Patents by Inventor Adam B. Glass

Adam B. Glass 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).

  • Publication number: 20230334514
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to generating an engagement model to predict actions that may have a high probability of maintaining user engagement in-application or causing a user to reengage with the application. To generate the engagement model, an approach has been developed which incorporates features analysis of the application and application users. Users may be grouped based on similar features that are used to generate machine learning engagement models. The output of an engagement model may be a prediction on whether a user will continue to engage with an application. The prediction may be provided to a reengagement model which may output prompts to help increase user engagement with the application. The prompts may be based on an understanding of application users and their preferences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Javier HERNANDEZ RIVERA, Mar GONZALEZ FRANCO, Melanie J. KNEISEL, Adam B. GLASS, Jarnail CHUDGE, Tiffany LIU, Antonella MASELLI, Amos MILLER
  • Publication number: 20180081379
    Abstract: Low cost storage for write once read rarely data is described. In an embodiment a storage device comprises a plurality of hard disk drives connected to a server via an interconnect fabric. The storage device comprises a cooling system which is only capable of cooling a first subset of the hard disk drives and a power supply system which is only capable of powering a second subset of the hard disk drives and in some examples, the interconnect fabric may be only capable of providing full bandwidth for a third subset of the hard disk drives. Each subset may comprise only a small fraction of hard disk drives. A control mechanism, which may be implemented in software, is provided which controls which hard disk drives are active at any time in order that the constraints set by the cooling and power supply systems and interconnect fabric are not violated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Shobana M. BALAKRISHNAN, David T. HARPER, Stephen HEIL, Eric C. PETERSON, Adam B. GLASS, David Alex BUTLER, Austin Nicholas DONNELLY, Antony Ian Taylor ROWSTRON, Sergey LEGTCHENKO
  • Patent number: 9841774
    Abstract: Low cost storage for write once read rarely data is described. In an embodiment a storage device comprises a plurality of hard disk drives connected to a server via an interconnect fabric. The storage device comprises a cooling system which is only capable of cooling a first subset of the hard disk drives and a power supply system which is only capable of powering a second subset of the hard disk drives and in some examples, the interconnect fabric may be only capable of providing full bandwidth for a third subset of the hard disk drives. Each subset may comprise only a small fraction of hard disk drives. A control mechanism, which may be implemented in software, is provided which controls which hard disk drives are active at any time in order that the constraints set by the cooling and power supply systems and interconnect fabric are not violated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Shobana M. Balakrishnan, David T. Harper, Stephen Heil, Eric C. Peterson, Adam B. Glass, David Alex Butler, Austin Nicholas Donnelly, Antony Ian Taylor Rowstron, Sergey Legtchenko
  • Publication number: 20170031372
    Abstract: Low cost storage for write once read rarely data is described. In an embodiment a storage device comprises a plurality of hard disk drives connected to a server via an interconnect fabric. The storage device comprises a cooling system which is only capable of cooling a first subset of the hard disk drives and a power supply system which is only capable of powering a second subset of the hard disk drives and in some examples, the interconnect fabric may be only capable of providing full bandwidth for a third subset of the hard disk drives. Each subset may comprise only a small fraction of hard disk drives. A control mechanism, which may be implemented in software, is provided which controls which hard disk drives are active at any time in order that the constraints set by the cooling and power supply systems and interconnect fabric are not violated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Shobana M. Balakrishnan, David T. Harper, Stephen Heil, Eric C. Peterson, Adam B. Glass, David Alex Butler, Austin Nicholas Donnelly, Antony Ian Taylor Rowstron, Sergey Legtchenko
  • Patent number: 9471068
    Abstract: Low cost storage for write once read rarely data is described. In an embodiment a storage device comprises a plurality of hard disk drives connected to a server via an interconnect fabric. The storage device comprises a cooling system which is only capable of cooling a first subset of the hard disk drives and a power supply system which is only capable of powering a second subset of the hard disk drives and in some examples, the interconnect fabric may be only capable of providing full bandwidth for a third subset of the hard disk drives. Each subset may comprise only a small fraction of hard disk drives. A control mechanism, which may be implemented in software, is provided which controls which hard disk drives are active at any time in order that the constraints set by the cooling and power supply systems and interconnect fabric are not violated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Shobana M. Balakrishnan, David T. Harper, Stephen Heil, Eric C. Peterson, Adam B. Glass, David Alex Butler, Austin Nicholas Donnelly, Antony Ian Taylor Rowstron, Sergey Legtchenko
  • Patent number: 9164567
    Abstract: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for providing and interacting with a centralized wake service. A server-side wake service is provided that is operable to allow applications to subscribe to the wake service. The wake service receives a wake request directed to a particular computing device from a particular one of the applications. The wake request is forwarded from the wake service to a client-side communication service on the particular computing device if forwarding is determined to be appropriate. When the client-side communication service on the particular computing device receives the wake request while in a reduced power mode, the computing device wakes up and an appropriate response is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory S. Miller, Adam B. Glass
  • Publication number: 20150032286
    Abstract: Low cost storage for write once read rarely data is described. In an embodiment a storage device comprises a plurality of hard disk drives connected to a server via an interconnect fabric. The storage device comprises a cooling system which is only capable of cooling a first subset of the hard disk drives and a power supply system which is only capable of powering a second subset of the hard disk drives and in some examples, the interconnect fabric may be only capable of providing full bandwidth for a third subset of the hard disk drives. Each subset may comprise only a small fraction of hard disk drives. A control mechanism, which may be implemented in software, is provided which controls which hard disk drives are active at any time in order that the constraints set by the cooling and power supply systems and interconnect fabric are not violated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Shobana M. Balakrishnan, David T. Harper, Stephen Heil, Eric C. Peterson, Adam B. Glass, David Alex Butler, Austin Nicholas Donnelly, Antony Ian Taylor Rowstron, Sergey Legtchenko
  • Patent number: 8868954
