Patents by Inventor Ajay Bhave

Ajay Bhave 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: 10073902
    Abstract: Storage access requests are received from one or more applications. Multiple servers update multiple virtual disks as directed by the storage access requests. The virtual disks store data that is write order dependent across the virtual disks. Logs are associated with the virtual disks. Information associated with each storage access request is stored in one of the logs. A cycle of log switching is performed. A write order consistent tracking coordinator coordinates the log switching with agents at the servers to maintain request ordering. Replication coordinators coordinate the application of the switched-out log files from primary storage to replica storage, creating a write-order consistent point on the replica side matching the primary side, and providing for failure resiliency regarding transfer of the logs. The replication logs may be received individually on the replica side from the servers on the primary side to enable highly scalable parallel/simultaneous transfers of the logs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Sriravi Kotagiri, Rahul Newaskar, Ajay Bhave, Yadnyesh Joshi
  • Patent number: 9830430
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed in which inherited activation opens a secure communication path from the host operating system (OS) to the guest (virtual machine) OS. The license state of the software on the host is passed through this channel, and software installed in the guest uses this information to inform its own product activation process. The virtualized (guest) software may then activate without any outside communication when the license requirements for the host are met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron J. Smith, Tyron M. Balascio, Ajay Bhave, Chih-pin Kao, Emeron Bachhuber, Mikael P. Horal
  • Publication number: 20160085837
    Abstract: Storage access requests are received from one or more applications. Multiple servers update multiple virtual disks as directed by the storage access requests. The virtual disks store data that is write order dependent across the virtual disks. Logs are associated with the virtual disks. Information associated with each storage access request is stored in one of the logs. A cycle of log switching is performed. A write order consistent tracking coordinator coordinates the log switching with agents at the servers to maintain request ordering. Replication coordinators coordinate the application of the switched-out log files from primary storage to replica storage, creating a write-order consistent point on the replica side matching the primary side, and providing for failure resiliency regarding transfer of the logs. The replication logs may be received individually on the replica side from the servers on the primary side to enable highly scalable parallel/simultaneous transfers of the logs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Sriravi Kotagiri, Rahul Newaskar, Ajay Bhave, Yadnyesh Joshi
  • Publication number: 20140373014
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed in which inherited activation opens a secure communication path from the host operating system (OS) to the guest (virtual machine) OS. The license state of the software on the host is passed through this channel, and software installed in the guest uses this information to inform its own product activation process. The virtualized (guest) software may then activate without any outside communication when the license requirements for the host are met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Aaron J. Smith, Tyron M. Balascio, Ajay Bhave, Chih-pin Kao, Emeron Bahhuber, Mikael P. Horal
  • Patent number: 8832686
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed in which inherited activation opens a secure communication path from the host operating system (OS) to the guest (virtual machine) OS. The license state of the software on the host is passed through this channel, and software installed in the guest uses this information to inform its own product activation process. The virtualized (guest) software may then activate without any outside communication when the license requirements for the host are met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron J. Smith, Tyron M. Balascio, Ajay Bhave, Chih-pin Kao, Emeron Bachhuber, Mikael P. Horal
  • Patent number: 8763158
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an activation object used to activate a software product is stored in a directory service. The activation object may, for example, comprise a proof of purchase token and/or information about the directory service, and may be communicated from the directory service to a client computer after the directory service authenticates a request from a client computer for access to the activation object. In some embodiments, a directory service is interrogated for an activation object used to activate software on a client computer. A client computer may, for example, receive an activation object from the interrogated directory service, and use the received activation object to activate a software product on the client computer. In some embodiments, a non-transitory computer-readable medium has instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to interrogate a directory service for an activation object used to activate software on the computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron J. Smith, Ajay Bhave
  • Patent number: 8683579
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for activation of software that uses digital licenses. In some embodiments, a software vendor may securely deliver at least one digital proof-of-purchase to an OEM (e.g., to avoid piracy of software licenses). The OEM may install an associated software copy on a computer system, and store the at least one digital proof-of-purchase on it. The OEM may communicate the proof(s)-of-purchase stored on the computer system and its system identifier to the software vendor. A user of the computer system may attempt to activate the OEM pre-installed software by sending an activation request to a software vendor, who may verify whether or not the digital proof-of-purchase and system identifier in the activation request match those previously reported by the OEM, and may either grant or deny the activation request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ning Zhang, Aditya Dhar, David Maralack, Ajay Bhave, Jihad Tafas, Matt Graves, Eric Timmreck, Mike Weidenbener, Chris McMillan, Shane Patton
  • Publication number: 20120151574
