Patents by Inventor Stuart H Schaefer

Stuart H Schaefer 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: 10284375
    Abstract: Techniques for a trust service for a client device are described. In various implementations, a trust service is implemented remotely from a client device and provides various trust-related functions to the client device. According to various implementations, communication between a client device and a remote trust service is authenticated by a client identifier (ID) that is maintained by both the client device and the remote trust service. In at least some implementations, the client ID is stored on a location of the client device that is protected from access by (e.g., is inaccessible to) device components such as an operating system, applications, and so forth. Thus, the client ID may be utilized to generate signatures to authenticate communications between the client device and the remote trust service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Stefan Thom, Ronald Aigner, Dennis J. Mattoon, Stuart H. Schaefer, Merzin Kapadia, Robert Karl Spiger, David R. Wooten, Paul England
  • Patent number: 10212156
    Abstract: Techniques for utilizing a trusted platform module of a host device are described. According to various embodiments, a client device that does not include a trusted platform module (TPM) may leverage a TPM of a host device to provide trust services to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Stefan Thom, Ronald Aigner, Merzin Kapadia, Stuart H. Schaefer, Robert Karl Spiger
  • Publication number: 20180131690
    Abstract: Techniques for utilizing a trusted platform module of a host device are described. According to various embodiments, a client device that does not include a trusted platform module (TPM) may leverage a TPM of a host device to provide trust services to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Stefan Thom, Ronald Aigner, Merzin Kapadia, Stuart H. Schaefer, Robert Karl Spiger
  • Publication number: 20180131523
    Abstract: Techniques for a trust service for a client device are described. In various implementations, a trust service is implemented remotely from a client device and provides various trust-related functions to the client device. According to various implementations, communication between a client device and a remote trust service is authenticated by a client identifier (ID) that is maintained by both the client device and the remote trust service. In at least some implementations, the client ID is stored on a location of the client device that is protected from access by (e.g., is inaccessible to) device components such as an operating system, applications, and so forth. Thus, the client ID may be utilized to generate signatures to authenticate communications between the client device and the remote trust service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Stefan Thom, Ronald Aigner, Dennis J. Mattoon, Stuart H. Schaefer, Merzin Kapadia, Robert Karl Spiger, David R. Wooten, Paul England
  • Patent number: 9742762
    Abstract: Techniques for utilizing a trusted platform module of a host device are described. According to various embodiments, a client device that does not include a trusted platform module (TPM) may leverage a TPM of a host device to provide trust services to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Stefan Thom, Ronald Aigner, Merzin Kapadia, Stuart H. Schaefer, Robert Karl Spiger
  • Patent number: 9735968
    Abstract: Techniques for a trust service for a client device are described. In various implementations, a trust service is implemented remotely from a client device and provides various trust-related functions to the client device. According to various implementations, communication between a client device and a remote trust service is authenticated by a client identifier (ID) that is maintained by both the client device and the remote trust service. In at least some implementations, the client ID is stored on a location of the client device that is protected from access by (e.g., is inaccessible to) device components such as an operating system, applications, and so forth. Thus, the client ID may be utilized to generate signatures to authenticate communications between the client device and the remote trust service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Stefan Thom, Ronald Aigner, Dennis J. Mattoon, Stuart H. Schaefer, Merzin Kapadia, Robert Karl Spiger, David R. Wooten, Paul England
  • Publication number: 20160156621
    Abstract: Techniques for utilizing a trusted platform module of a host device are described. According to various embodiments, a client device that does not include a trusted platform module (TPM) may leverage a TPM of a host device to provide trust services to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Stefan Thom, Ronald Aigner, Merzin Kapadia, Stuart H. Schaefer, Robert Karl Spiger
  • Publication number: 20160112203
    Abstract: Techniques for a trust service for a client device are described. In various implementations, a trust service is implemented remotely from a client device and provides various trust-related functions to the client device. According to various implementations, communication between a client device and a remote trust service is authenticated by a client identifier (ID) that is maintained by both the client device and the remote trust service. In at least some implementations, the client ID is stored on a location of the client device that is protected from access by (e.g., is inaccessible to) device components such as an operating system, applications, and so forth. Thus, the client ID may be utilized to generate signatures to authenticate communications between the client device and the remote trust service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Stefan Thom, Ronald Aigner, Dennis J. Mattoon, Stuart H. Schaefer, Merzin Kapadia, Robert Karl Spiger, David R. Wooten, Paul England
