Patents by Inventor Jeanette R. Fisher

Jeanette R. Fisher 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).

  • Tag-based schema for distributing update metadata in an update distribution system
    Patent number: 7539686
    Abstract: A tag-based structure for communicating software update metadata information to client computers and to update service nodes is presented. An update metadata file includes: an identifier tag including a software update identifier that uniquely identifies the software update; zero or more general properties tags that carry general property information relating the software update; zero or more localized properties tags that carry localized property information organized according to language; zero or more relationship tags that identify dependency relationships the current software update, as described in the update metadata, has with other software updates; zero or more applicability rules tags that carry information for determining the applicability of the software update to a client computer; zero or more files tags that carry information relating to the software update's payload files; and handler specific data tags that carry information directed to the software handler for installing the software update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Shepard, Derek P. Menzies, David Dehghan, Aaron H. Averbuch, Jeanette R. Fisher, Dennis Craig Marl, Seong Kook Khang