Patents by Inventor William P. Canning

William P. Canning 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).

  • Distributing permission information a metadirectory
    Patent number: 7747647
    Abstract: A permission information system and method are provided. The system facilitates management of permissions across a wide variety of systems and applications in a network environment. The system includes a data store which is a central repository that maintains permissions (e.g., in a user readable format). The permissions can, optionally, be translated into a format that is useable by endpoint system(s). The system further includes a metadirectory component which notices change(s) that are created in the data store and sends the security information to the endpoint system(s). The new security policy can then installed and enforced on the endpoint systems. The system can thus employ the capabilities of a metadirectory to distribute security policy(ies) to these end-point systems. The system can, optionally, include one or more translator(s) which transform the user readable format into a format that is consumable by the endpoint system(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: William P. Canning, David R. Mowers, Geeman Yip, Cezar Ungureanasu
  • Automatic data classification of files in a repository
    Publication number: 20080027940
    Abstract: An operating system automatically classifies a new file by instructing the application that generated the file to modify the file by applying one or more settings for data usage attributes to the file prior to the application saving the file in a folder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: William P. Canning, Darrell J. Cannon, David R. Mowers
  • Distributing permission information via a metadirectory
    Publication number: 20070153814
    Abstract: A permission information system and method are provided. The system facilitates management of permissions across a wide variety of systems and applications in a network environment. The system includes a data store which is a central repository that maintains permissions (e.g., in a user readable format). The permissions can, optionally, be translated into a format that is useable by endpoint system(s). The system further includes a metadirectory component which notices change(s) that are created in the data store and sends the security information to the endpoint system(s). The new security policy can then installed and enforced on the endpoint systems. The system can thus employ the capabilities of a metadirectory to distribute security policy(ies) to these end-point systems. The system can, optionally, include one or more translator(s) which transform the user readable format into a format that is consumable by the endpoint system(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: William P. Canning, David R. Mowers, Geeman Yip, Cezar Ungureanasu