Patents by Inventor Elissa S. Murphy

Elissa S. Murphy 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).

  • Storage or removal actions based on priority
    Patent number: 8250040
    Abstract: Techniques for providing content management services are described. Managing content services includes determining a value of content and determining storage actions of the content based on the value. The value of the content is determined by weighting factors, such as access frequency, a rating, a size of the content, a type of the content, and a security level of the content. Based on the value of the content, one or more storage actions may be determined for the content to optimize storage. The storage actions may include identifying a version of the content to be saved, compressing the content, determining a back up of the content to store, identifying a location to store the content, performing erasure encoding of the content, and/or removing the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Elissa S. Murphy, John D. Mehr, Matthew J. Dickson, Catherine Claire Marshall
  • STORAGE OR REMOVAL ACTIONS BASED ON PRIORITY
    Publication number: 20100318575
    Abstract: Techniques for providing content management services are described. Managing content services includes determining a value of content and determining storage actions of the content based on the value. The value of the content is determined by weighting factors, such as access frequency, a rating, a size of the content, a type of the content, and a security level of the content. Based on the value of the content, one or more storage actions may be determined for the content to optimize storage. The storage actions may include identifying a version of the content to be saved, compressing the content, determining a back up of the content to store, identifying a location to store the content, performing erasure encoding of the content, and/or removing the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Elissa S. Murphy, John D. Mehr, Mathew J. Dickson, Catherine C. Marshall