Patents by Inventor Brad Dean Thompson

Brad Dean Thompson 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).

  • Patent number: 8375251
    Abstract: A method, system, and media for monitoring and healing a computing system. Monitoring agents are deployed to a computing system to be monitored. The monitoring agents collect performance and non-performance counter data of computing devices in the computing system. The data include any recordable information about the monitored computing system. The data is stored in a performance database. A master controller monitors the data for an occurrence of an alert condition that indicates degradation in the health of the computing system. The health of the computing system includes the health of the system, individual components therein, and interactions with other systems. The master controller performs a resolution process to resolve issues causing degradation of the computing system. The collection of data and the monitoring thereof is customizable for an individual computing device, for a cluster of computing devices, or for the computing system as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Lawrence Ness, Brad Dean Thompson
  • Publication number: 20100318836
    Abstract: A method, system, and media for monitoring and healing a computing system. Monitoring agents are deployed to a computing system to be monitored. The monitoring agents collect performance and non-performance counter data of computing devices in the computing system. The data include any recordable information about the monitored computing system. The data is stored in a performance database. A master controller monitors the data for an occurrence of an alert condition that indicates degradation in the health of the computing system. The health of the computing system includes the health of the system, individual components therein, and interactions with other systems. The master controller performs a resolution process to resolve issues causing degradation of the computing system. The collection of data and the monitoring thereof is customizable for an individual computing device, for a cluster of computing devices, or for the computing system as a whole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: ANDREW LAWRENCE NESS, BRAD DEAN THOMPSON
  • Publication number: 20100121855
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer-readable medium for accessing and managing an online storage system is disclosed. Access to a storage resource in a multiple server storage system is provided by sending to a lookup partitioning service server a resource identifier that is associated with a storage resource stored in a particular storage partition of a storage server. The LPS returns the looked-up partition that stores the storage resource associated with the resource identifier. Access to the storage resource is then enabled to the looked-up storage partition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Apurva F. Dalia, Craig Allen Harry, Nishant Dani, Shan Jiang, Brad Dean Thompson, Bradley J. Barrows, David R. Shutt
  • Patent number: 7676551
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer-readable medium for accessing and managing an online storage system is disclosed. Access to a storage resource in a multiple server storage system is provided by sending to a lookup partitioning service server a resource identifier that is associated with a storage resource stored in a particular storage partition of a storage server. The LPS returns the looked-up partition that stores the storage resource associated with the resource identifier. Access to the storage resource is then enabled to the looked-up storage partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Apurva F. Dalia, Craig Allen Harry, Nishant Dani, Shan Jiang, Brad Dean Thompson, Bradley J. Barrows, David R. Shutt