Patents by Inventor Kjersten Johansen Hayter

Kjersten Johansen Hayter 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).

  • Providing firmware updates to portable media devices
    Patent number: 7770165
    Abstract: A system for providing a firmware upgrade to a portable media device by comparing a version number of the firmware on the portable media device to the version number of an available firmware upgrade. The available firmware upgrade is provided by the manufacturer of the portable media device or some other trusted source and compiled in a firmware database. The firmware database is accessed when the portable media device is connected to the personal computing device. Additionally, a digital signature may be associated with a certified version of the media device firmware and used by a multimedia management application to verify the functionality of the portable media device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kipley J. Olson, Dennis A. Kiilerich, Vlad Sadovsky, Kjersten Johansen Hayter
  • PROVIDING FIRMWARE UPDATES TO PORTABLE MEDIA DEVICES
    Publication number: 20080052698
    Abstract: A system for providing a firmware upgrade to a portable media device by comparing a version number of the firmware on the portable media device to the version number of an available firmware upgrade. The available firmware upgrade is provided by the manufacturer of the portable media device or some other trusted source and compiled in a firmware database. The firmware database is accessed when the portable media device is connected to the personal computing device. Additionally, a digital signature may be associated with a certified version of the media device firmware and used by a multimedia management application to verify the functionality of the portable media device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kipley J. Olson, Dennis A. Kiilerich, Vlad Sadovsky, Kjersten Johansen Hayter