Patents by Inventor Nat Ballou

Nat Ballou 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).

  • Automatic management of a power state of a device with network connections
    Patent number: 8185767
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a process and system for automatic management of networked devices based on the state of the network connection. The process automatically manages the power state of a networked computerized device according to a trigger event that corresponds to the state of an attached network connection. The network connection of an attached networked device is monitored for a pre-defined trigger event. Once a trigger event has been observed, the power state of the attached network device is managed to correspond to the trigger event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nat Ballou, Kevin Kaufmann, Brian Cates, William Casperson, Darren Shakib, Kevin Eugene Mason, Sompong Paul Olarig
  • DEVICE POWER MANAGEMENT USING NETWORK CONNECTIONS
    Publication number: 20090327782
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a process and system for automatic management of networked devices based on the state of the network connection. The process automatically manages the power state of a networked computerized device according to a trigger event that corresponds to the state of an attached network connection. The network connection of an attached networked device is monitored for a pre-defined trigger event. Once a trigger event has been observed, the power state of the attached network device is managed to correspond to the trigger event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nat BALLOU, Kevin KAUFMANN, Brian CATES, William CASPERSON, Darren SHAKIB