    Abstract: Low cost storage for write once read rarely data is described. In an embodiment a storage device comprises a plurality of hard disk drives connected to a server via an interconnect fabric. The storage device comprises a cooling system which is only capable of cooling a first subset of the hard disk drives and a power supply system which is only capable of powering a second subset of the hard disk drives and in some examples, the interconnect fabric may be only capable of providing full bandwidth for a third subset of the hard disk drives. Each subset may comprise only a small fraction of hard disk drives. A control mechanism, which may be implemented in software, is provided which controls which hard disk drives are active at any time in order that the constraints set by the cooling and power supply systems and interconnect fabric are not violated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shobana M. Balakrsihnan, David T. Harper, III, Stephen Heil, Eric C. Peterson, Adam B. Glass, David Alex Butler, Austin Nicholas Donnelly, Antony Ian Taylor Rowstron, Sergey Legtchenko
  • Patent number: 8196103
    Abstract: A system and method for an ejection failure mechanism is provided. The system receives a request to eject an ejectable resource, and, provides information associated with a failure of the ejection of the ejectable resource, if ejection of the ejectable resource is unsuccessful. The system thus provides a deterministic mechanism through which information associated with failure of the ejection of an ejectable resource can be communicated. As such, an initiator of the request to eject can receive information associated with a cause of the ejection failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adam B. Glass, Josh Oshins
  • Publication number: 20110072288
    Abstract: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for providing and interacting with a centralized wake service. A server-side wake service is provided that is operable to allow applications to subscribe to the wake service. The wake service receives a wake request directed to a particular computing device from a particular one of the applications. The wake request is forwarded from the wake service to a client-side communication service on the particular computing device if forwarding is determined to be appropriate. When the client-side communication service on the particular computing device receives the wake request while in a reduced power mode, the computing device wakes up and an appropriate response is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory S. Miller, Adam B. Glass
  • Patent number: 7870403
    Abstract: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for providing and interacting with a centralized wake service. A server-side wake service is provided that is operable to allow applications to subscribe to the wake service. The wake service receives a wake request directed to a particular computing device from a particular one of the applications. The wake request is forwarded from the wake service to a client-side communication service on the particular computing device if forwarding is determined to be appropriate. When the client-side communication service on the particular computing device receives the wake request while in a reduced power mode, the computing device wakes up and an appropriate response is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory S. Miller, Adam B. Glass
  • Publication number: 20090031288
    Abstract: A system and method for an ejection failure mechanism is provided. The system receives a request to eject an ejectable resource, and, provides information associated with a failure of the ejection of the ejectable resource, if ejection of the ejectable resource is unsuccessful. The system thus provides a deterministic mechanism through which information associated with failure of the ejection of an ejectable resource can be communicated. As such, an initiator of the request to eject can receive information associated with a cause of the ejection failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Adam B. Glass, Jacob Oshins
  • Patent number: 7451459
    Abstract: The present invention utilizes a topology application programming interface (API) to provide relation information describing processor and platform topology to an executable program via a standardized interface. By providing topology information, the topology API allows the program to optimize its performance based upon the information without having to be explicitly aware of the actual platform architecture. The present invention also provides an expandable topology API that allows for future expansion of information type, without altering the standardized interface. In another instance of the present invention, the topology API collects, processes, and provides topology information about an underlying hardware architecture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adam B. Glass, Robert B. Nelson
  • Publication number: 20080209244
    Abstract: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for providing and interacting with a centralized wake service. A server-side wake service is provided that is operable to allow applications to subscribe to the wake service. The wake service receives a wake request directed to a particular computing device from a particular one of the applications. The wake request is forwarded from the wake service to a client-side communication service on the particular computing device if forwarding is determined to be appropriate. When the client-side communication service on the particular computing device receives the wake request while in a reduced power mode, the computing device wakes up and an appropriate response is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory S. Miller, Adam B. Glass
  • Patent number: 7334217
    Abstract: A system and method for an ejection failure mechanism is provided. The system receives a request to eject an ejectable resource, and, provides information associated with a failure of the ejection of the ejectable resource, if ejection of the ejectable resource is unsuccessful. The system thus provides a deterministic mechanism through which information associated with failure of the ejection of an ejectable resource can be communicated. As such, an initiator of the request to eject can receive information associated with a cause of the ejection failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adam B. Glass, Jacob Oshins
  • Publication number: 20040226026
    Abstract: The present invention utilizes a topology application programming interface (API) to provide relation information describing processor and platform topology to an executable program via a standardized interface. By providing topology information, the topology API allows the program to optimize its performance based upon the information without having to be explicitly aware of the actual platform architecture. The present invention also provides an expandable topology API that allows for future expansion of information type, without altering the standardized interface. In another instance of the present invention, the topology API collects, processes, and provides topology information about an underlying hardware architecture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Adam B. Glass, Robert B. Nelson
  • Publication number: 20040199898
    Abstract: A system and method for an ejection failure mechanism is provided. The system receives a request to eject an ejectable resource, and, provides information associated with a failure of the ejection of the ejectable resource, if ejection of the ejectable resource is unsuccessful. The system thus provides a deterministic mechanism through which information associated with failure of the ejection of an ejectable resource can be communicated. As such, an initiator of the request to eject can receive information associated with a cause of the ejection failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Adam B. Glass, Jacob Oshins