The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 22, 2013
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Kyle Smith, Seattle, WA (US);

Adrian Maziak, Sammamish, WA (US);

Djana Milton, Lakewood, WA (US);

Dattatraya Rajpure, Redmond, WA (US);

Gaurav Dhawan, Redmond, WA (US);

Shafqat Khan, Lynnwood, WA (US);

Roxana Drake, Redmond, WA (US);

Khuzaima Iqbal, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/445 (2006.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 9/445 (2013.01); G06F 9/4843 (2013.01); G06F 8/60 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for guaranteeing that a software program is executed on a machine only during designated periods of time are provided. Service windows define time periods during which software programs targeted to execute on a machine are allowed to execute on the machine. On the machine, the service windows work in conjunction with a client process that is executing on the machine to guarantee execution of the software programs by the client process only during available service windows.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…