  • Patent number: 9239740
    Abstract: Partitioning execution of a program between a client device and a cloud of network resources, exploits the asymmetry between the computational and storage resources of the cloud and the resources and proximity of the client access device to a user. Programs may be decomposed into work units. Those work units may be profiled to determine execution characteristics, modeled based on current state information and the profile, and a model performance metric (MPM) generated. Based on the MPM, work units may be partitioned between the client and the cloud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Feng Zhao, Jeff Mendenhall, Eric Bahna, Dennis B. Gannon, Stuart H. Schaefer
  • Patent number: 8856333
    Abstract: Deployment and execution of a service in a multiple datacenter environment may be facilitated using datacenter execution templates. Developers, business managers, and other interested parties may select and/or modify a declarative execution template embodying multiple factors. The execution template may then be used to generate an execution plan, which is then executed by datacenters which run the service. The execution template may be optimized after deployment of the service, allowing for ongoing adjustment in response to changing business, regulatory, and operational factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin G. Zorn, Jeffrey T Cohen, Dennis B. Gannon, Emre M. Kiciman, George M. Moore, Stuart H. Schaefer
  • Patent number: 8291438
    Abstract: Procedures for printing virtualized applications are discussed. In implementations, a spooler is associated with an established virtual environment including a virtualized application. The spooler may be associated by making a native spooler, installed on a computing system aware of the virtual environment. In other implementations, the spooler may be virtualized such as by including an instance of a spooler in the virtual environment. A printer driver may be virtualized for use in print virtual application output. Virtualizing printer drivers may allow virtual applications to access and use printer and/or software resources without installing the resource on the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: John M Sheehan, Cread W Mefford, Stuart H Schaefer, Jeffrey J Bromberger
  • Publication number: 20100318999
    Abstract: Partitioning execution of a program between a client device and a cloud of network resources, exploits the asymmetry between the computational and storage resources of the cloud and the resources and proximity of the client access device to a user. Programs may be decomposed into work units. Those work units may be profiled to determine execution characteristics, modeled based on current state information and the profile, and a model performance metric (MPM) generated. Based on the MPM, work units may be partitioned between the client and the cloud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Feng Zhao, Jeff Mendenhall, Eric Bahna, Dennis B. Gannon, Stuart H. Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20100318658
    Abstract: Deployment and execution of a service in a multiple datacenter environment may be facilitated using datacenter execution templates. Developers, business managers, and other interested parties may select and/or modify a declarative execution template embodying multiple factors. The execution template may then be used to generate an execution plan, which is then executed by datacenters which run the service. The execution template may be optimized after deployment of the service, allowing for ongoing adjustment in response to changing business, regulatory, and operational factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin G. Zorn, Jeffrey T. Cohen, Dennis B. Gannon, Emre M. Kiciman, George M. Moore, Stuart H. Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20100318454
    Abstract: An exemplary matching module includes instructions for receipt of information about sellable resources for running web-based services; for a solver for minimizing or maximizing a function subject to constraints; and for output of cost information for purchasing or buying sellable resources for running web-based services where the cost information is based at least in part on minimizing or maximizing the function. An exemplary matching module may be configured to receive information in a domain-specific language. Other methods, devices and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Heather E. Warncke, Eric Bahna, John D. Dunagan, Stuart H. Schaefer, Dennis B. Gannon, Burton J. Smith, David Gauthier, Ferg Zhao, Patrick J. Helland
  • Publication number: 20090007151
    Abstract: Procedures for printing virtualized applications are discussed. In implementations, a spooler is associated with an established virtual environment including a virtualized application. The spooler may be associated by making a native spooler, installed on a computing system aware of the virtual environment. In other implementations, the spooler may be virtualized such as by including an instance of a spooler in the virtual environment. A printer driver may be virtualized for use in print virtual application output. Virtualizing printer drivers may allow virtual applications to access and use printer and/or software resources without installing the resource on the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: John M. Sheehan, Cread W. Mefford, Stuart H. Schaefer, Jeffrey J. Bromberger