Patents by Inventor Craig C. Marl

Craig C. Marl 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).

  • Secure content publishing and distribution
    Patent number: 8869142
    Abstract: Sending installation information. A method may be performed, for example, in a network computing environment including one or more servers connected to one or more clients. The method includes signing a package including installation information. A hash of the package is created. A metadata data set is created. The metadata data set includes a description of the package, an identification for the package, applicability rules describing intended recipients of the installation information, the hash of the package, and installation instructions for the package. The metadata data set is sent to a target group of systems in the network computing environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher S. Gouge, Craig C. Marl, David C. Hennessey, David E. Kays, Edward F. Reus, Krishnan Rangarajan, Marc Shepard, Mazhar N. Mohammed, Steve P. Shih
  • Light weight software and hardware inventory
    Patent number: 7676565
    Abstract: A method of inventorying software and/or hardware. The method may be practiced for example in a network computing environment including at least one client and at least one server. The method includes requesting a rule file from the server. The rule file is received from the server. Information is gathered about the software and/or hardware at the client based on rules in the rule file. The results of gathering information about the software and/or hardware at the client is sent to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Craig C. Marl, Nirmal R. Soy, Rajive Kumar, Steve P. Shih, Thanjavur V. G. Prabhu, Yasufumi Shiraishi