Patents by Inventor Thane Peterson

Thane Peterson 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).

  • Assignment of clients to tasks in a distributed system
    Publication number: 20060271935
    Abstract: An assignment system includes a client component and a server component. The client component, which executes on each client, requests the server component, which executes on the server, to perform the task on its behalf. When the server component is requested to perform the task on behalf of a client, it determines whether an available client is currently assigned to that task. If an available client is not currently assigned to the task, the server component assigns an available client to the task. If the client on whose behalf the server component is executing is assigned to the task, then the server component performs the task. Otherwise, the server component does not perform the task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shaun Cox, Thane Peterson