Patents by Inventor BRIAN L. McNEIL

BRIAN L. McNEIL 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).

  • Associating computing devices with common credentials
    Patent number: 8938788
    Abstract: Method and computer storage media for sharing resources between a plurality of computing devices associated with a common non-enterprise network. A common set of credentials is stored on at least two or more of a plurality of computing devices that reside behind a routing device and are associated through a common non-enterprise network. Upon storing the common set of credentials, each of the two or more of a plurality of computing devices create a local account that contains, at least, the common set of credentials. The common set of credentials allow for the sharing, among the two or more of the plurality of computing devices, of resource that reside on or are associated with the computing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Brian L. McNeil, Michael G. Sheldon, Steve Seixeiro, Ramkumar Ramasubramanian, Jerry K. Koh, Anshul Rawat, Andrew V. Davidson, Daniel Oliver, Michael D. McCormack
  • ASSOCIATING COMPUTING DEVICES WITH COMMON CREDENTIALS
    Publication number: 20130298214
    Abstract: Method and computer storage media for sharing resources between a plurality of computing devices associated with a common non-enterprise network. A common set of credentials is stored on at least two or more of a plurality of computing devices that reside behind a routing device and are associated through a common non-enterprise network. Upon storing the common set of credentials, each of the two or more of a plurality of computing devices create a local account that contains, at least, the common set of credentials. The common set of credentials allow for the sharing, among the two or more of the plurality of computing devices, of resource that reside on or are associated with the computing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Brian L. McNeil, Michael G. Sheldon, Steve Seixeiro, Ramkumar Ramasubramanian, Jerry K. Koh, Anshul Rawat, Andrew V. Davidson, Daniel Oliver, Michael D. McCormack
  • Associating computing devices with common credentials
    Patent number: 8510808
    Abstract: Method and computer storage media for sharing resources between a plurality of computing devices associated with a common non-enterprise network. A common set of credentials is stored on at least two or more of a plurality of computing devices that reside behind a routing device and are associated through a common non-enterprise network. Upon storing the common set of credentials, each of the two or more of a plurality of computing devices create a local account that contains, at least, the common set of credentials. The common set of credentials allow for the sharing, among the two or more of the plurality of computing devices, of resource that reside on or are associated with the computing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Brian L. McNeil, Michael G. Sheldon, Steve Seixeiro, Ramkumar Ramasubramanian, Jerry K. Koh, Anshul Rawat, Andrew V. Davidson, Daniel Oliver, Michael D. McCormack
  • ASSOCIATING COMPUTING DEVICES WITH COMMON CREDENTIALS
    Publication number: 20090178122
    Abstract: Method and computer storage media for sharing resources between a plurality of computing devices associated with a common non-enterprise network. A common set of credentials is stored on at least two or more of a plurality of computing devices that reside behind a routing device and are associated through a common non-enterprise network. Upon storing the common set of credentials, each of the two or more of a plurality of computing devices create a local account that contains, at least, the common set of credentials. The common set of credentials allow for the sharing, among the two or more of the plurality of computing devices, of resource that reside on or are associated with the computing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: BRIAN L. McNEIL, MICHAEL G. SHELDON, STEVE SEIXEIRO, RAMKUMAR RAMASUBRAMANIAN, JERRY K. KOH, ANSHUL RAWAT, ANDREW V. DAVIDSON, DANIEL OLIVER, MICHAEL D. MCCORMACK