Patents by Inventor Stephanie Ybarra

Stephanie Ybarra 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).

  • Data structure for identifying hardware and software licenses to distribute with a complying device
    Publication number: 20060288422
    Abstract: Systems and methods for software licensing enforcement using an ACPI BIOS. A digital license is provided that includes information about both the software and hardware on which it is to be run. The licensing process receives hardware and software information from the end user and binds the license to both. A main BIOS binary contains code and static motherboard specific data. Dynamic state values containing, e.g., machine-specific system management data, such as, a serial number may be stored subsequently on NVRAM or its equivalent. The main BIOS binary allows provides sufficient functionality to test the hardware. Once the software to be loaded on the system is known, a corresponding digital license containing both the software and hardware information is loaded to NVRAM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Yue Liu, Caglar Gunyakti, Andrew Ritz, Todd Haugen, Stephanie Ybarra, Douglas Thompson, Mark Svancarek, Joshua Kriesberg, John Olsson, Allen Nieman