Patents by Inventor Nick Finco

Nick Finco 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).

  • Method and apparatus for configuring a server using a knowledge base that defines multiple server roles
    Patent number: 7231377
    Abstract: A process identifies multiple server roles and stores the server roles in a knowledge base. For each of the multiple server roles, the process identifies at least one service used by the server role, at least one communication port used by the server role, and any web-related requirements of the server role. This identified information regarding each of the server roles is stored in the knowledge base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kirk Soluk, Vishnu A. Patankar, Hitesh Raigandhi, Nick Finco
  • Method and apparatus for configuring a server using a knowledge base that defines multiple server roles
    Publication number: 20040220894
    Abstract: process identifies multiple server roles and stores the server roles in a knowledge base. For each of the multiple server roles, the process identifies at least one service used by the server role, at least one communication port used by the server role, and any web-related requirements of the server role. This identified information regarding each of the server roles is stored in the knowledge base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kirk Soluk, Vishnu Patankar, Hitesh Raigandhi, Nick Finco