Patents by Inventor Richard L. Firth
Richard L. Firth 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).
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Publication number: 20100228873Abstract: A system and method for facilitating communications over a protocol is provided. The system includes a class factory that holds identifiers associated with determining which, if any, registered protocol object creator should be employed to create a protocol object. The protocol object implements an abstract network protocol base class. The protocol object is employed to abstract details of communicating over a protocol and to provide a byte stream interface to communications occurring over the protocol, while removing protocol specific code from an application program. The method includes creating an instance of a protocol object from a source of registered protocol handlers based on a request to communicate over a protocol and using a base class API to communicate over the protocol through the protocol object.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2010Publication date: September 9, 2010Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Lance E. Olson, Henrik Frystyk Nielsen, Henry L. Sanders, Richard L. Firth
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Patent number: 7730499Abstract: A system and method for facilitating communications over a protocol is provided. The system includes a class factory that holds identifiers associated with determining which, if any, registered protocol object creator should be employed to create a protocol object. The protocol object implements an abstract network protocol base class. The protocol object is employed to abstract details of communicating over a protocol and to provide a byte stream interface to communications occurring over the protocol, while removing protocol specific code from an application program. The method includes creating an instance of a protocol object from a source of registered protocol handlers based on a request to communicate over a protocol and using a base class API to communicate over the protocol through the protocol object.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2004Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Lance E Olson, Henrik Frystyk Nielsen, Henry L Sanders, Richard L Firth
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Patent number: 7437742Abstract: A system and method for facilitating exposing a resource over a protocol is provided. The system includes a class factory that holds identifiers associated with determining which, if any, registered listener object creator should be employed to create a listener object. The listener object implements an abstract network protocol base class. The listener object is employed to abstract details of exposing a resource over a protocol and to provide a byte stream interface to communications occurring over the protocol, while removing protocol specific code from a server program. The method includes creating an instance of a listener object from a source of registered protocol handlers based on a request to expose a resource over a protocol and using a base class API to communicate over the protocol through the listener object.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2004Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Richard L. Firth, Henrik Frystyk Nielsen, Lance E. Olson, Henry L. Sanders
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Patent number: 7120916Abstract: A system and method for facilitating exposing a resource over a protocol is provided. The system includes a class factory that holds identifiers associated with determining which, if any, registered listener object creator should be employed to create a listener object. The listener object implements an abstract network protocol base class. The listener object is employed to abstract details of exposing a resource over a protocol and to provide a byte stream interface to communications occurring over the protocol, while removing protocol specific code from a server program. The method includes creating an instance of a listener object from a source of registered protocol handlers based on a request to expose a resource over a protocol and using a base class API to communicate over the protocol through the listener object.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2005Date of Patent: October 10, 2006Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Richard L. Firth, Henrik Frystyk Nielsen, Lance E. Olson, Henry L. Sanders
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Patent number: 6996833Abstract: A system and method for facilitating communications over a protocol is provided. The system includes a class factory that holds identifiers associated with determining which, if any, registered protocol object creator should be employed to create a protocol object. The protocol object implements an abstract network protocol base class. The protocol object is employed to abstract details of communicating over a protocol and to provide a byte stream interface to communications occurring over the protocol, while removing protocol specific code from an application program. The method includes creating an instance of a protocol object from a source of registered protocol handlers based on a request to communicate over a protocol and using a base class API to communicate over the protocol through the protocol object.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2001Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Lance E. Olson, Henrik Frystyk Nielsen, Henry L. Sanders, Richard L. Firth
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Patent number: 6931647Abstract: A system and method for facilitating exposing a resource over a protocol is provided. The system includes a class factory that holds identifiers associated with determining which, if any, registered listener object creator should be employed to create a listener object. The listener object implements an abstract network protocol base class. The listener object is employed to abstract details of exposing a resource over a protocol and to provide a byte stream interface to communications occurring over the protocol, while removing protocol specific code from a server program. The method includes creating an instance of a listener object from a source of registered protocol handlers based on a request to expose a resource over a protocol and using a base class API to communicate over the protocol through the listener object.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2001Date of Patent: August 16, 2005Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Richard L. Firth, Henrik Frystyk Nielsen, Lance E. Olson, Henry L. Sanders