Patents by Inventor Michael R. Fortin
Michael R. Fortin 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).
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Publication number: 20120227061Abstract: Application compatibility is facilitated by use of library operating systems. Library operating systems can encapsulate portions of an application likely to break application compatibility. An application can be bound to a compatible library operating system that operates over a host operating system. Furthermore, library operating system version can be greater than, equal, or less than the version of the host operating system. Consequently, both backward and forward compatibility is enabled.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2011Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Galen C. Hunt, Reuben R. Olinsky, Michael R. Fortin
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Patent number: 8255645Abstract: In order to provide a more efficient persistent storage device, one or more long-term storage media are included along with a non-volatile memory. In one embodiment, one portion of the non-volatile memory is used as a write buffer and a read cache for writes and reads to the long-term storage media. Interfaces are provided for controlling the use of the non-volatile memory as a write buffer and a read cache. Additionally, a portion of the non-volatile memory is used to provide a direct mapping for specified sectors of the long-term storage media. Descriptive data regarding the persistent storage device is stored in another portion of the non-volatile memory.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2011Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Cenk Ergan, Clark D. Nicholson, Dan Teodosiu, Dean L. DeWhitt, Emily Nicole Hill, Hanumantha R. Kodavalla, Michael J. Zwilling, John M. Parchem, Michael R. Fortin, Nathan Steven Obr, Rajeev Y. Nagar, Surenda Verma, Therron Powell, William J. Westerinen, Mark Joseph Zbikowski, Patrick L. Stemen
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Publication number: 20120198149Abstract: In a method of synchronizing with a separated disk cache, the separated cache is configured to transfer cache data to a staging area of a storage device. An atomic commit operation is utilized to instruct the storage device to atomically commit the cache data to a mapping scheme of the storage device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2012Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Ruston Panabaker, Cenk Ergan, Michael R. Fortin
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Publication number: 20120166719Abstract: Multiple copy sets of data are maintained on one or more storage devices. Each copy set includes at least some of the same data units as other sets. Different sets optionally have data units stored in different orders on the storage device(s). A particular one of the sets of data is selected as the set to be accessed in response to detecting a particular scenario.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2012Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Michael R. Fortin, Cenk Ergan, Mehmet Iyigun, Yevgeniy Bak, Benjamin A. Mickle, Alexander Kirshenbaum
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Patent number: 8180959Abstract: In a method of synchronizing with a separated disk cache, the separated cache is configured to transfer cache data to a staging area of a storage device. An atomic commit operation is utilized to instruct the storage device to atomically commit the cache data to a mapping scheme of the storage device.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2011Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Ruston Panabaker, Cenk Ergan, Michael R. Fortin
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Patent number: 8151068Abstract: Multiple copy sets of data are maintained on one or more storage devices. Each copy set includes at least some of the same data units as other sets. Different sets optionally have data units stored in different orders on the storage device(s). A particular one of the sets of data is selected as the set to be accessed in response to detecting a particular scenario.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2008Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Michael R Fortin, Cenk Ergan, Mehmet Iyigun, Yevgeniy Bak, Benjamin A Mickle, Alexander Kirshenbaum
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Publication number: 20120036326Abstract: In a method of synchronizing with a separated disk cache, the separated cache is configured to transfer cache data to a staging area of a storage device. An atomic commit operation is utilized to instruct the storage device to atomically commit the cache data to a mapping scheme of the storage device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2011Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Ruston Panabaker, Cenk Ergan, Michael R. Fortin
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Publication number: 20120005422Abstract: In order to provide a more efficient persistent storage device, one or more long-term storage media are included along with a non-volatile memory. In one embodiment, one portion of the non-volatile memory is used as a write buffer and a read cache for writes and reads to the long-term storage media. Interfaces are provided for controlling the use of the non-volatile memory as a write buffer and a read cache. Additionally, a portion of the non-volatile memory is used to provide a direct mapping for specified sectors of the long-term storage media. Descriptive data regarding the persistent storage device is stored in another portion of the non-volatile memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2011Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Cenk Ergan, Clark D. Nicholson, Dan Teodosiu, Dean L. DeWhitt, Emily Nicole Hill, Hanumantha R. Kodavalla, Michael J. Zwilling, John M. Parchem, Michael R. Fortin, Nathan Steven Obr, Rajeev Y. Nagar, Surenda Verma, Therron Powell, William J. Westerinen, Mark Joseph Zbikowski, Patrick L. Stemen
