Patents by Inventor Apurva F. Dalia
Apurva F. Dalia 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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Patent number: 10235701Abstract: Methods and computer-readable media are provided herein for implementing custom application programming interfaces (API) for creating, managing, and provisioning packages of online applications. An offer management service API is implemented that provides methods for creating and modifying offers for packages of online applications. An offer provisioning API is implemented that provides methods enabling the provisioning of online applications for subscribers to offers. An application provider API is published and utilized to provision and maintain individual instances of online applications provided by application providers.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Yunus Mohammed, Apurva F. Dalia, Christopher Gariepy, Venugopala Rao Moram, Joydeep Bhattacharyya, Sandeep P. Karanth, Christopher J. Saam, Lizhong Huang, Rodrigo Junqueira Lode
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Publication number: 20160358237Abstract: Methods and computer-readable media are provided herein for implementing custom application programming interfaces (API) for creating, managing, and provisioning packages of online applications. An offer management service API is implemented that provides methods for creating and modifying offers for packages of online applications. An offer provisioning API is implemented that provides methods enabling the provisioning of online applications for subscribers to offers. An application provider API is published and utilized to provision and maintain individual instances of online applications provided by application providers.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Yunus Mohammed, Apurva F. Dalia, Christopher Gariepy, Venugopala Rao Moram, Joydeep Bhattacharyya, Sandeep P. Karanth, Christopher J. Saam, Lizhong Huang, Rodrigo Junqueira Lode
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Patent number: 9361636Abstract: Methods and computer-readable media are provided herein for implementing custom application programming interfaces (API) for creating, managing, and provisioning packages of online applications. An offer management service API is implemented that provides methods for creating and modifying offers for packages of online applications. An offer provisioning API is implemented that provides methods enabling the provisioning of online applications for subscribers to offers. An application provider API is published and utilized to provision and maintain individual instances of online applications provided by application providers.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2008Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Yunus Mohammed, Apurva F Dalia, Christopher Gariepy, Venugopala Rao Moram, Joydeep Bhattacharyya, Sandeep P Karanth, Christopher J Saam, Lizhong Huang, Rodrigo Junqueira Lode
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Patent number: 8719316Abstract: The reliable writing of data to multiple data stores using a write agent. The overall write operation is managed by a write manager that is communicatively coupled to the write agent and to a certain data store. Upon determined that multiple data stores are to be written to, the write manager first instructs the write agent to perform a delay write to other data store(s). The delay write means that the write agents waits a delay time before performing the write unless instructed in the meantime to more immediately perform the write, and if a delay passes, does not perform the write without first checking that the write has been made to the certain data store. After instructing the write agent to delay write, the write manager attempts to write to the certain data store. Upon successfully writing to the certain data store, the write manager may instruct the write agent to proceed immediately.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Venugopala Rao Moram, Marcus K. Swenson, Lizhong Huang, Nikhil Bahubali, Christopher John Saam, Christopher J. Gariepy, Apurva F. Dalia
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Publication number: 20120290627Abstract: The reliable writing of data to multiple data stores using a write agent. The overall write operation is managed by a write manager that is communicatively coupled to the write agent and to a certain data store. Upon determined that multiple data stores are to be written to, the write manager first instructs the write agent to perform a delay write to other data store(s). The delay write means that the write agents waits a delay time before performing the write unless instructed in the meantime to more immediately perform the write, and if a delay passes, does not perform the write without first checking that the write has been made to the certain data store. After instructing the write agent to delay write, the write manager attempts to write to the certain data store. Upon successfully writing to the certain data store, the write manager may instruct the write agent to proceed immediately.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2011Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Venugopala Rao Moram, Marcus K. Swenson, Lizhong Huang, Nikhil Bahubali, Christopher John Saam, Christopher J. Gariepy, Apurva F. Dalia
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Patent number: 8209220Abstract: Online services offer modeling is provided. A system for managing online offers for products and services includes a components module, an offer module, a subscription module, a billing module and a change management module. The component module defines the properties of components that may be included in an offer. The offer module defines the features of the offer, including one or more components. The components may be a base component or an add-on component. The subscription module processes the provisioning of an offer. The market module specifies countries or regions in which offers are made available. The billing module processes billing and payment actions for an offer. The change management module processes alterations to a provisioned offer, inserting the properties of an add-on component into the properties of a base component.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2008Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Yunus Mohammed, Christopher J. Gariepy, Apurva F. Dalia, Venugopala Rao Moram, Joydeep Bhattacharyya, Sandeep P. Karanth, Christopher J. Saam
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Patent number: 7970800Abstract: Permissions using a namespace is described. In an embodiment, a namespace system includes a network resource that has a resource permission, and includes a namespace that has one or more members associated with the namespace. The namespace system also includes a namespace permission to permission the network resource to one or more of the members of the namespace.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2009Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Michael A. Pacholec, Michael I. Torres, Apurva F. Dalia, Matthew S. Augustine, Mukeshkumar M. Beher
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Publication number: 20100121855Abstract: A method, system, and computer-readable medium for accessing and managing an online storage system is disclosed. Access to a storage resource in a multiple server storage system is provided by sending to a lookup partitioning service server a resource identifier that is associated with a storage resource stored in a particular storage partition of a storage server. The LPS returns the looked-up partition that stores the storage resource associated with the resource identifier. Access to the storage resource is then enabled to the looked-up storage partition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2010Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Apurva F. Dalia, Craig Allen Harry, Nishant Dani, Shan Jiang, Brad Dean Thompson, Bradley J. Barrows, David R. Shutt
