Patents by Inventor John David Ballard

John David Ballard 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: 10523717
    Abstract: A method includes acts for establishing a subscription for an entity. The method includes receiving, at a cloud service provider, a request from an entity to establish a subscription. The request includes credentials for the entity that are not proper credentials for an organization associated with the entity that the entity should use to access services for the organization. The method further includes performing a corrective action based on detecting one or more factors to determine that the entity is associated with the organization. The method further includes providing services based on the corrective action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ranganathan Srikanth, David James Armour, Ashvinkumar J. Sanghvi, Jeremy Winter, John David Ballard, Dwayne Richard Need, Srivatsan Parthasarathy
  • Publication number: 20190273761
    Abstract: A method includes acts for establishing a subscription for an entity. The method includes receiving, at a cloud service provider, a request from an entity to establish a subscription. The request includes credentials for the entity that are not proper credentials for an organization associated with the entity that the entity should use to access services for the organization. The method further includes performing a corrective action based on detecting one or more factors to determine that the entity is associated with the organization. The method further includes providing services based on the corrective action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Ranganathan Srikanth, David James Armour, Ashvinkumar J. Sanghvi, Jeremy Winter, John David Ballard, Dwayne Richard Need, Srivatsan Parthasarathy
  • Patent number: 10298621
    Abstract: A method includes acts for establishing a subscription for an entity. The method includes receiving, at a cloud service provider, a request from an entity to establish a subscription. The request includes credentials for the entity that are not proper credentials for an organization associated with the entity that the entity should use to access services for the organization. The method further includes performing a corrective action based on detecting one or more factors to determine that the entity is associated with the organization. The method further includes providing services based on the corrective action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ranganathan Srikanth, David James Armour, Ashvinkumar J. Sanghvi, Jeremy Winter, John David Ballard, Dwayne Richard Need, Srivatsan Parthasarathy
  • Publication number: 20180255107
    Abstract: A method includes acts for establishing a subscription for an entity. The method includes receiving, at a cloud service provider, a request from an entity to establish a subscription. The request includes credentials for the entity that are not proper credentials for an organization associated with the entity that the entity should use to access services for the organization. The method further includes performing a corrective action based on detecting one or more factors to determine that the entity is associated with the organization. The method further includes providing services based on the corrective action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Ranganathan Srikanth, David James Armour, Ashvinkumar J. Sanghvi, Jeremy Winter, John David Ballard, Dwayne Richard Need, Srivatsan Parthasarathy
  • Patent number: 9961114
    Abstract: A method includes acts for establishing a subscription for an entity. The method includes receiving, at a cloud service provider, a request from an entity to establish a subscription. The request includes credentials for the entity that are not proper credentials for an organization associated with the entity that the entity should use to access services for the organization. The method further includes performing a corrective action based on detecting one or more factors to determine that the entity is associated with the organization. The method further includes providing services based on the corrective action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ranganathan Srikanth, David James Armour, Ashvinkumar J. Sanghvi, Jeremy Winter, John David Ballard, Dwayne Richard Need, Srivatsan Parthasarathy
  • Publication number: 20170155685
    Abstract: A method includes acts for establishing a subscription for an entity. The method includes receiving, at a cloud service provider, a request from an entity to establish a subscription. The request includes credentials for the entity that are not proper credentials for an organization associated with the entity that the entity should use to access services for the organization. The method further includes performing a corrective action based on detecting one or more factors to determine that the entity is associated with the organization. The method further includes providing services based on the corrective action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Ranganathan Srikanth, David James Armour, Ashvinkumar J. Sanghvi, Jeremy Winter, John David Ballard, Dwayne Richard Need, Srivatsan Parthasarathy
  • Patent number: 9596267
    Abstract: A method includes acts for establishing a subscription for an entity. The method includes receiving, at a cloud service provider, a request from an entity to establish a subscription. The request includes credentials for the entity that are not proper credentials for an organization associated with the entity that the entity should use to access services for the organization. The method further includes performing a corrective action based on detecting one or more factors to determine that the entity is associated with the organization. The method further includes providing services based on the corrective action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ranganathan Srikanth, David James Armour, Ashvinkumar J. Sanghvi, Jeremy Winter, John David Ballard, Dwayne Richard Need, Srivatsan Parthasarathy
  • Publication number: 20160065616
    Abstract: A method includes acts for establishing a subscription for an entity. The method includes receiving, at a cloud service provider, a request from an entity to establish a subscription. The request includes credentials for the entity that are not proper credentials for an organization associated with the entity that the entity should use to access services for the organization. The method further includes performing a corrective action based on detecting one or more factors to determine that the entity is associated with the organization. The method further includes providing services based on the corrective action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Ranganathan Srikanth, David James Armour, Ashvinkumar J. Sanghvi, Jeremy Winter, John David Ballard, Dwayne Richard Need, Srivatsan Parthasarathy
  • Patent number: 7313756
    Abstract: A method of providing an extension mechanism to an schema editor such that custom properties may be defined for nodes within an XSD schema. The custom properties allow the schema editor to define characteristics of non-XML data within XSD schemas in a standard fashion. The XSD schemas may then be used to parse and validate instance data that is not natively in XML format, such as flat files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nagalinga Durga Prasad Sripathi Panditharadhya, Udaya Kumar Bhaskara, John David Ballard, Alvaro de Matos Miranda Filho