Patents by Inventor Brian J. Fox, JR.

Brian J. Fox, JR. 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).

  • Service directory
    Patent number: 8706856
    Abstract: Service endpoints that provide services to client devices send registration data to a service directory service. The registration data includes addresses that client devices can use to access the service endpoints along with descriptive data that describes the services that each endpoint provides, along with other information such as version numbers of applications that are supported by the service endpoints, and whether the service endpoints are running an experiment. Client devices request a manifest from the service directory service. Each request includes client metadata that describes the requesting client device. The service directory service uses the registration data and the client metadata to generate a manifest for the client device that identifies the services that the client may access and an address that the client may use to access each service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Advay V. Mengle, Shawn Murphy, Jeffrey T. Pearce, Christopher B. Weare, Brian J. Fox, Jr., Stephen Craig Schertz
  • SERVICE DIRECTORY
    Publication number: 20120117214
    Abstract: Service endpoints that provide services to client devices send registration data to a service directory service. The registration data includes addresses that client devices can use to access the service endpoints along with descriptive data that describes the services that each endpoint provides, along with other information such as version numbers of applications that are supported by the service endpoints, and whether the service endpoints are running an experiment. Client devices request a manifest from the service directory service. Each request includes client metadata that describes the requesting client device. The service directory service uses the registration data and the client metadata to generate a manifest for the client device that identifies the services that the client may access and an address that the client may use to access each service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Advay V. Mengle, Shawn Murphy, Jeffrey T. Pearce, Christopher B. Weare, Brian J. Fox, JR., Stephen Craig Schertz