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Patent number: 8065480Abstract: In a method of synchronizing with a separated disk cache, the separated cache is configured to transfer cache data to a staging area of a storage device. An atomic commit operation is utilized to instruct the storage device to atomically commit the cache data to a mapping scheme of the storage device.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2010Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Ruston Panabaker, Cenk Ergan, Michael R. Fortin
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Publication number: 20110276743Abstract: The invention is directed towards a system and method that utilizes external memory devices to cache sectors from a rotating storage device (e.g., a hard drive) to improve system performance. When an external memory device (EMD) is plugged into the computing device or onto a network in which the computing device is connected, the system recognizes the EMD and populates the EMD with disk sectors. The system routes I/O read requests directed to the disk sector to the EMD cache instead of the actual disk sector. The use of EMDs increases performance and productivity on the computing device systems for a fraction of the cost of adding memory to the computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2011Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Alexander Kirshenbaum, Cenk Ergan, Michael R. Fortin, Robert L. Reinauer
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Patent number: 8041904Abstract: In order to provide a more efficient persistent storage device, one or more long-term storage media are included along with a non-volatile memory. In one embodiment, one portion of the non-volatile memory is used as a write buffer and a read cache for writes and reads to the long-term storage media. Interfaces are provided for controlling the use of the non-volatile memory as a write buffer and a read cache. Additionally, a portion of the non-volatile memory is used to provide a direct mapping for specified sectors of the long-term storage media. Descriptive data regarding the persistent storage device is stored in another portion of the non-volatile memory.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2009Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Cenk Ergan, Clark D. Nicholson, Dan Teodosiu, Dean L. DeWhitt, Emily Nicole Hill, Hanumantha R. Kodavalla, Michael J. Zwilling, John M. Parchem, Michael R. Fortin, Nathan Steven Obr, Rajeev Y. Nagar, Surenda Verma, Therron Powell, William J. Westerinen, Mark Joseph Zbikowski, Patrick L. Stemen
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Patent number: 8032723Abstract: A proactive, resilient and self-tuning memory management system and method that result in actual and perceived performance improvements in memory management, by loading and maintaining data that is likely to be needed into memory, before the data is actually needed. The system includes mechanisms directed towards historical memory usage monitoring, memory usage analysis, refreshing memory with highly-valued (e.g., highly utilized) pages, I/O pre-fetching efficiency, and aggressive disk management. Based on the memory usage information, pages are prioritized with relative values, and mechanisms work to pre-fetch and/or maintain the more valuable pages in memory. Pages are pre-fetched and maintained in a prioritized standby page set that includes a number of subsets, by which more valuable pages remain in memory over less valuable pages. Valuable data that is paged out may be automatically brought back, in a resilient manner.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2010Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Stuart Sechrest, Michael R. Fortin, Mehmet Iyigun, Cenk Ergan
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Patent number: 8006037Abstract: The invention is directed towards a system and method that utilizes external memory devices to cache sectors from a rotating storage device (e.g., a hard drive) to improve system performance. When an external memory device (EMD) is plugged into the computing device or onto a network in which the computing device is connected, the system recognizes the EMD and populates the EMD with disk sectors. The system routes I/O read requests directed to the disk sector to the EMD cache instead of the actual disk sector. The use of EMDs increases performance and productivity on the computing device systems for a fraction of the cost of adding memory to the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2010Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Alexander Kirshenbaum, Cenk Ergan, Michael R. Fortin, Robert L. Reinauer
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Patent number: 8001403Abstract: An exemplary method for managing power consumption of a data center includes monitoring power consumption of a data center, assessing power consumption with respect to a billing equation for power, based on the assessment, deciding whether to implement a power policy where the power policy reduces instantaneous power consumption by the data center and increases a load factor wherein the load factor is an average power consumed by the data center divided by a peak power consumed by the data center over a period of time. Various other methods, devices, systems, etc., are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2008Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: James R Hamilton, James J Freely, Mike Neil, Michael J Manos, Michael R Fortin
