Patents by Inventor Dean M. Wierman

Dean M. Wierman 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).

  • Optimizing web crawling with user history
    Patent number: 8782031
    Abstract: A politeness manager estimates traffic to the sites based on historical log data generated and sent by plug-ins or toolbars on client web browsers. The historical log data details dates and times the web browsers visit different web sites that is used to understand what timeframes specific web sites are busy and what timeframes the web sites are not busy. Crawl rates for different timeframes for a web site are determined based on the historical log data, and web crawlers are scheduled to crawl the web site according to the crawl rates to minimize the chances that web crawler requests are responsible for the site crashing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Dean M. Wierman, Fabrice Canel, Balaji Shyamkumar, Charles (Xi) Zhang
  • OPTIMIZING WEB CRAWLING WITH USER HISTORY
    Publication number: 20130041881
    Abstract: A politeness manager estimates traffic to the sites based on historical log data generated and sent by plug-ins or toolbars on client web browsers. The historical log data details dates and times the web browsers visit different web sites that is used to understand what timeframes specific web sites are busy and what timeframes the web sites are not busy. Crawl rates for different timeframes for a web site are determined based on the historical log data, and web crawlers are scheduled to crawl the web site according to the crawl rates to minimize the chances that web crawler requests are responsible for the site crashing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: DEAN M. WIERMAN, FABRICE CANEL, BALAJI SHYAMKUMAR, CHARLES (XI) ZHANG
  • Configuring a mobile device
    Patent number: 7583960
    Abstract: A method of configuring a mobile device allows an administrator to select multiple installation items from a set of possible installation items to include in a deployment package. At least one of the installation items includes parameters provided by an administrator that are requested from the administrator based on a configuration file associated with the installment items. The deployment package is transferred to a mobile device and the parameter values are extracted and are used to configure the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Dean M. Wierman, Sarabjit Singh Seera, Sandhya D. Jain
  • Method and apparatus for configuring a mobile device
    Patent number: 6976253
    Abstract: A method of configuring a mobile device allows an administrator to select multiple installation items from a set of possible installation items to include in a deployment package. At least one of the installation items includes parameters provided by an administrator that are requested from the administrator based on a configuration file associated with the installment items. The deployment package is transferred to a mobile device and the parameter values are extracted and are used to configure the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Dean M. Wierman, Sarabjit Singh Seera, Sandhya D. Jain