Patents by Inventor Randy Dong

Randy Dong 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: 8966381
    Abstract: Techniques to implement time intelligence for application program are described. An apparatus may include a calendar application module. The calendar application module may be arranged to define and generate a calendar for an application program, the calendar application module to define time members for a time dimension of a multidimensional data model, assign a monotonically increasing unique identifier to each time member, and generate the calendar with time members from the time dimension using the unique identifiers. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Randy Dong, Rohan Shetty, Rou-Peng Huang, Peter Bull, Mark Yang
  • Patent number: 8239299
    Abstract: Financial intelligence architecture that employs financial types that are combined with rules to build financial behavior into the product. Types have behaviors such that types can be assigned that lead to the physical creation of underlying code which embodies the behaviors. Extensibility is provided at least by type parameterization and new type creation. Because types are a design time experience, types are two-way and can be modified, even after instantiation. This allows for mixing and matching of types and underlying behavior giving the system more flexibility at design time while providing a huge simplification of all the details that actually go into such financial applications. The type library is a set of rules that produce metadata, which metadata is later processed by a separate engine to produce the physical schema. The type library defines the basic interactions, data types, and behaviors for predefined dimensions in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Randy Dong, Lewis C. Levin, Rou-Peng Huang, Peiyuan Yan, Xiaohong Yang, Peter Bull, Scott Sebelsky
  • Patent number: 8020144
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods, computer-readable media, and an application system are disclosed for creating and deploying metadata-generated applications. Access is provided to one or more type libraries that each include one or more defined object types configurable for use in generating the application. The defined object types include data structure types, rule types, and data types. Input is elicited from a user regarding desired content and function of the application. Based on the user input, metadata is generated to adapt the defined object types to generate the application. Metadata is generated to adapt the defined data structure types to create one or more application databases, to adapt the defined rule types to create one or more application behaviors, and to adapt the defined data types to create one or more application data types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaohong Mark Yang, Randy Dong, Jeffrey Wang, Rou-Peng Huang
  • Publication number: 20100146014
    Abstract: Architecture for operating an industrial solution on top of a performance management platform using a custom business type library. The platform can plug/unplug the custom business type library, interacts with the type library to ensure data integrity and enforce business rules, and simplifies localizations of the industrial solution. The custom type library extends the capability to define specific behavior for models and dimensions, and create and define content specific to any industry, reuse, and packaging. The custom type library inherits from a generic type library of the platform. The customized type library defines business object types and associates business rules therewith. Through a common interface, the performance management platform can iterate through the business rule chains and enforce/apply the business rules during the operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Marius Ionescu, Kevin P. White, George Randy Dong, Mark Xiaohong Yang, Luming Wang
  • Publication number: 20090210422
    Abstract: Secure database access may be provided. First, a first schema associated with a database having a second schema may be defined. Next, a user type may be defined. The user type may comprise a user type that does not require a log-in. The defined user type may then be associated with the defined first schema. Next, at least one permission may be granted to the user type to the database on a database level. The at least one permission may comprise a create procedure permission, a create table permission, or a create function permission. Then permission to the second schema may be denied to the user type. Next, a procedure may be received comprising a procedure that poses a high security risk to the database. The received procedure may then be executed as the defined user type. The received procedure may be executed using a wrapper procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Elaine Chen, George Yan, Kevin Schmidt, Sanjay Jacob, Mark Yang, Randy Dong
  • Publication number: 20090006409
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods, computer-readable media, and an application system are disclosed for creating and deploying metadata-generated applications. Access is provided to one or more type libraries that each include one or more defined object types configurable for use in generating the application. The defined object types include data structure types, rule types, and data types. Input is elicited from a user regarding desired content and function of the application. Based on the user input, metadata is generated to adapt the defined object types to generate the application. Metadata is generated to adapt the defined data structure types to create one or more application databases, to adapt the defined rule types to create one or more application behaviors, and to adapt the defined data types to create one or more application data types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaohong Mark Yang, Randy Dong, Jeffrey Wang, Rou-Peng Huang
  • Publication number: 20080255974
    Abstract: Techniques to manage financial performance data are described. An apparatus may include an online analytical processing database with a multidimensional data model, and a business information exchange module communicatively coupled to the online analytical processing database. The business information exchange module may import a taxonomy to the multidimensional data model, create a business model using the multidimensional data model, and export financial data from the business model to an extensible business reporting language instance document. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Sanjay Jacob, Marius Ionescu, Randy Dong, Mark Yang, Peter Bull
  • Publication number: 20080256122
    Abstract: Techniques to implement time intelligence for application program are described. An apparatus may include a calendar application module. The calendar application module may be arranged to define and generate a calendar for an application program, the calendar application module to define time members for a time dimension of a multidimensional data model, assign a monotonically increasing unique identifier to each time member, and generate the calendar with time members from the time dimension using the unique identifiers. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Randy Dong, Rohan Shetty, Rou-Peng Huang, Peter Bull, Mark Yang
  • Publication number: 20080208720
    Abstract: Financial intelligence architecture that employs financial types that are combined with rules to build financial behavior into the product. Types have behaviors such that types can be assigned that lead to the physical creation of underlying code which embodies the behaviors. Extensibility is provided at least by type parameterization and new type creation. Because types are a design time experience, types are two-way and can be modified, even after instantiation. This allows for mixing and matching of types and underlying behavior giving the system more flexibility at design time while providing a huge simplification of all the details that actually go into such financial applications. The type library is a set of rules that produce metadata, which metadata is later processed by a separate engine to produce the physical schema. The type library defines the basic interactions, data types, and behaviors for predefined dimensions in the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Randy Dong, Lewis C. Levin, Rou-Peng Huang, Peiyuan Yan, Xiaohong Yang, Peter Bull, Scott Sebelsky