Patents by Inventor Theodore H. Roberts

Theodore H. Roberts 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).

  • Patent number: 8185888
    Abstract: Software execution with minimal impact deployment allows software to be executed on a system without first running a conventional installation process. Techniques are used to avoid any requirement of writing settings to restricted areas of operating system maintained data stores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Duplessis, Kraig S. Rury, Anthony C. Romano, Theodore H. Roberts, William N. Hanlon, Paul S. Harrington
  • Patent number: 8073971
    Abstract: Systems and methodologies that facilitate hosting of a domain name and access of users to the Internet, by using a well defined protocol to interact with a plurality of Dynamic Domain Name Service (DDNS) providers, via employing; a purchasing component and a status verifying component. Once a user has selected a domain name, the purchasing component can automatically query the provider(s) for terms of the service plan to host such domain name associated with dynamic IP addresses. The status verifying component can verify the IP address of the end user machine and supply it to the DDNS, to manage in-bound traffic to the user's domain name.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Theodore H Roberts, III, Kevin T Damour, Leszek Mazur, Lingan Satkunanathan, Scott A Manchester
  • Patent number: 7743093
    Abstract: Systems and methodologies that facilitate purchase and/or transfer of a domain name and access of users to the internet by using a well defined protocol to interact with a plurality of domain name registrars via employing a purchasing component and a mapping component. Once a user has identified a domain name, the purchasing component can automatically query the provider(s) for terms of the service plan to obtain such domain name. The mapping component can then point to a DNS provider designated to host such domain name, to manage in-bound traffic. The subject invention can also be implemented in web services based hosted solutions directory, for example by designation of a trusted on-line registry that registers a plurality of service providers to supply services to clients, with a secure communication between the clients and the trusted on-line registry for selection of a service provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin T. Damour, Lingan Satkunanathan, Theodore H. Roberts, III, Leszek Mazur, Neil S. Fishman, Scott A. Manchester
  • Publication number: 20080307411
    Abstract: Software execution with minimal impact deployment allows software to be executed on a system without first running a conventional installation process. Techniques are used to avoid any requirement of writing settings to restricted areas of operating system maintained data stores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Duplessis, Kraig S. Rury, Anthony C. Romano, Theodore H. Roberts, William N. Hanlon, Paul S. Harrington