Patents by Inventor John Durant

John Durant 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).

  • System and method for software site licensing
    Patent number: 8738535
    Abstract: The software site licensing system includes a client site having a target unit and a license sales site for generating a corresponding site license. The sales site receives an order for a target unit from the client and sends the physical order to a warehouse for shipping. The sales site determines the intangible portion of the order and establishes a virtual warehouse for the client to inventory the intangibles (license components). The warehouse notifies the sales site of the unique identifiers on the target prior to shipping so the sales site can link the en-route target with the client. The client accesses its personal virtual warehouse and selects the license components desired for the site license. The system assembles the site license and upon request, transmits the site license from the virtual warehouse to the target unit for installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Inter-Tel (DE) Inc
    Inventors: Arthur Louis Gaetano, Jr., Jerry Gin, John Durant, Michael Mathew Merriam
  • Developing controls for outlook add-ins
    Patent number: 8010970
    Abstract: The forms hosting system allows a developer to design custom Outlook form regions containing standard and custom managed controls using popular development tools. The forms hosting system provides a runtime wrapper that appears to Outlook as a normal ActiveX control. When Outlook invokes the runtime wrapper control, the runtime wrapper control loads the managed controls defined by the developer. The runtime wrapper control translates messages received from Outlook into messages understood by the managed controls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Dimitar Birov, Michael W. Morton, Daniel A. Molina, John Durant, Thomas E. Quinn, Michael Shneerson, David A. Whitechapel
  • DEVELOPING CONTROLS FOR OUTLOOK ADD-INS
    Publication number: 20080256555
    Abstract: The forms hosting system allows a developer to design custom Outlook form regions containing standard and custom managed controls using popular development tools. The forms hosting system provides a runtime wrapper that appears to Outlook as a normal ActiveX control. When Outlook invokes the runtime wrapper control, the runtime wrapper control loads the managed controls defined by the developer. The runtime wrapper control translates messages received from Outlook into messages understood by the managed controls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Dimitar Birov, Michael W. Morton, Daniel A. Molina, John Durant, Thomas E. Quinn, Michael Shneerson, David A. Whitechapel
  • System and method for software site licensing
    Publication number: 20050038752
    Abstract: The software site licensing system includes a client site having a target unit and a license sales site for generating a corresponding site license. The sales site receives an order for a target unit from the client and sends the physical order to a warehouse for shipping. The sales site determines the intangible portion of the order and establishes a virtual warehouse for the client to inventory the intangibles (license components). The warehouse notifies the sales site of the unique identifiers on the target prior to shipping so the sales site can link the en-route target with the client. The client accesses its personal virtual warehouse and selects the license components desired for the site license. The system assembles the site license and upon request, transmits the site license from the virtual warehouse to the target unit for installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Arthur Gaetano, Jerry Gin, John Durant, Michael Merriam