Patents by Inventor Nirmal R. Soy

Nirmal R. Soy 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).

  • Light weight software and hardware inventory
    Patent number: 7676565
    Abstract: A method of inventorying software and/or hardware. The method may be practiced for example in a network computing environment including at least one client and at least one server. The method includes requesting a rule file from the server. The rule file is received from the server. Information is gathered about the software and/or hardware at the client based on rules in the rule file. The results of gathering information about the software and/or hardware at the client is sent to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Craig C. Marl, Nirmal R. Soy, Rajive Kumar, Steve P. Shih, Thanjavur V. G. Prabhu, Yasufumi Shiraishi
  • Restoration of a computer to a previous working state
    Patent number: 6802025
    Abstract: Methods and systems for backing up and restoring the state of a computer system are disclosed. Computer resource use is minimized by combining the backup methods of file copying and file logging. During backup, copies are stored of those files that are expected to change frequently. For other files, changes are noted in a change log and backup copies may be made if they would be useful when later restoring the files. Restoration proceeds by overwriting the frequently-changing files with stored copies and by undoing the changes to the logged files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anil Francis Thomas, Barbara Harder, Anthony Chavez, Kwanjalit S. Marok, Nirmal R. Soy