Patents by Inventor Aaron M. Contorer
Aaron M. Contorer 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).
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Patent number: 7814499Abstract: A system and method for expediting the replication of at least one specified object to a replica in a distributed computer system. A source object of a source replica determines that it has an urgent change to propagate through the distributed system, and informs a replication facility at the source replica of the urgent change. The facility extracts, or is provided with, the change information from that object, and the source replica communicates information representative of the change to a destination replica. A replication facility at the destination replica provides the change information to a destination replica object, which uses the information to make itself consistent with the source replica object.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2005Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Dave D. Straube, Aaron M. Contorer, Arnold S. Miller, Balan S. Raman, Pradyumna K. Misra, Michael R. C. Seaman
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Patent number: 7788678Abstract: A system and method for expediting the replication of at least one specified object to a replica in a distributed computer system. A source object of a source replica determines that it has an urgent change to propagate through the distributed system, and informs a replication facility at the source replica of the urgent change. The facility extracts, or is provided with, the change information from that object, and the source replica communicates information representative of the change to a destination replica. A replication facility at the destination replica provides the change information to a destination replica object, which uses the information to make itself consistent with the source replica object.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2007Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Dave D. Straube, Aaron M. Contorer, Arnold S. Miller, Balan S. Raman, Pradyumna K. Misra, Michael R. C. Seaman
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Patent number: 7430744Abstract: A system and method for expediting the replication of at least one specified object to a replica in a distributed computer system. A source object of a source replica determines that it has an urgent change to propagate through the distributed system, and informs a replication facility at the source replica of the urgent change. The facility extracts, or is provided with, the change information from that object, and the source replica communicates information representative of the change to a destination replica. A replication facility at the destination replica provides the change information to a destination replica object, which uses the information to make itself consistent with the source replica object.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2006Date of Patent: September 30, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Dave D. Straube, Aaron M. Contorer, Arnold S. Miller, Balan S. Raman, Pradyumna K. Misra, Michael R. C. Seaman
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Patent number: 7200847Abstract: A system and method for expediting the replication of at least one specified object to a replica in a distributed computer system. A source object of a source replica determines that it has an urgent change to propagate through the distributed system, and informs a replication facility at the source replica of the urgent change. The facility extracts, or is provided with, the change information from that object, and the source replica communicates information representative of the change to a destination replica. A replication facility at the destination replica provides the change information to a destination replica object, which uses the information to make itself consistent with the source replica object.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2002Date of Patent: April 3, 2007Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Dave D. Straube, Aaron M. Contorer, Arnold S. Miller, Balan S. Raman, Pradyumna K. Misra, Michael R. C. Seaman
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Publication number: 20020144252Abstract: A system and method for expediting the replication of at least one specified object to a replica in a distributed computer system. A source object of a source replica determines that it has an urgent change to propagate through the distributed system, and informs a replication facility at the source replica of the urgent change. The facility extracts, or is provided with, the change information from that object, and the source replica communicates information representative of the change to a destination replica. A replication facility at the destination replica provides the change information to a destination replica object, which uses the information to make itself consistent with the source replica object.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2002Publication date: October 3, 2002Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Dave D. Straube, Aaron M. Contorer, Arnold S. Miller, Balan S. Raman, Pradyumna K. Misra, Michael R.C. Seaman
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Patent number: 6412017Abstract: A system and method for expediting the replication of at least one specified object to a replica in a distributed computer system. A source object of a source replica determines that it has an urgent change to propagate through the distributed system, and informs a replication facility at the source replica of the urgent change. The facility extracts, or is provided with, the change information from that object, and the source replica communicates information representative of the change to a destination replica. A replication facility at the destination replica provides the change information to a destination replica object, which uses the information to make itself consistent with the source replica object.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 1996Date of Patent: June 25, 2002Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Dave D. Straube, Aaron M. Contorer, Arnold S. Miller, Balan S. Raman, Pradyumna K. Misra, Michael R. C. Seaman
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Patent number: 6081898Abstract: A software system unifies directory services with the file system. Directory service entries and other files are all stored in a common logical format, such as an object format. The unification of files with directory service entries allows a common set of tools to operate on both such entities and allows a common name space to be utilized. Security measures are taken so as to prevent unauthorized access to the directory service entries.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 1997Date of Patent: June 27, 2000Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Arnold Miller, Yuval Neeman, Aaron M. Contorer, Pradyumna K. Misra, Michael R. C. Seaman, Darryl E. Rubin
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Patent number: 5892904Abstract: A certification or signing method ensures the authenticity and integrity of a computer program, an executable file, or code received over a computer network. The method is used by a publisher or distributor to "sign" an executable file so it can be transmitted with confidence to a recipient over an open network like the Internet. The executable file may be of any executable form, including an executable or portable executable .exe file format, a .cab cabinet file format, an .ocx object control format, or a Java class file. The code signing method assures the recipient of the identity of the publisher as the source of file (i.e., its authenticity) and that the file has not been modified after being transmitted by the publisher (i.e., the integrity of the file).Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 1996Date of Patent: April 6, 1999Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Robert G. Atkinson, Robert M. Price, Aaron M. Contorer
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Patent number: 5815665Abstract: An Online Brokering Service provides user authentication and billing services to allow users to anonymously and securely purchase online services from Service Providers (SP) sites (e.g., World Wide Web sites) over a distributed public network, which may be an untrusted public network such as the Internet. Users and SP sites initially register with the Brokering Service, and are provided with respective client and server software components for using the Brokering Service. In one embodiment, when a user initially connects to an SP site, the SP site transmits a challenge message over the public network to the user computer, and the user computer generates and returns and cryptographic response message (preferably generated using a password of the user). The SP site then passes the response message to the Brokering Service, which in-turn looks up the user's password and authenticates the response message.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 1996Date of Patent: September 29, 1998Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jeffrey A. Teper, Sudheer Koneru, Gordon Mangione, Rudolph Balaz, Aaron M. Contorer, Lucy Chao
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Patent number: 5689700Abstract: A software system unifies directory services with the file system. Directory service entries and other files are all stored in a common logical format, such as an object format. The unification of files with directory service entries allows a common set of tools to operate on both such entities and allows a common name space to be utilized. Security measures are taken so as to prevent unauthorized access to the directory service entries.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 1993Date of Patent: November 18, 1997Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Arnold Miller, Yuval Neeman, Aaron M. Contorer, Pradyumna K. Misra, Michael R. C. Seaman, Darryl E. Rubin
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Patent number: 5675787Abstract: A software system unifies directory services with the file system. Directory service entries and other files are all stored in a common logical format, such as an object format. The unification of files with directory service entries allows a common set of tools to operate on both such entities and allows a common name space to be utilized. Security measures are taken so as to prevent unauthorized access to the directory service entries.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1995Date of Patent: October 7, 1997Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Arnold Miller, Yuval Neeman, Aaron M. Contorer, Pradyumna K. Misra, Michael R. C. Seaman, Darryl E. Rubin
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Patent number: 5649194Abstract: A software system unifies directory services with the file system. Directory service entries and other files are all stored in a common logical format, such as an object format. The unification of files with directory service entries allows a common set of tools to operate on both such entities and allows a common name space to be utilized. Security measures are taken so as to prevent unauthorized access to the directory service entries.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1995Date of Patent: July 15, 1997Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Arnold Miller, Yuval Neeman, Aaron M. Contorer, Pradyumna K. Misra, Michael R. C. Seaman, Darryl E. Rubin