Raymond D Pedrizetti

US Patent:

6574588, Jun 3, 2003

Filed:

Sep 23, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/159522

Inventors:

Daniel Shapiro - Redmond WA
Raymond D. Pedrizetti - Issaquah WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9455

US Classification:

703 24, 703 25, 709321, 709325, 709326, 709327, 710 8, 710 10, 710 13, 710 14, 710 63, 710 72, 710 73, 710 74

Abstract:

The present invention is directed to a peripheral device that integrally provides a program relating to the peripheral device, and may be connected to a computer system. The peripheral device includes a peripheral function subsystem for providing a peripheral device functionality. The peripheral device further includes a solid-state memory device storing a program relating to the peripheral device in a format used by disk drives. When the peripheral device is connected to a computer system, the program stored in the solid-state memory device is immediately available, and can be read by the computer system as though it was stored on a disk drive connected to the computer system.

US Patent:

6609182, Aug 19, 2003

Filed:

Jan 20, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/488271

Inventors:

Raymond D. Pedrizetti - Issaquah WA
Pierre-Yves Santerre - Bellevue WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 1200

US Classification:

711159, 711133, 711162, 711165, 713 1, 713300, 713323

Abstract:

A duplicate memory image of the pages that need to be saved (i. e. hibernated) is created within volatile memory. The pages to be hibernated include all pages whose state is locked and a portion, if not all, of the pages whose state is idle. If the duplicate memory image of the pages to be hibernated cannot, however, be created due to a lack of volatile memory, a portion of the idle pages is pushed out to the swap file on secondary storage to free more volatile memory for this duplication. This duplicate memory image of the pages to be hibernated along with a corresponding page table identifying their location within volatile memory are then written out to a file on the secondary storage, completing hibernation and allowing the computer system to shut down in a hibernate mode.

US Patent:

6789255, Sep 7, 2004

Filed:

Sep 26, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/670116

Inventors:

Raymond D. Pedrizetti - Issaquah WA
Scott D. Quinn - Issaquah WA
Timothy W. Bragg - Redmond WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 944

US Classification:

717169, 717170, 717171

Abstract:

A low bandwidth link can be used optimally for software updates, by successively transferring more information about the updates only as the likelihood of an applicable update successively increases. A many-to-one mapping function (e. g. a hash function) is applied to update identifiers on a server to generate a table of single bit entries corresponding to the updates. At a client, the same mapping function is applied to program identifiers to determine whether the server has a potential update. If a potential update is noted, a second transmission is requested for conveying additional data from the server by which hash collisions can be identified. A third transmission from the server is received conveying the actual update only after the availability of an actual update (versus a hash collision) is confirmed. The same arrangement can be employed in reverse.

US Patent:

7065740, Jun 20, 2006

Filed:

Apr 23, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/128062

Inventors:

W. Jeff Westerinen - Sammamish WA, US
James R. Benton - Seattle WA, US
Mukesh Karki - Issaquah WA, US
Alan R. Morin - Kirkland WA, US
Raymond D. Pedrizetti - Sammamish WA, US
Thomas C. Phillips - Bellevue WA, US
Kartik N. Raghavan - Seattle WA, US
Paul Sutton - Seattle WA, US
Curt Steeb - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717101, 717102, 717107

Abstract:

An apparatus and method to automate the deployment, provisioning, and management of a programmable device for the life cycle states of the programmable device is presented. The system includes an automation interface for a developer to develop modules to aid in the automation of the deployment, provisioning, and management of the programmable device and for a user to direct the system to enter into a state of the life cycle. A controller moves the programmable device into states of the life cycle in response to triggering events occurring.

US Patent:

7233890, Jun 19, 2007

Filed:

Jun 2, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/449085

Inventors:

Daniel Shapiro - Redmond WA, US
Raymond D. Pedrizetti - Issaquah WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/455
G06F 7/00

US Classification:

703 24, 703 13, 703 21, 703 23

Abstract:

The present invention is directed to a peripheral device that integrally provides a program relating to the peripheral device, and may be connected to a computer system. The peripheral device includes a peripheral function subsystem for providing a peripheral device functionality. The peripheral device further includes a solid-state memory device storing a program relating to the peripheral device in a format used by disk drives. When the peripheral device is connected to a computer system, the program stored in the solid-state memory device is immediately available, and can be read by the computer system as though it was stored on a disk drive connected to the computer system.

US Patent:

7290258, Oct 30, 2007

Filed:

Jun 25, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/607115

Inventors:

Curt A. Steeb - Redmond WA, US
Munisamy Prabu - Redmond WA, US
Zeyong Xu - Issaquah WA, US
Martin L. Holladay - Bremerton WA, US
Paul C. Sutton - Seattle WA, US
Raymond D. Pedrizetti - Sammamish WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/445
G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717178, 717168, 717172, 717173, 717174, 717177

Abstract:

Multiple devices on which operating systems can be automatically deployed are managed. According to one aspect, an apparatus manages installation of operating systems on a plurality of computing devices. The installation is performed across the plurality of computing devices both concurrently and asynchronously.

US Patent:

7814126, Oct 12, 2010

Filed:

Jun 25, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/607054

Inventors:

Munisamy Prabu - Redmond WA, US
Michael J. Gallop - Sammamish WA, US
Raymond D. Pedrizetti - Sammamish WA, US
Curt A. Steeb - Redmond WA, US
Zeyong Xu - Issaquah WA, US
Paul C. Sutton - Seattle WA, US
Martin L. Holladay - Bremerton WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707804, 717176, 717178

Abstract:

Task sequences are used to manage devices. According to one aspect, a user-defined or user-selected task sequence is received. The task sequence is converted into an ordered series of steps, and the series of steps are performed, in accordance with their order, in managing a device over a network. In certain implementations, the ordered series of steps are steps for automatically deploying an operating system on the device.

US Patent:

8086659, Dec 27, 2011

Filed:

Jun 25, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/607411

Inventors:

Curt A. Steeb - Redmond WA, US
Raymond D. Pedrizetti - Sammamish WA, US
Munisamy Prabu - Redmond WA, US
Zeyong Xu - Issaquah WA, US
Martin L. Holladay - Bremerton WA, US
Paul C. Sutton - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709201, 717171, 717172

Abstract:

According to one aspect of task sequence interfaces, a method includes exposing an interface that allows task sequences to be performed on a plurality of remote devices, and receiving requests regarding the task sequences and the plurality of remote devices via the interface. The interface comprises an object model including device objects that represent physical devices in a network, and jobs objects that represent task sequences performed on one or more of the plurality of remote devices.