipeng Li, Peter J. Kaufman, Shayak Lahiri, Brian Stuart Perlman, Venkata Raghuram Pampana, Dhruma Kishan Parikh, Manoj Jain
  • Patent number: 11343148
    Abstract: This document relates to a process for supporting the management of a variety of types of deployed devices. Administrators utilizing enterprise services can provide generic configuration data using configuration templates, which can be provided to a management server. The management server can then precompute device-specific configuration settings and resolve any conflicts that may arise based on the configuration templates. The configuration templates can also include placeholders for secret values, and once a managed device checks in to the management server, the secret values can be retrieved from an applicable enterprise service and provided to the managed device at the time of applying the configuration template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Peter John Richards, Sean Anderson Bowles, Haipeng Li, Peter J. Kaufman, Shayak Lahiri, Brian Stuart Perlman, Venkata Raghuram Pampana, Dhruma Kishan Parikh, Manoj Jain
  • Patent number: 11199885
    Abstract: The disclosed computing device may include electronic components, at least one of which is a processor. The computing device may also include a heat sink thermally coupled to the electronic components, as well as a temperature sensor that determines the current temperature inside the computing device. The computing device may further include a controller. The processor may generate a load schedule for the electronic components based on the current temperature inside the computing device. This load schedule ensures that a maximum temperature for the heat sink is not exceeded even when the total system power load exceeds, for a short period of time, the maximum sustainable power level the heat sink can dissipate. The controller may then load the electronic components according to the generated load schedule. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard William Winter, ChuanKeat Kho, Peter John Richard Gilbert Bracewell
  • Publication number: 20210281481
    Abstract: This document relates to a process for supporting the management of a variety of types of deployed devices. Administrators utilizing enterprise services can provide generic configuration data using configuration templates, which can be provided to a management server. The management server can then precompute device-specific configuration settings and resolve any conflicts that may arise based on the configuration templates. The configuration templates can also include placeholders for secret values, and once a managed device checks in to the management server, the secret values can be retrieved from an applicable enterprise service and provided to the managed device at the time of applying the configuration template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Peter John Richards, Sean Anderson Bowles, Haipeng Li, Peter J. Kaufman, Shayak Lahiri, Brian Stuart Perlman, Venkata Raghuram Pampana, Dhruma Kishan Parikh, Manoj Jain
  • Patent number: 10873496
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include encoding, by a first computing device, a control message by generating a sequence of network link statuses, monitoring, by a second computing device, the sequence of network link statuses, decoding, by the second computing device, the sequence of network link statuses, and remediating the second computing device based on the control message. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard William Winter, Peter John Richard Gilbert Bracewell, Michael Christopher Van der Westhuizen
  • Patent number: 10845854
    Abstract: The disclosed computing device may include electronic components, at least one of which is a processor. The computing device may also include a heat sink thermally coupled to the electronic components, as well as a temperature sensor that determines the current temperature inside the computing device. The computing device may further include a controller. The processor may generate a load schedule for the electronic components based on the current temperature inside the computing device. This load schedule ensures that a maximum temperature for the heat sink is not exceeded even when the total system power load exceeds, for a short period of time, the maximum sustainable power level the heat sink can dissipate. The controller may then load the electronic components according to the generated load schedule. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard William Winter, ChuanKeat Kho, Peter John Richard Gilbert Bracewell
  • Patent number: 10789188
    Abstract: The disclosed system may include a central processing unit (CPU) interface board including a first standard port and a second standard port, a first peripheral board including a first augmented interface, the first augmented interface including first standard interface control signals and first additional interface control signals based on a first standard communication protocol, and a second peripheral board including a second augmented interface, the second augmented interface including second standard interface control signals and second additional interface control signals, the first standard interface control signals being connected to the first standard port, the second standard interface control signals being connected to the second standard port, and at least one of the first additional interface control signals being connected to a respective at least one of the second additional interface control signals. Various other methods, systems, and apparatus are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard Winter, Peter John Richard Gilbert Bracewell, Oliver Pell
  • Patent number: 10623701
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system that includes a computing device, a presentation system, and a hardware module disposed between the computing device and the presentation system. The hardware module and the computing device each may be configured to exchange a signal that includes media data and emulated input/output (“I/O”) data, audio/visual data (“A/V”); the hardware module may also be configured to supply power to the computing device. The signal and the supplied power may be communicated between the hardware module and the computing device over a single cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter John Richard Gilbert Bracewell, Howard William Winter, Oliver Pell
  • Patent number: 10591106
    Abstract: A display system includes a display device having a wedge base to enable the display device to rest on a horizontal surface or to be mounted to a vertical surface in a number of different mounting configurations. A mounting kit provides parts usable to mount the display device to a wall or door jam in alternative ways. The mounting kit includes several modular parts, where many of the parts are usable in multiple mounting configurations, thereby reducing the number of parts needed for the kit. The mounting configurations include paths for cables to hide them when the display is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Oliver Pell, Peter John Richard Gilbert Bracewell, Chuankeat Kho
  • Publication number: 20190056058
    Abstract: A display system includes a display device having a wedge base to enable the display device to rest on a horizontal surface or to be mounted to a vertical surface in a number of different mounting configurations. A mounting kit provides parts usable to mount the display device to a wall or door jam in alternative ways. The mounting kit includes several modular parts, where many of the parts are usable in multiple mounting configurations, thereby reducing the number of parts needed for the kit. The mounting configurations include paths for cables to hide them when the display is installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Oliver Pell, Peter John Richard Gilbert Bracewell, Chuankeat Kho
  • Patent number: D834573
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Oliver Pell, Peter John Richard Gilbert Bracewell, Chuankeat Kho, Andrea Locatelli