Patents by Inventor Austin K. Lin

Austin K. Lin 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).

  • DEVICE BACKUPS AND UPDATES IN VIEW OF DATA USAGE STATISTICS
    Publication number: 20140068212
    Abstract: Embodiments manage data transfer requests representing backup operations and update operations from a computing device using a centralized data transfer service. The data transfer service selects the data transfer requests for performance based at least on data usage statistics associated with a data usage plan and available network connections on the computing device. For the backup operations, the data transfer requests are also selected based on priority information associated with each of the backup operations. In some embodiments, the data transfer service selects and initiates the data transfer requests without incurring excess data transfer costs for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Austin K. Lin, Katharine Holdsworth, Klorida Miraj, Kyle Joseph Smith, Hung Dang, Eric D. Cherba, Glenn Davis, John Menter, John Chadwell Spaith