William M Zintel from 16934 NE 164Th St, Woodinville, WA 98072, age 61, Phone: 425-485-2430

Us Patents

Auto-Configuring Of Peripheral On Host/Peripheral Computing Platform With Peer Networking-To-Host/Peripheral Adapter For Peer Networking Connectivity
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US Patent:

6779004, Aug 17, 2004
Filed:

Feb 1, 2000
Appl. No.:

09/495815
Inventors:

William Michael Zintel - Kenmore WA
Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA
International Classification:

G06F 1300
US Classification:

707227, 709250, 710 10, 719321
Abstract:

A self-installing and configuring peer networking-to-host/peripheral connectivity adapter, such as a set of software modules running on a host, operates to convert between a device control protocol with peer networking connectivity and a host/peripheral connectivity protocol for a set of host-connected peripheral devices. The adapter is automatically installed on the host upon connecting a new peripheral device, such as by a plug-and-play operating system of the host. The adapter operates as a peer-networking addressable controlled device module, which responds to communication in the device control protocol from other peer devices that are networked with the host. The adapter converts the device control protocol communications from the peer devices into a host/peripheral protocol for controlling the peripheral devices. The peripheral devices thereby are controllable as peer networking devices via the peer networking connectivity device control protocol.

Xml-Based Template Language For Devices And Services
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US Patent:

6910068, Jun 21, 2005
Filed:

Mar 16, 2001
Appl. No.:

09/811362
Inventors:

William M. Zintel - Kenmore WA, US
Amar S. Gandhi - Redmond WA, US
Ye Gu - Seattle WA, US
Shyamalan Pather - Redmond WA, US
Jeffrey C. Schlimmer - Redmond WA, US
Christopher M. Rude - Redmond WA, US
Daniel R. Weisman - Kirkland WA, US
Donald R. Ryan - Redmond WA, US
Paul J. Leach - Seattle WA, US
Ting Cai - Redmond WA, US
Holly N. Knight - Woodinville WA, US
Peter S. Ford - Carnation WA, US
Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA
International Classification:

G06F015/177
US Classification:

709220, 709218, 709225, 709229, 709249
Abstract:

A universal plug and play (UPnP) device makes itself known through a set of processes-discovery, description, control, eventing, and presentation. Following discovery of a UPnP device, an entity can learn more about the device and its capabilities by retrieving the device's description. The description includes vendor-specific manufacturer information like the model name and number, serial number, manufacturer name, URLs to vendor-specific Web sites, etc. The description also includes a list of any embedded devices or services, as well as URLs for control, eventing, and presentation. The description is written by a vendor, and is usually based on a device template produced by a UPnP forum working committee. The template is derived from a template language that is used to define elements to describe the device and any services supported by the device. The template language is written using an XML-based syntax that organizes and structures the elements.

Bluetooth Tdi And Winsock Interface
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US Patent:

6961942, Nov 1, 2005
Filed:

Nov 6, 2000
Appl. No.:

09/707120
Inventors:

Stanley W. Adermann - Sammamish WA, US
Siamak Poursabahian - Redmond WA, US
Louis J. Giliberto - Duvall WA, US
Doron J. Holan - Seattle WA, US
Husni Roukbi - Seattle WA, US
Kenneth D. Ray - Redmond WA, US
Joseph M. Joy - Redmond WA, US
William Michael Zintel - Kenmore WA, US
Mark D. Bertoglio - Seattle WA, US
Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA
International Classification:

G06F009/54
US Classification:

719328, 719321
Abstract:

A method, apparatus, and computer program product provide applications and application developers with generic access from user mode to the L2CAP layer of Bluetooth by exposing the L2CAP layer to user mode via a socket interface. In particular, a kernel mode primary component and user mode helper component cooperate to expose a Winsock interface to user mode components, and to manage various Bluetooth-specific functions and operations, allowing a user mode user application to access Bluetooth functionality without providing Bluetooth-specific commands or actions, and without being required to use RFCOMM.

Data Driven Remote Device Control Model With General Programming Interface-To-Network Messaging Adapter
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US Patent:

7085814, Aug 1, 2006
Filed:

Nov 2, 2000
Appl. No.:

09/706446
Inventors:

Amar S. Gandhi - Redmond WA, US
Andrew J. Layman - Bellevue WA, US
Daniel R. Weisman - Kirkland WA, US
Shyamalan Pather - Redmond WA, US
William Michael Zintel - Kenmore WA, US
Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA
International Classification:

G06F 15/16
US Classification:

709208, 719328
Abstract:

A general programmatic interface-to-network messaging adapter exposes a suitable object integration interface or application programming interface to applications on a controller device and sends network data messages to invoke services or query status of a controlled device. The adapter maps application calls to the interface into network data messages according to service protocols of the controlled device. The general adapter provides the interface suitable to any specific service of a controlled device based on a data description of the interface, and converts the application calls to network data messages based on a data description of a protocol and format for network data messages to interact with the specific service. Once the interface/messaging description is obtained, applications on the controller device can programmatically interact with the adapter, and the adapter then handles appropriate message exchanges with the service of the controlled device. The general adapter allows controller device applications to be written using object-oriented programming, while avoiding code download.

