Patents by Inventor Gaurav R Dhawan

Gaurav R Dhawan 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).

  • Peer distribution point feature for system management server
    Patent number: 7761503
    Abstract: A client in a plurality of clients with a same network address or similar common identifier is designated a Peer Distribution Point (PDP) agent for distributing a software application divided into several packages to the plurality of clients. The plurality of clients are part of a client-server hierarchical system comprising a Central SMS site server and several Distributing servers. The Central SMS site server generates policies for the packages that are pushed to a Distribution server assigned to the plurality of clients from where the PDP agent pulls the policies. The Central SMS site server generates the packages that are pushed to the Distributing server after the PDP agent pulls the policies. The packages are pulled by the PDP agent from the Distributing server. The other clients pull the packages from the PDP agent as and when needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Gaurav R Dhawan, David C James, Nirupama Chandrasekaran, Rajagopalan Badri Narayanan, Ingo R. A. G. Bringemeier, John L Ellis, Michael Healy, Khuzaima Iqbal