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for activation of software that uses digital licenses. In some embodiments, a software vendor may securely deliver at least one digital proof-of-purchase to an OEM (e.g., to avoid piracy of software licenses). The OEM may install an associated software copy on a computer system, and store the at least one digital proof-of-purchase on it. The OEM may communicate the proof(s)-of-purchase stored on the computer system and its system identifier to the software vendor. A user of the computer system may attempt to activate the OEM pre-installed software by sending an activation request to a software vendor, who may verify whether or not the digital proof-of-purchase and system identifier in the activation request match those previously reported by the OEM, and may either grant or deny the activation request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ning Zhang, Aditya Dhar, David Maralack, Ajay Bhave, Jihad Tafas, Matt Graves, Eric Timmreck, Mike Weidenbener, Chris McMillan, Shane Patton
  • Publication number: 20120144502
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an activation object used to activate a software product is stored in a directory service. The activation object may, for example, comprise a proof of purchase token and/or information about the directory service, and may be communicated from the directory service to a client computer after the directory service authenticates a request from a client computer for access to the activation object. In some embodiments, a directory service is interrogated for an activation object used to activate software on a client computer. A client computer may, for example, receive an activation object from the interrogated directory service, and use the received activation to object to activate a software product on the client computer. In some embodiments, a non-transitory computer-readable medium has instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to interrogate a directory service for an activation object used to activate software on the computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporaion
    Inventors: Aaron J. Smith, Ajay Bhave
  • Publication number: 20120110571
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed in which inherited activation opens a secure communication path from the host operating system (OS) to the guest (virtual machine) OS. The license state of the software on the host is passed through this channel, and software installed in the guest uses this information to inform its own product activation process. The virtualized (guest) software may then activate without any outside communication when the license requirements for the host are met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron J. Smith, Tyron M. Balascio, Ajay Bhave, Chih-pin Kao, Emeron Bahhuber, Mikael P. Horal
  • Patent number: 7818756
    Abstract: Applications or operating system components requiring a SKU, or other indicator of an operating system, make a call to an API. The calling application passes an indicator of the most current version of an operating system known at the time of the application creation as an argument. This argument may be an indictor of the operating system version, build number, and service pack version, for example. The called API may reference a table of operating system SKUs with the indicator of the most current operating system known to the calling application. If found, the API returns the corresponding SKU to the calling application. If not found, the API returns the SKU corresponding to the closest sequential match to the passed in indicator. The calling application may then execute believing it is using the operating system corresponding to the returned SKU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ajay Bhave, Ning Zhang
  • Publication number: 20070143223
    Abstract: A cache is provided that stores licensing policies and information for components. The cache is available early in the boot cycle, such as during initialization and startup of the operating system, for use by the kernel and early boot components. Kernel and early boot components can then call a kernel application programming interface (API) to query the policy values. The policy values are read from a registry value into memory very early in the boot sequence. Using the kernel cache, the system may be started with proper licensable limits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ajay Bhave, Andrey Lelikov, Caglar Gunyakti, Ning Zhang, Wen-Pin Hsu
  • Publication number: 20070083860
    Abstract: Applications or operating system components requiring a SKU, or other indicator of an operating system, make a call to an API. The calling application passes an indicator of the most current version of an operating system known at the time of the application creation as an argument. This argument may be an indictor of the operating system version, build number, and service pack version, for example. The called API may reference a table of operating system SKUs with the indicator of the most current operating system known to the calling application. If found, the API returns the corresponding SKU to the calling application. If not found, the API returns the SKU corresponding to the closest sequential match to the passed in indicator. The calling application may then execute believing it is using the operating system corresponding to the returned SKU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ajay Bhave, Ning Zhang
  • Patent number: RE47852
    Abstract: Storage access requests are received from one or more applications. Multiple servers update multiple virtual disks as directed by the storage access requests. The virtual disks store data that is write order dependent across the virtual disks. Logs are associated with the virtual disks. Information associated with each storage access request is stored in one of the logs. A cycle of log switching is performed. A write order consistent tracking coordinator coordinates the log switching with agents at the servers to maintain request ordering. Replication coordinators coordinate the application of the switched-out log files from primary storage to replica storage, creating a write-order consistent point on the replica side matching the primary side, and providing for failure resiliency regarding transfer of the logs. The replication logs may be received individually on the replica side from the servers on the primary side to enable highly scalable parallel/simultaneous transfers of the logs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Sriravi Kotagiri, Rahul Newaskar, Ajay Bhave, Yadnyesh Joshi