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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2004
Applicants:
Martin L. Holladay, Bremerton, WA (US);
Mukesh Karki, Issaquah, WA (US);
Parthasarathy Narayanan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Inventors:
Martin L. Holladay, Bremerton, WA (US);
Mukesh Karki, Issaquah, WA (US);
Parthasarathy Narayanan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and/or methods that edit an image having an operating system to alter a security setting and securely deploy the edited image to a bare computer over a network susceptible to malicious communication are described. The systems and/or methods may also enable secure deployment and/or receipt of an operating system and updates for the operating system.