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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:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2006
Applicants:
Ilarie G. Letca, Redmond, WA (US);
Brijesh D. Bhatia, Redmond, WA (US);
Stefan C. Negritoiu, Seattle, WA (US);
Vladimir Joanovic, Oakville, CA;
Inventors:
Ilarie G. Letca, Redmond, WA (US);
Brijesh D. Bhatia, Redmond, WA (US);
Stefan C. Negritoiu, Seattle, WA (US);
Vladimir Joanovic, Oakville, CA;
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device monitoring system for monitoring a device comprising: a database including a health record for the device; a heartbeat server coupled to the database; a heartbeat agent operating on the device and coupled to the heartbeat server; a heartbeat packet sent from the heartbeat agent to the heartbeat server; and an update to the health record of the device responsive to the heartbeat packet.