Patents by Inventor Daniel P. Commons

Daniel P. Commons 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).

  • Configuration assessment based on inventory
    Patent number: 11934972
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for facilitating operation of a plurality of computing devices. Data indicative of enumerated resources of a computing device is collected. The data is collected without dependency on write permissions to a file system of the one computing device. A condition of the computing device is determined based on historical data associated with enumerated resources of other computing devices. The identified condition can be updated as updated historical data becomes available. A communication to the computing device may be sent based on the identified condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Todd R. Rawlings, Rajvinder P. Mann, Daniel P. Commons
  • CONFIGURATION ASSESSMENT BASED ON INVENTORY
    Publication number: 20230237356
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for facilitating operation of a plurality of computing devices. Data indicative of enumerated resources of a computing device is collected. The data is collected without dependency on write permissions to a file system of the one computing device. A condition of the computing device is determined based on historical data associated with enumerated resources of other computing devices. The identified condition can be updated as updated historical data becomes available. A communication to the computing device may be sent based on the identified condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Todd R. RAWLINGS, Rajvinder P. MANN, Daniel P. COMMONS
  • Configuration assessment based on inventory
    Patent number: 11640547
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for facilitating operation of a plurality of computing devices. Data indicative of enumerated resources of a computing device is collected. The data is collected without dependency on write permissions to a file system of the one computing device. A condition of the computing device is determined based on historical data associated with enumerated resources of other computing devices. The identified condition can be updated as updated historical data becomes available. A communication to the computing device may be sent based on the identified condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: MCIROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Todd R. Rawlings, Rajvinder P. Mann, Daniel P. Commons
  • Configuration assessment based on inventory
    Patent number: 10748074
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for facilitating operation of a plurality of computing devices. Data indicative of enumerated resources of a computing device is collected. The data is collected without dependency on write permissions to a file system of the one computing device. A condition of the computing device is determined based on historical data associated with enumerated resources of other computing devices. The identified condition can be updated as updated historical data becomes available. A communication to the computing device may be sent based on the identified condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Todd R. Rawlings, Rajvinder P. Mann, Daniel P. Commons
  • CONFIGURATION ASSESSMENT BASED ON INVENTORY
    Publication number: 20180068228
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for facilitating operation of a plurality of computing devices. Data indicative of enumerated resources of a computing device is collected. The data is collected without dependency on write permissions to a file system of the one computing device. A condition of the computing device is determined based on historical data associated with enumerated resources of other computing devices. The identified condition can be updated as updated historical data becomes available. A communication to the computing device may be sent based on the identified condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Todd R. Rawlings, Rajvinder P. Mann, Daniel P. Commons