Patents by Inventor Benjamin W. Schwarz

Benjamin W. Schwarz 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).

  • Dynamic replication of networked files
    Patent number: 10289691
    Abstract: In embodiments of dynamic replication of networked files, a process that utilizes file system objects is executed on a computing device. A file system request that is initiated by the process for a requested file system object can be intercepted, and a determination is made as to whether the requested file system object exists based on file system metadata. The file system request from the process is returned if the requested file system object is stored on the computing device. Alternatively, replication of the requested file system object is initiated from a networked peer device that has the requested file system object to replicate the file system object to the computing device. Alternatively, an indication that the requested file system object does not exist can be returned to the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Zheng Lin, Jonathan M. Class, Benjamin W. Schwarz, Jeremy S. Russell, Beau A. Belgrave
  • DYNAMIC REPLICATION OF NETWORKED FILES
    Publication number: 20130290255
    Abstract: In embodiments of dynamic replication of networked files, a process that utilizes file system objects is executed on a computing device. A file system request that is initiated by the process for a requested file system object can be intercepted, and a determination is made as to whether the requested file system object exists based on file system metadata. The file system request from the process is returned if the requested file system object is stored on the computing device. Alternatively, replication of the requested file system object is initiated from a networked peer device that has the requested file system object to replicate the file system object to the computing device. Alternatively, an indication that the requested file system object does not exist can be returned to the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Zheng Lin, Jonathan M. Class, Benjamin W. Schwarz, Jeremy S. Russell, Beau A. Belgrave