Patents by Inventor Ying-Kin Tony Yip

Ying-Kin Tony Yip 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).

  • Centralized configuration data management for distributed clients
    Patent number: 7827199
    Abstract: System and method for managing a plurality of clients. A request to implement a change in configuration data is received from a user. The configuration data relates to an operation of a client. The received request is stored in a memory area. Computer-executable instructions request topology data from the memory area based on the configuration data to identify the client. The requested topology data is received from the memory area. Computer-executable instructions identify a notification service associated with the client and notify the identified notification service of the change in the configuration data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ying-Kin Tony Yip, Maximiliano Maccanti, Baskaran Dharmarajan, Walter Oliver, Claudia Irene Bond, Scott M. Anson, Juanya Davon Williams
  • Managing client configuration data
    Patent number: 7590669
    Abstract: Method for providing an interface to a function that manages a plurality of entities. Computer-executable instructions receive a request to implement a change in configuration data. The configuration data is stored in a memory area and relates to an operation of one or more entities. In response to the received request, computer-executable instructions identify a plurality of the entities affected by the change and implement the change for the identified plurality of entities in accordance with the function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ying-Kin Tony Yip, Kok Wai Chan, Rui Chen, Rahul Shrikant Newaskar, Anthony Toivonen
  • Centralized Configuration Data Management For Distributed Clients
    Publication number: 20080196107
    Abstract: System and method for managing a plurality of clients. A request to implement a change in configuration data is received from a user. The configuration data relates to an operation of a client. The received request is stored in a memory area. Computer-executable instructions request topology data from the memory area based on the configuration data to identify the client. The requested topology data is received from the memory area. Computer-executable instructions identify a notification service associated with the client and notify the identified notification service of the change in the configuration data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ying-Kin Tony Yip, Maximiliano Maccanti, Baskaran Dharmarajan, Walter Oliver, Claudia Irene Bond, Scott M. Anson, Juanya Davon Williams
  • Centralized configuration data management for distributed clients
    Patent number: 7383271
    Abstract: System and method for managing a plurality of clients. A request to implement a change in configuration data is received from a user. The configuration data relates to an operation of a client. The received request is stored in a memory area. Computer-executable instructions request topology data from the memory area based on the configuration data to identify the client. The requested topology data is received from the memory area. Computer-executable instructions identify a notification service associated with the client and notify the identified notification service of the change in the configuration data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ying-Kin Tony Yip, Maximiliano Maccanti, Baskaran Dharmarajan, Walter Oliver, Claudia Irene Bond, Scott M. Anson, Juanya Davon Williams
  • Method and system for staged web service upgrade from an existing version to a different version
    Patent number: 7380003
    Abstract: Managing a web service provided by a plurality of servers coupled to a data communication network. Two versions of the web service are executed on the plurality of servers and a selected version of the web service is identified for execution based on a request from a user for access the web service. While access to the web service is permitted via at least one server, the web service is updated on at least one other server. One or more servers providing the web service may specify a default version of the web service as the selected version if the request from the user does not specify a version of the web service for access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Quiang Michael Guo, Ying-Kin Tony Yip, Neelamadhaba Mahapatro, Rui Chen