Patents by Inventor Robert Charles Ward

Robert Charles Ward 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).

  • Coexistence tools for synchronizing properties between on-premises customer locations and remote hosting services
    Patent number: 9063993
    Abstract: Coexistence tools are described for synchronizing properties between on-premises customer locations and remote hosting services. These tools may provide methods that send the tools for installation onto on-premises infrastructure located at customer sites, execute the tools to manage the customer infrastructure remotely via a hosted service, and synchronize properties at the customer site with the hosted service. Other methods may include receiving the tools from the hosted service, communicating configuration parameters related to operating the tools, and executing the tools in response to the configuration parameters. The tools may also provide systems that include on-premises servers associated with the customer infrastructure, with the on-premises servers including on-premises coexistence components for maintaining the property at the customer site. These systems may also include administrative servers associated with the hosted service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Vineeth Madhusudanan, Anandhi Somasekaran, Ananda Sinha, Erik Ashby, Murli Satagopan, Edward Wu, Thane David Peterson, Richard William Meadows, Robert Charles Ward
  • COEXISTENCE TOOLS FOR SYNCHRONIZING PROPERTIES BETWEEN ON-PREMISES CUSTOMER LOCATIONS AND REMOTE HOSTING SERVICES
    Publication number: 20090198835
    Abstract: Coexistence tools are described for synchronizing properties between on-premises customer locations and remote hosting services. These tools may provide methods that send the tools for installation onto on-premises infrastructure located at customer sites, execute the tools to manage the customer infrastructure remotely via a hosted service, and synchronize properties at the customer site with the hosted service. Other methods may include receiving the tools from the hosted service, communicating configuration parameters related to operating the tools, and executing the tools in response to the configuration parameters. The tools may also provide systems that include on-premises servers associated with the customer infrastructure, with the on-premises servers including on-premises coexistence components for maintaining the property at the customer site. These systems may also include administrative servers associated with the hosted service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vineeth Madhusudanan, Anandhi Somasekaran, Ananda Sinha, Erik Ashby, Murli Satagopan, Edward Wu, Thane David Peterson, Richard William Meadows, Robert Charles Ward