Patents by Inventor Lawrence A. Buerk

Lawrence A. Buerk 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).

  • Service discovery and publication
    Patent number: 8489759
    Abstract: A system and methods for service discovery and publication are disclosed. Application programs write requests for service discovery, publication, and subscription to a service discovery application programming interface. The service discovery application programming interface invokes one or more lower-level protocols to satisfy the discovery, publication and/or subscription request. Service information retrieved from lower-layer protocols is formatted into a consistent data model and returned to the client application. In addition, service information may be stored in a persistent data store managed by a discovery persistence service communicatively connected to the service discovery API.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Parham, Charles R. Reeves, Lawrence A. Buerk, Angela Mills, Richard L. Hasha, Gopal Krishna R. Kakivaya, Andrew D. Milligan
  • Service Discovery and Publication
    Publication number: 20100217782
    Abstract: A system and methods for service discovery and publication are disclosed. Application programs write requests for service discovery, publication, and subscription to a service discovery application programming interface. The service discovery application programming interface invokes one or more lower-level protocols to satisfy the discovery, publication and/or subscription request. Service information retrieved from lower-layer protocols is formatted into a consistent data model and returned to the client application. In addition, service information may be stored in a persistent data store managed by a discovery persistence service communicatively connected to the service discovery API.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew D. Milligan, Charles R. Reeves, Jeffrey B. Parham, Gopal Krishna R. Kakivaya, Lawrence A. Buerk, Angela Mills, Richard L. Hasha
  • Service discovery and publication
    Patent number: 7716357
    Abstract: A system and methods for service discovery and publication are disclosed. Application programs write requests for service discovery, publication, and subscription to a service discovery application programming interface. The service discovery application programming interface invokes one or more lower-level protocols to satisfy the discovery, publication and/or subscription request. Service information retrieved from lower-layer protocols is formatted into a consistent data model and returned to the client application. In addition, service information may be stored in a persistent data store managed by a discovery persistence service communicatively connected to the service discovery API.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew D. Milligan, Charles R. Reeves, Jeffrey B. Parham, Gopal Krishna R. Kakivaya, Lawrence A. Buerk, Angela Mills, Richard L. Hasha
  • Service discovery and publication
    Publication number: 20050234873
    Abstract: A system and methods for service discovery and publication are disclosed. Application programs write requests for service discovery, publication, and subscription to a service discovery application programming interface. The service discovery application programming interface invokes one or more lower-level protocols to satisfy the discovery, publication and/or subscription request. Service information retrieved from lower-layer protocols is formatted into a consistent data model and returned to the client application. In addition, service information may be stored in a persistent data store managed by a discovery persistence service communicatively connected to the service discovery API.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Andrew Milligan, Charles Reeves, Jeffrey Parham, Gopal Kakivaya, Lawrence Buerk, Angela Mills, Richard Hasha