Patents by Inventor Emil G. Antonov

Emil G. Antonov 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).

  • Peripheral device driver maintenance scheme for networked peripheral device clients
    Patent number: 7457831
    Abstract: A network peripheral device driver maintenance framework and corresponding method is disclosed. The framework includes a driver version identification level comprising a set of driver version descriptions. Each driver version comprises a set of component versions that make upon each particular driver version. A driver component level, under the driver version identification level, comprises uniquely identified component versions (containers) comprising sets of driver files that make up the component versions identified by the driver versions. A method for maintaining multiple simultaneously active networked peripheral device drivers is disclosed. The method includes storing a new driver on the machine in a manner including the following steps performed by a machine. Initially, the machine establishes, within a directory structure, a container for storing a set of driver files constituting a version of a driver component. A unique identifier name is assigned to the new container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Robert E. Orleth, Emil G. Antonov, Mikael P. Horal, Timothy J. Lytle, Tali Roth, Albert L. Ting
  • Peripheral device driver maintenance scheme for networked peripheral device clients
    Publication number: 20040215754
    Abstract: A network peripheral device driver maintenance framework and corresponding method is disclosed. The framework includes a driver version identification level comprising a set of driver version descriptions. Each driver version comprises a set of component versions that make upon each particular driver version. A driver component level, under the driver version identification level, comprises uniquely identified component versions (containers) comprising sets of driver files that make up the component versions identified by the driver versions. A method for maintaining multiple simultaneously active networked peripheral device drivers is disclosed. The method includes storing a new driver on the machine in a manner including the following steps performed by a machine. Initially, the machine establishes, within a directory structure, a container for storing a set of driver files constituting a version of a driver component. A unique identifier name is assigned to the new container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Robert E. Orleth, Emil G. Antonov, Mikael P. Horal, Timothy J. Lytle, Tali Roth, Albert L. Ting