Patents by Inventor Christine H. Tran

Christine H. Tran 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).

  • Serviceability and configuration management
    Patent number: 8418140
    Abstract: Many current computer software platforms support user customization and version upgradability. Unfortunately, upgrading a computer software platform may result in significant loss of user customization data. Additionally, it may be advantageous for users to export and import their customization data to share as customized business solutions with other instances of the computer software platforms. Accordingly, a technique for creating and importing a configuration package and a technique for creating and utilizing an update package is disclosed herein. The configuration package allows configuration data of elements within a computer software platform to be exported and imported. The update package allows elements to be exported within the update package. The update package may be utilized in upgrading, overwriting, and/or creating a new instance of elements. When an existing element is upgraded with an update element within the update package, the existing element's original configuration may be retained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jayaram R. Iyer, Gopal Parupudi, Mahmood G. Qadir, Naveen R. Karri, Anubhuti Manohar, Chi-Kit Chan, Adil A. Sherwani, Christine H. Tran, Jason Minick, Kevin Joseph Fischer
  • SERVICEABILITY AND CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20100299653
    Abstract: Many current computer software platforms support user customization and version upgradability. Unfortunately, upgrading a computer software platform may result in significant loss of user customization data. Additionally, it may be advantageous for users to export and import their customization data to share as customized business solutions with other instances of the computer software platforms. Accordingly, a technique for creating and importing a configuration package and a technique for creating and utilizing an update package is disclosed herein. The configuration package allows configuration data of elements within a computer software platform to be exported and imported. The update package allows elements to be exported within the update package. The update package may be utilized in upgrading, overwriting, and/or creating a new instance of elements. When an existing element is upgraded with an update element within the update package, the existing element's original configuration may be retained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: Microsft Corporation
    Inventors: Jayaram R. Iyer, Gopal Parupudi, Mahmood G. Qadir, Naveen R. Karri, Anubhuti Manohar, Chi-Kit Chan, Adil A. Sherwani, Christine H. Tran, Jason Mimick, Kevin Joseph Fischer