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Publication number: 20100100943Abstract: Permissions using a namespace is described. In an embodiment, a namespace system includes a network resource that has a resource permission, and includes a namespace that has one or more members associated with the namespace. The namespace system also includes a namespace permission to permission the network resource to one or more of the members of the namespace.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2009Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft WayInventors: Michael A. Pacholec, Michael I. Torres, Apurva F. Dalia, Matthew S. Augustine, Mukeshkumar M. Beher
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Patent number: 7676551Abstract: A method, system, and computer-readable medium for accessing and managing an online storage system is disclosed. Access to a storage resource in a multiple server storage system is provided by sending to a lookup partitioning service server a resource identifier that is associated with a storage resource stored in a particular storage partition of a storage server. The LPS returns the looked-up partition that stores the storage resource associated with the resource identifier. Access to the storage resource is then enabled to the looked-up storage partition.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2003Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Apurva F. Dalia, Craig Allen Harry, Nishant Dani, Shan Jiang, Brad Dean Thompson, Bradley J. Barrows, David R. Shutt
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Patent number: 7653648Abstract: Permissions using a namespace is described. In an embodiment, a namespace system includes a network resource that has a resource permission, and includes a namespace that has one or more members associated with the namespace. The namespace system also includes a namespace permission to permission the network resource to one or more of the members of the namespace.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2005Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Michael A Pacholec, Michael I Torres, Apurva F Dalia, Matthew S Augustine, Mukeshkumar M Beher
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Publication number: 20090327063Abstract: Online services offer modeling is provided. A system for managing online offers for products and services includes a components module, an offer module, a subscription module, a billing module and a change management module. The component module defines the properties of components that may be included in an offer. The offer module defines the features of the offer, including one or more components. The components may be a base component or an add-on component. The subscription module processes the provisioning of an offer. The market module specifies countries or regions in which offers are made available. The billing module processes billing and payment actions for an offer. The change management module processes alterations to a provisioned offer, inserting the properties of an add-on component into the properties of a base component.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2008Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Yunus Mohammed, Christopher J. Gariepy, Apurva F. Dalia, Venugopala Rao Moram, Joydeep Bhattacharyya, Sandeep P. Karanth, Christopher J. Saam
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Publication number: 20090292545Abstract: Methods and computer-readable media are provided herein for implementing custom application programming interfaces (API) for creating, managing, and provisioning packages of online applications. An offer management service API is implemented that provides methods for creating and modifying offers for packages of online applications. An offer provisioning API is implemented that provides methods enabling the provisioning of online applications for subscribers to offers. An application provider API is published and utilized to provision and maintain individual instances of online applications provided by application providers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2008Publication date: November 26, 2009Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Yunus Mohammed, Apurva F. Dalia, Christopher Gariepy, Venugopala Rao Moram, Joydeep Bhattacharyya, Sandeep P. Karanth, Christopher J. Saam, Lizhong Huang, Rodrigo Junqueira Lode
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Patent number: 7467126Abstract: Stale information is removed by a removal process so as to enhance the performance of a networked system. The networked system comprises a stored piece of information that has an accessed timestamp for defining the start of a stale period, which comprises a non-updating period preceding a decaying period. The networked system further comprises the removal process for removing the stored piece of information that has become stale because the stale period has expired and the stored piece of information has not been accessed during the decaying period.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2003Date of Patent: December 16, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Teoman Smith, Xiongijian Fu, Arthur Tao, Apurva F. Dalia, Mukeshkumar Beher
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Publication number: 20080275993Abstract: A data service that manages user and subscription data for multiple services. The data service maintains a database of the user and subscription data and provides an interface that allows the other services, that act as clients to the data service, to access that data. The data service avoids the need for the client services to implement a framework to manage the storage of user and subscription data. The data service also allows user profile data to be updated by one client service and used by all others. Further, data, such as usage history or information on policy violations, may be shared by multiple services.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2007Publication date: November 6, 2008Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Yunus Mohammed, Christopher J. Gariepy, Suresh Sunku, Apurva F. Dalia, Sandeep Karanth
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Patent number: 7337448Abstract: The present invention provides an application programming interface (“API”) to address book management functions for accessing and managing an integrated online address book clearinghouse. The API receives function calls from applications and executes one or more functions in response to the function calls. The address book functions manage address books of the integrated online address book clearinghouse by adding, deleting, updating, and finding address books, contacts, and groups of contacts of the address books. The API also verifies identity information to assure that each function call has authorization to access the desired address book. The API further includes a parameter processing module for processing function-specific parameters passed in data envelopes to the API by the applications. The API also includes a response generating module for responding to the application that sent a function call to the API.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2003Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Apurva F. Dalia, Craig Allen Harry, Michael A. Pacholec, Robert Thompson Whitney
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Publication number: 20040230552Abstract: Stale information is removed by a removal process so as to enhance the performance of a networked system. The networked system comprises a stored piece of information that has an accessed timestamp for defining the start of a stale period, which comprises a non-updating period preceding a decaying period. The networked system further comprises the removal process for removing the stored piece of information that has become stale because the stale period has expired and the stored piece of information has not been accessed during the decaying period.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2003Publication date: November 18, 2004Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Teoman Smith, Xiongijian Fu, Arthur Tao, Apurva F. Dalia, Mukeshkumar Beher