Patents by Inventor ARLID E. SKJOLSVOLD

ARLID E. SKJOLSVOLD 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).

  • Maintaining service performance during a cloud upgrade
    Patent number: 9465602
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer storage media for upgrading a domain in a distributed computing environment are provided. Upgrading of the domain includes preparing for the upgrade, upgrading, and finalizing the upgrade. The preparation of the domain includes ensuring predefined quantities of role instances are available in domains other than the upgrade domain. The preparation also includes ensuring that a predefined number of extent replicas are available in domains other than the upgrade domain. The preparation may also include checkpointing partitions within the upgrade domain to facilitate faster loading once transferred to a domain other than the upgrade domain. The finalization may include allowing nodes within the upgrade domain to resume functionality that was suspended during the upgrade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Bradley Gene Calder, Samuel James McKelvie, Aaron W. Ogus, Arlid E. Skjolsvold, Hakon Gabriel Verespej, Ju Wang
  • MAINTAINING SERVICE PERFORMANCE DURING A CLOUD UPGRADE
    Publication number: 20140059533
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer storage media for upgrading a domain in a distributed computing environment are provided. Upgrading of the domain includes preparing for the upgrade, upgrading, and finalizing the upgrade. The preparation of the domain includes ensuring predefined quantities of role instances are available in domains other than the upgrade domain. The preparation also includes ensuring that a predefined number of extent replicas are available in domains other than the upgrade domain. The preparation may also include checkpointing partitions within the upgrade domain to facilitate faster loading once transferred to a domain other than the upgrade domain. The finalization may include allowing nodes within the upgrade domain to resume functionality that was suspended during the upgrade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: BRADLEY GENE CALDER, SAMUEL JAMES McKELVIE, AARON W. OGUS, ARLID E. SKJOLSVOLD, HAKON GABRIEL VERESPEJ, JU WANG