Managing Packet Transmissions Between A Device In A Limited Connectivity Network And A Device Residing Outside The Limited Connectivity Network
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US Patent:

7088687, Aug 8, 2006
Filed:

Oct 29, 2004
Appl. No.:

10/977021
Inventors:

Arun Ayyagari - Seattle WA, US
Salim S. AbiEzzi - Kirkland WA, US
William Michael Zintel - Kenmore WA, US
Timothy M. Moore - Bellevue WA, US
Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA
International Classification:

H04B 7/05
US Classification:

370278, 370338, 714750
Abstract:

The invention makes possible remote control of devices in a piconet by remote users communicating over the Internet and the like by providing a proxy-bridge device. The proxy-bridge device is a bridge for sending packets to and from between an external device and a device in the piconet. Moreover, the proxy-bridge device also serves as a proxy for the external device to devices in the piconet and as a proxy for devices in the piconet accessing an external device. The proxy-bridge wireless device's protocol stack allows communications with the piconet devices within the piconet. In addition, the protocol stack allows an application to communicate with a remote device e. g. , via the Internet Protocol. Thus, the proxy-bridge device, using two protocols, enables remote users discover the presence of a service offered by a device in a piconet as a logical embedded device within the proxy-bridge device and vice-versa.

Synchronization Of Controlled Device State Using State Table And Eventing In Data-Driven Remote Device Control Model
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US Patent:

7089307, Aug 8, 2006
Filed:

Mar 5, 2004
Appl. No.:

10/794515
Inventors:

William Michael Zintel - Kenmore WA, US
Brian S. Christian - Redmond WA, US
Bradford A. Christian - Kirkland WA, US
Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA
International Classification:

G06F 13/00
US Classification:

709224, 709203, 709248, 719318
Abstract:

Controlled devices according to a device control model maintain a state table representative of their operational state. Devices providing a user control point interface for the controlled device obtain the state table of the controlled device, and may also obtain presentation data defining a remoted user interface of the controlled device and device control protocol data defining commands and data messaging protocol to effect control of the controlled device. These user control devices also subscribe to notifications of state table changes, which are distributed from the controlled device according to an eventing model. Accordingly, upon any change to the controlled device's operational state, the eventing model synchronizes the device's state as represented in the state table across all user control devices.

Xml-Based Language Description For Controlled Devices
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US Patent:

7130895, Oct 31, 2006
Filed:

Mar 16, 2001
Appl. No.:

09/811236
Inventors:

William Michael Zintel - Kenmore WA, US
Amar S. Gandhi - Redmond WA, US
Ye Gu - Seattle WA, US
Paul J. Leach - Seattle WA, US
Ting Cai - Redmond WA, US
Holly N. Knight - Woodinville WA, US
Peter S. Ford - Carnation WA, US
Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA
International Classification:

G06F 15/177
G06F 15/00
US Classification:

709220, 715513
Abstract:

A device control model provides an integrated set of addressing, naming, discovery and description processes that enables automatic, dynamic and ad-hoc self-setup by devices to interoperate with other devices on a network. This permits a computing device when introduced into a network to automatically configure so as to connect and interact with other computing devices available on the network, without a user installation experience and without downloading driver software or persisting a configuration setup for connecting and interacting with such other computing devices. Upon completing interaction with such other devices, the computing device automatically releases the setup for such other devices so as to avoid persistent device configurations that might create a configuration maintenance and management burden.

Peer Networking Host Framework And Hosting Api
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US Patent:

7171475, Jan 30, 2007
Filed:

Jun 1, 2001
Appl. No.:

09/872614
Inventors:

Daniel R. Weisman - Kirkland WA, US
Shyamalan Pather - Redmond WA, US
Ravi T. Rao - Redmond WA, US
William Michael Zintel - Kenmore WA, US
Mason K. Bendixen - Bellevue WA, US
Christopher M. Rude - Redmond WA, US
Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA
International Classification:

G06F 15/16
US Classification:

709227, 709230, 709228, 709204
Abstract:

A device hosting framework provides hosting for software-implemented logical devices (including peripheral devices bridges) on a computer to expose their services as controlled devices per a peer networking protocol. The device hosting framework encapsulates discovery, description and control protocol operations of the peer networking protocol, which frees the developers of the hosted devices from having to individually implement the peer networking protocol in the hosted devices' software and need implement only the core functionality of the hosted device. The device hosting framework operates as a host supporting device interoperability via the peer networking protocol for multiple hosted devices.