Patents by Inventor Arun K. Sacheti

Arun K. Sacheti has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • OMAHA - USER PRICE INCENTIVE MODEL
    Publication number: 20080114651
    Abstract: The claimed subject invention presents a system and method to compensate a user of a service platform in return for information regarding the user's intent. The compensation comprises rewards points and direct payments, which can be used to claim rewards online and offline. The compensation is securely maintained in compensation accounts. The user can benefit from third-party content and services through partnerships with the service platform. The intent-compensation proposition of the service platform creates a price incentive to use the service platform over its competitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kamal Jain, Zachary Abraham Apter, Jody D. Biggs, Brian Burdick, Nishant V. Dani, Gary W. Flake, Marcel Gavriliu, Randall F. Kern, David Lawrence Kiker, Arun K. Sacheti, Brian James Utter, Polina Veksler
  • System and method for describing and automatically managing resources
    Patent number: 7257635
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically allocating resources is provided. The system includes one or more components for automatically allocating one or more resources, based at least in part on data associated with the one or more resources, the data including at least one of, type data, instance data, characteristic data, and dynamically modifiable metadata. An alternative aspect of the system provides one or more components for automatically allocating one or more resources distributed on a plurality of resource allocation servers. The one or more components for automatically allocating the one or more resources can improve utilization of the capacity of the one or more resources. In an alternative embodiment the system includes an Application Programming Interface (API) operable to configure and/or control the one or more components for automatically allocating one or more resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eugene C. Chellis, William G. Burton, Christopher VandenBerg, Siva Mohan, Arun K. Sacheti, Justin Cole
  • System and method for describing and automatically managing resources
    Patent number: 6901446
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically allocating resources is provided. The system includes one or more components for automatically allocating one or more resources, based at least in part on data associated with the one or more resources, the data including at least one of, type data, instance data, characteristic data, and dynamically modifiable metadata. An alternative aspect of the system provides one or more components for automatically allocating one or more resources distributed on a plurality of resource allocation servers. The one or more components for automatically allocating the one or more resources can improve utilization of the capacity of the one or more resources. In an alternative embodiment the system includes an Application Programming Interface (API) operable to configure and/or control the one or more components for automatically allocating one or more resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corp.
    Inventors: Eugene C. Chellis, William G. Burton, Christopher VandenBerg, Siva Mohan, Arun K. Sacheti, Justin Cole
  • System and method for describing and automatically managing resources
    Publication number: 20020120744
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically allocating resources is provided. The system includes one or more components for automatically allocating one or more resources, based at least in part on data associated with the one or more resources, the data including at least one of, type data, instance data, characteristic data, and dynamically modifiable metadata. An alternative aspect of the system provides one or more components for automatically allocating one or more resources distributed on a plurality of resource allocation servers. The one or more components for automatically allocating the one or more resources can improve utilization of the capacity of the one or more resources. In an alternative embodiment the system includes an Application Programming Interface (API) operable to configure and/or control the one or more components for automatically allocating one or more resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Eugene C. Chellis, William G. Burton, Christopher VandenBerg, Siva Mohan, Arun K. Sacheti, Justin Cole