Patents by Inventor Daniel Joseph Mastrian, Jr.

Daniel Joseph Mastrian, 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).

  • Identification of software configuration data
    Patent number: 8006242
    Abstract: Identification of software configuration data. One or more binary files from a memory area in a computing device are identified. The binary files include information relating to execution of software. One or more strings from the identified binary files are extracted according to a rule. The rule defines requirements associated with the configuration data. A list of strings is generated from those extracted one or more strings, each of the strings in the generated list refers to configuration data in the memory area. The configuration data may be transferred to another machine, backed up, or used for informational purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew A. Block, Daniel Joseph Mastrian, Jr., Ovidiu G. Temereanca