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  • Marysville, WA
  • Bellevue, WA
  • Kiona, WA

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Automatic Software License Reconciliation

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US Patent:
20080148253, Jun 19, 2008
Filed:
Dec 15, 2006
Appl. No.:
11/611756
Inventors:
Ashutosh Badwe - Redmond WA, US
Ram P. Papatla - Sammamish WA, US
David James Armour - Bellevue WA, US
Ross Norrie - Bellevue WA, US
Assignee:
MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA
International Classification:
G06F 9/445
US Classification:
717174
Abstract:
Reconciling an installed software application with a software license. A discovery agent is deployed to each computing device at a user site, and each deployed discovery agent identifies information associated with access to the installed software application on the respective computing device. The identified information is aggregated to determine a present utilization of the installed software application on the computing devices at the user site. Usage rights associated with a software license for the software application is correlated with the present utilization of the software application. A resulting utilization is created as a function of the correlation and a report is provided indicating the resulting utilization.

Dynamic Software Fingerprinting

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US Patent:
20080189326, Aug 7, 2008
Filed:
Feb 1, 2007
Appl. No.:
11/670247
Inventors:
Ross A. Norrie - Bellevue WA, US
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA
International Classification:
G06F 17/00
US Classification:
7071041
Abstract:
Embodiments of dynamic software fingerprinting techniques are presented herein. In an implementation, an inventory of applications installed on a client is performed by examination of one or more inventory categories. Relationships are then created between the installed applications from the inventory and one or more supplemental categories. Based on the relationships created, a fingerprint inventory corresponding to the client is produced which describes: the relationships; the installed applications of the client; categories including the applications; and attributes corresponding to the applications.

Measuring Client Access Licenses

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US Patent:
20080189400, Aug 7, 2008
Filed:
Feb 1, 2007
Appl. No.:
11/670314
Inventors:
Ross A. Norrie - Bellevue WA, US
Mark Sterin - Redmond WA, US
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation - Redmond CA
International Classification:
G06F 15/173
US Classification:
709223
Abstract:
Embodiments of measuring client access license (CAL) techniques are presented herein. In an implementation, a management service provides functionality to collect and centrally store configuration data from a plurality of clients in a network and topology data describing the arrangement of applications and servers in the network. Then, the collected configuration data and topology data may be combined to measure client access license (CAL) usage corresponding to licensed resources which are provided via the network.

Community-Based Strategies For Generating Reports

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US Patent:
20080201294, Aug 21, 2008
Filed:
Feb 15, 2007
Appl. No.:
11/675463
Inventors:
Ross A. Norrie - Bellevue WA, US
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA
International Classification:
G06F 17/30
US Classification:
707 2
Abstract:
A strategy is described for maintaining a plurality report logic units in a network-accessible community report system. An agnostic reporting module in a local environment can peruse the reports offered by the community report system and download a report logic unit corresponding to a selected report. The reporting module generates the report using a mapping module. The mapping module maps data fields identified in the downloaded report logic unit to one or more data sources. The mapping module uses a data connector to establish a link between the data fields and data sources. This strategy provides a mechanism by which an entity can be conveniently informed of relevant issues that may affect it.
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