Inventor
SHELL SCOTT R
US35 patents
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MICROSOFT CORP
23 patentsUS7194503B2Mar 20, 2007
System and method to query settings on a mobile device
MICROSOFT CORP46 citations96
US7017155B2Mar 21, 2006
Installing software on a mobile computing device using the rollback and security features of a configuration manager
MICROSOFT CORP73 citations96
US6993760B2Jan 31, 2006
Installing software on a mobile computing device using the rollback and security features of a configuration manager
MICROSOFT CORP72 citations96
US7549042B2Jun 16, 2009
Applying custom software image updates to non-volatile storage in a failsafe manner
MICROSOFT CORP66 citations95
US6826762B2Nov 30, 2004
Radio interface layer in a cell phone with a set of APIs having a hardware-independent proxy layer and a hardware-specific driver layer
MICROSOFT CORP34 citations92
US6651111B2Nov 18, 2003
System and method for managing a serial port
MICROSOFT CORP21 citations92
US7568195B2Jul 28, 2009
Determining a maximal set of dependent software updates valid for installation
MICROSOFT CORP42 citations91
US7529197B2May 5, 2009
System and method for continuously provisioning a mobile device
MICROSOFT CORP14 citations91
US7295522B2Nov 13, 2007
System and method for continuously provisioning a mobile device
MICROSOFT CORP18 citations91
US7062274B2Jun 13, 2006
Increasing the level of automation when establishing and managing network connections
MICROSOFT CORP30 citations91
US6339780B1Jan 15, 2002
Loading status in a hypermedia browser having a limited available display area
MICROSOFT CORP44 citations91
US5949418ASep 7, 1999
Operating system for handheld computing device having graphical window minimization/enlargement functionality
MICROSOFT CORP46 citations90
US7549148B2Jun 16, 2009
Self-describing software image update components
MICROSOFT CORP26 citations88
US7698223B2Apr 13, 2010
Pluggable file-based digital rights management API layer for applications and engines
MICROSOFT CORP26 citations87
US7188243B2Mar 6, 2007
System and method for over the air configuration security
MICROSOFT CORP16 citations83
US7187660B2Mar 6, 2007
System and method for continuously provisioning a mobile device
MICROSOFT CORP10 citations83
US6918115B2Jul 12, 2005
Method and apparatus for synchronization of periodic processes
MICROSOFT CORP9 citations73
US6826416B2Nov 30, 2004
Automated cellular telephone clock setting
MICROSOFT CORP6 citations72
US7349990B2Mar 25, 2008
System and method to query settings on a mobile device
MICROSOFT CORP3 citations63
US7712099B2May 4, 2010
Method and apparatus for synchronization of periodic processes
MICROSOFT CORP4 citations62
US7478392B2Jan 13, 2009
Method and apparatus for synchronization of periodic processes
MICROSOFT CORP1 citations62
US7206590B2Apr 17, 2007
Automated cellular telephone clock setting
MICROSOFT CORP5 citations61
US7870490B2Jan 11, 2011
On-the-fly device configuration and management
MICROSOFT CORP5 citations60
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC
11 patentsUS10078748B2Sep 18, 2018
Unlock and recovery for encrypted devices
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC10 citations82
US10803175B2Oct 13, 2020
Device attestation through security hardened management agent
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC3 citations71
US10713350B2Jul 14, 2020
Unlock and recovery for encrypted devices
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC2 citations71
US9565169B2Feb 7, 2017
Device theft protection associating a device identifier and a user identifier
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC3 citations67
US12443699B2Oct 14, 2025
Unlock and recovery for encrypted devices
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations61
US11295004B2Apr 5, 2022
Unlock and recovery for encrypted devices
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations61
US12069132B2Aug 20, 2024
Propagating origin information for applications during application installation
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations58
US11722566B2Aug 8, 2023
Propagating origin information for applications during application installation
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations58
US11082491B2Aug 3, 2021
Propagating origin information for applications during application installation
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations58
US10956615B2Mar 23, 2021
Securely defining operating system composition without multiple authoring
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC1 citations55
US9762396B2Sep 12, 2017
Device theft protection associating a device identifier and a user identifier
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations46