Patents by Inventor Joseph H. Mouhanna

Joseph H. Mouhanna 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).

  • Network and method for implementing network platform services for a computing device
    Patent number: 7523172
    Abstract: A network provides computer services to users and has a centralized data center (CDC) and regional data centers (RDCs) coupled to the CDC. Each RDC is coupled to a plurality of users and maintains for each associated user back up storage. Each user has a user machine with user data stored thereon, and such user data is automatically mirrored to the associated back up storage on the RDC. Each RDC maintains for each associated user a user profile corresponding to the user, and each user and each RDC has a physical location. A user newly couples to the network by contacting the CDC at a network address thereof and receiving from the CDC a network address of an RDC based at least in part on the location of the user. The RDC of the received network address maintains the user profile for the user, and the location of such RDC is expected to be relatively close to the location of the user as compared with the location of all other RDCs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph H. Mouhanna, Mark T. Jeffrey
  • Network and method for implementing network platform services for a computing device
    Patent number: 6976066
    Abstract: A network provides computer services to users and has a centralized data center (CDC) and regional data centers (RDCs) coupled to the CDC. Each RDC is coupled to a plurality of users and maintains for each associated user back up storage. Each user has a user machine with user data stored thereon, and such user data is automatically mirrored to the associated back up storage on the RDC. Each RDC maintains for each associated user a user profile corresponding to the user, and each user and each RDC has a physical location. A user newly couples to the network by contacting the CDC at a network address thereof and receiving from the CDC a network address of an RDC based at least in part on the location of the user. The RDC of the received network address maintains the user profile for the user, and the location of such RDC is expected to be relatively close to the location of the user as compared with the location of all other RDCs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph H. Mouhanna, Mark T. Jeffrey