Patents by Inventor Daniel N Drew

Daniel N Drew 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).

  • Automated state migration while deploying an operating system
    Patent number: 8448166
    Abstract: Migration of a user state from a source computing device to a destination computing device using a state migration point (SMP) is disclosed. The destination computing device may be the same as the source computing device but with a different operating system. The user state is securely stored by the SMP until the user state is restored on the destination computing device or a predetermined period of time has elapsed. Additional SMPs can be added without an architectural change. SMPs can be used to simultaneously migrate the states of multiple users of the source computing device to multiple destination computing devices. The SMPs can be restricted to migrate only the user states of computing devices with particular IP subnets. The SMPs can retain user states for a period of time after restoration in order to provide a backup, if necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Sukanta Kumar Nanda, Daniel N. Drew, Anthony Baron, Shantanu Sardesai
  • AUTOMATED STATE MIGRATION WHILE DEPLOYING AN OPERATING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110138375
    Abstract: Migration of a user state from a source computing device to a destination computing device using a state migration point (SMP) is disclosed. The destination computing device may be the same as the source computing device but with a different operating system. The user state is securely stored by the SMP until the user state is restored on the destination computing device or a predetermined period of time has elapsed. Additional SMPs can be added without an architectural change. SMPs can be used to simultaneously migrate the states of multiple users of the source computing device to multiple destination computing devices. The SMPs can be restricted to migrate only the user states of computing devices with particular IP subnets. The SMPs can retain user states for a period of time after restoration in order to provide a backup, if necessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Baron, Daniel N. Drew, Shantanu Sardesai, Sukanta Kumar Nanda
  • Automated state migration while deploying an operating system
    Patent number: 7913250
    Abstract: Migration of a user state from a source computing device to a destination computing device using a state migration point (SMP) is disclosed. The destination computing device may be the same as the source computing device but with a different operating system. The user state is securely stored by the SMP until the user state is restored on the destination computing device or a predetermined period of time has elapsed. Additional SMPs can be added without an architectural change. SMPs can be used to simultaneously migrate the states of multiple users of the source computing device to multiple destination computing devices. The SMPs can be restricted to migrate only the user states of computing devices with particular IP subnets. The SMPs can retain user states for a period of time after restoration in order to provide a backup, if necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Baron, Daniel N Drew, Shantanu Sardesai, Sukanta Kumar Nanda