Patents by Inventor Michael T. Daly

Michael T. Daly 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: 7949575
    Abstract: A system for periodic and real-time processing of accounts. The system operates in a bulk mode and an error mode. A bulk component concurrently processes a set of eligible accounts with a set of dependent tasks, and a removal component removes one or more accounts from the eligible accounts if an error is associated therewith. In bulk mode, each task fetches only the required set of accounts/subscriptions/payment instruments for processing. In error mode (retry/reprocess mode), if an account encounters an error for a task in the bulk mode, the account drops is removed from bulk mode and becomes ineligible for fetching in any future bulk-mode task processing. Error-mode processing tests and processes all tasks sequentially for an errored account until the account state is in par with the accounts being processed by bulk mode. Then the account is removed from error mode processing and is picked up appropriately by bulk-mode processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Indrojit Deb, Neeraj Garg, David J. Brennan, Michael T. Daly, Stuart H. Marshall
  • Patent number: 7640213
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and methodology providing an automated and dynamically responsive infrastructure to support online subscription services. The system includes one or more components to coordinate and manage a plurality of services offered by multiple service providers. This can include automatically creating and managing billing accounts for customers subscribing to such services. At least one engine is provided to process multiple rules in response to subscription events that occur in connection with the services in order to facilitate service delivery. At least one rating processor is provided to process multiple rating rules in response to subscription events for currency and non-currency resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Philip Peter Reunert, Jun Yin, Brett Adam Tanzer, Naveen Kachroo, Bharat Shyam, Darren Mitchell, Michael T. Daly, Todd D. Ostermeir, James Francis Gilsinan, IV, David John Brennan, Carol R. Rall, Ram Viswanathan, Murali R. Krishnan
  • Publication number: 20090024522
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and methodology providing an automated and dynamically responsive infrastructure to support online subscription services. The system includes one or more components to coordinate and manage a plurality of services offered by multiple service providers. This can include automatically creating and managing billing accounts for customers subscribing to such services. At least one engine is provided to process multiple rules in response to subscription events that occur in connection with the services in order to facilitate service delivery. At least one rating processor is provided to process multiple rating rules in response to subscription events for currency and non-currency resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Philip Peter Reunert, Jun Yin, Brett Adam Tanzer, Naveen Kachroo, Bharat Shyam, Darren Mitchell, Michael T. Daly, Todd D. Ostermeir, James Francis Gilsinan, IV, David John Brennan, Carol R. Rall, Ram Viswanathan, Murali R. Krishnan
  • Patent number: 7418426
    Abstract: The subject innovation relates to a system and/or methodology that provides an automated and dynamically responsive infrastructure to support online subscription services. The system coordinates and manages services offered by service providers. This can include automatically creating and managing billing accounts for customers. At least one engine is provided to process multiple rules in response to subscription events that occur in connection with the services to facilitate service delivery. At least one rating processor is provided to process multiple rating rules in response to subscription events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Philip Peter Reunert, Jun Yin, Brett Adam Tanzer, Naveen Kachroo, Bharat Shyam, Darren Mitchell, Michael T. Daly, Todd D. Ostermeir, James Francis Gilsinan, David John Brennan, Carol R. Rall, Ram Viswanathan, Murali R. Krishnan
  • Patent number: 5878141
    Abstract: A computerized, electronic purchase mediating system includes a purchaser database having a list of purchasers and a merchant database having a list of merchants. The purchaser database stores information about each purchaser including a set of personal payment methods that the purchaser could use to purchase goods and/or services. Similarly, the merchant database stores information about each merchant including a set of accepted payment methods that the merchant would accept for sale of the goods and/or services. The purchase system also includes a processor coupled to the purchaser and merchant databases. The processor receives a purchase request and accesses the merchant database according to a merchant identified in the purchase request to retrieve the set of accepted payment methods which corresponds to that merchant. The processor also accesses the purchaser database to retrieve the set of personal payment methods which corresponds to the identified purchaser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael T. Daly, Thomas A. Grate