Patents by Inventor Thanjavur Prabhu

Thanjavur Prabhu 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).

  • Light weight software and hardware inventory
    Publication number: 20070180059
    Abstract: A method of inventorying software and/or hardware. The method may be practiced for example in a network computing environment including at least one client and at least one server. The method includes requesting a rule file from the server. The rule file is received from the server. Information is gathered about the software and/or hardware at the client based on rules in the rule file. The results of gathering information about the software and/or hardware at the client is sent to the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Marl, Nirmal Soy, Rajive Kumar, Steve Shih, Thanjavur Prabhu, Yasufumi Shiraishi