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Publication number: 20110029737Abstract: In a method of synchronizing with a separated disk cache, the separated cache is configured to transfer cache data to a staging area of a storage device. An atomic commit operation is utilized to instruct the storage device to atomically commit the cache data to a mapping scheme of the storage device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2010Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Ruston Panabaker, Cenk Ergan, Michael R. Fortin
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Patent number: 7861296Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a system, method, and a computer-readable medium for efficiently loading data into memory in order to scan the data for malware. The logic provided in the present invention improves the experience of a user when operating a computer protected with antivirus software. One aspect of the present invention is a method that identifies a pattern in which data in a file is loaded into memory from a computer-readable medium. Then the method identifies a pattern in which data in the file may be loaded into memory in a way that minimizes the time required to read data in the file. When a subsequent scan of the file is scheduled to occur, the method causes data in the file to be loaded in memory using the pattern that minimizes the time required to read data in the file.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2005Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Mihai Costea, Adrian Bivol, Adrian M. Marinescu, Anil Francis Thomas, Cenk Ergan, David Goebel, George C. Chicioreanu, Marius Gheorghe Gheorghescu, Michael R. Fortin
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Patent number: 7840754Abstract: In a method of synchronizing with a separated disk cache, the separated cache is configured to transfer cache data to a staging area of a storage device. An atomic commit operation is utilized to instruct the storage device to atomically commit the cache data to a mapping scheme of the storage device.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2009Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Ruston Panabaker, Cenk Ergan, Michael R. Fortin
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Patent number: 7805571Abstract: The invention is directed towards a system and method that utilizes external memory devices to cache sectors from a rotating storage device (e.g., a hard drive) to improve system performance. When an external memory device (EMD) is plugged into the computing device or onto a network in which the computing device is connected, the system recognizes the EMD and populates the EMD with disk sectors. The system routes I/O read requests directed to the disk sector to the EMD cache instead of the actual disk sector. The use of EMDs increases performance and productivity on the computing device systems for a fraction of the cost of adding memory to the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2009Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Alexander Kirshenbaum, Cenk Ergan, Michael R. Fortin, Robert L. Reinauer
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Publication number: 20100217929Abstract: The invention is directed towards a system and method that utilizes external memory devices to cache sectors from a rotating storage device (e.g., a hard drive) to improve system performance. When an external memory device (EMD) is plugged into the computing device or onto a network in which the computing device is connected, the system recognizes the EMD and populates the EMD with disk sectors. The system routes I/O read requests directed to the disk sector to the EMD cache instead of the actual disk sector. The use of EMDs increases performance and productivity on the computing device systems for a fraction of the cost of adding memory to the computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2010Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Alexander Kirshenbaum, Cenk Ergan, Michael R. Fortin, Robert L. Reinauer
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Publication number: 20100199043Abstract: A proactive, resilient and self-tuning memory management system and method that result in actual and perceived performance improvements in memory management, by loading and maintaining data that is likely to be needed into memory, before the data is actually needed. The system includes mechanisms directed towards historical memory usage monitoring, memory usage analysis, refreshing memory with highly-valued (e.g., highly utilized) pages, I/O pre-fetching efficiency, and aggressive disk management. Based on the memory usage information, pages are prioritized with relative values, and mechanisms work to pre-fetch and/or maintain the more valuable pages in memory. Pages are pre-fetched and maintained in a prioritized standby page set that includes a number of subsets, by which more valuable pages remain in memory over less valuable pages. Valuable data that is paged out may be automatically brought back, in a resilient manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2010Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Stuart Sechrest, Michael R. Fortin, Mehmet Iyigun, Cenk Ergan