Patents by Inventor Patricia Priest

Patricia Priest 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).

  • Distribution of information protection policies to client machines
    Patent number: 8156538
    Abstract: One embodiment includes a method which may be practiced in a computing environment where resources are distributed. The method includes acts for obtaining policy information defining restrictions on resources distributed in the computing environment. The method includes sending a request to a server for metadata about one or more resource protection policies at the server. In response to the request, metadata about one or more resource protection polices at the server is received from the server. The metadata from the server is analyzed. Based on analyzing the metadata, one or more resource protection policies stored at the client are updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Abhijat A. Kanade, Rushmi U. Malaviarachchi, Peter D. Waxman, Yuhui Zhong, Gregory Kostal, Scott C. Cottrille, Syed A. Mehdi, Patricia Priest, Kumar B. Parambir, Li Ren
  • DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION PROTECTION POLICIES TO CLIENT MACHINES
    Publication number: 20090158384
    Abstract: One embodiment includes a method which may be practiced in a computing environment where resources are distributed. The method includes acts for obtaining policy information defining restrictions on resources distributed in the computing environment. The method includes sending a request to a server for metadata about one or more resource protection policies at the server. In response to the request, metadata about one or more resource protection polices at the server is received from the server. The metadata from the server is analyzed. Based on analyzing the metadata, one or more resource protection policies stored at the client are updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Abhijat A. Kanade, Rushmi U. Malaviarachchi, Peter D. Waxman, Yuhui Zhong, Gregory Kostal, Scott C. Cottrille, Syed A. Mehdi, Patricia Priest, Kumar B. Parambir, Li Ren