Trevor W Mcdiarmid

US Patent:

8631397, Jan 14, 2014

Filed:

Mar 31, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/059978

Inventors:

Gurashish Singh Brar - Redmond WA, US
Joe Keng Yap - Sammamish WA, US
Trevor William McDiarmid - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717173, 717170, 717171, 718 1

Abstract:

Virtual applications are automatically kept up to date with the current version of a virtual application. Instead of the client having to obtain the entire version of the current virtual application, the client obtains the portions of the current virtual application that are changed from its version of the virtual application. After obtaining the changes needed to update its version of the virtual application, the client integrates those changes into its version of the virtual application.

US Patent:

20100306270, Dec 2, 2010

Filed:

May 26, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/471476

Inventors:

Trevor William McDiarmid - Seattle WA, US
Gurashish Singh Brar - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/455
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707796, 718 1, 709247, 707602, 707821, 707756

Abstract:

Technologies are described herein for generating a local copy of a virtualized application package from a local installation. An empty copy of the virtualized application package is generated from a skeleton file. The skeleton file contains a hash value computed from each data block in the virtualized application package. The component files of the application are retrieved from a virtual file system representation of the location installation of the application, and each component file is divided into one or more blocks of data. A hash value is computed for each block of data and the skeleton file is searched for a hash value corresponding to a data block of the virtualized application file that matches the hash value computed for each block of data. If a match is found, the block of data is copied to the corresponding data block of the empty copy of the virtualized application package.

US Patent:

20130144934, Jun 6, 2013

Filed:

Dec 1, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/309231

Inventors:

Alberto Swett - Redmond WA, US
Olivier M. Destrebecq - Seattle WA, US
Trevor W. McDiarmid - Seattle WA, US
Garland Trice - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709203

Abstract:

Targeting content from an online service is provided. A server may query a plug-in in a client application to determine whether an application is installed on a client computing device for viewing the content from the online service. The server may then receive a response to the query from the plug-in. The server may then query a web service to determine a license status for a roaming application for viewing the content from the online service the client computing device. The server may then receive a response to the query from the web service. The server may then present one or more options for targeting the content from the online service to the client computing device based on the response to the query from the plug-in and the response to the query from the web service.

US Patent:

20140130029, May 8, 2014

Filed:

Jan 13, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/153324

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
JOE K. YAP - Redmond WA, US
TREVOR MCDIARMID - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/44
G06F 9/455

US Classification:

717170, 717173

Abstract:

Virtual applications are automatically kept up to date with the current version of a virtual application. Instead of the client having to obtain the entire version of the current virtual application, the client obtains the portions of the current virtual application that are changed from its version of the virtual application. After obtaining the changes needed to update its version of the virtual application, the client integrates those changes into its version of the virtual application.