Patents by Inventor Bruce Copeland

Bruce Copeland 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: 8757425
    Abstract: An illustrative beverage container having a handle defining multiple gripping portions is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Williams Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Copeland
  • Patent number: 8645377
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed herein for aggregating web-based data stored in a distributed data store so that it can be retrieved in a first-in, first-out (FIFO) manner. A unique aggregation key is generated for respective one or more data generated from a web-based event, where the one or more data are added to the distributed data store, and the aggregation key corresponds merely to the data generated from the web-based event. The one or more data from the web based event is aggregated in a FIFO queue and stored in a same partition of the distributed data store, based on the aggregation key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Ness, Alexander Mallet, Bruce Copeland, Christopher Rickman, Rajesh Viswanathan
  • Publication number: 20110179028
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed herein for aggregating web-based data stored in a distributed data store so that it can be retrieved in a first-in, first-out (FIFO) manner. A unique aggregation key is generated for respective one or more data generated from a web-based event, where the one or more data are added to the distributed data store, and the aggregation key corresponds merely to the data generated from the web-based event. The one or more data from the web based event is aggregated in a FIFO queue and stored in a same partition of the distributed data store, based on the aggregation key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Ness, Alexander Mallet, Bruce Copeland, Christopher Rickman, Rajesh Viswanathan
  • Publication number: 20110062171
    Abstract: An illustrative beverage container having a handle defining multiple gripping portions is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: Williams Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Copeland
  • Publication number: 20080059214
    Abstract: In accordance with certain aspects of the model-based policy application, each of a plurality of policies is associated with appropriate parts of a model of a heterogeneous system. A deployment agent is invoked to apply each of the plurality of policies to components associated with the parts of the model. An identification of a change to one of the plurality of policies is received, and the deployment agent is also invoked to apply the changed policy to selected ones of the components associated with the parts of the model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anders Vinberg, Bruce Copeland, Robert Fries, Kevin Grealish, Jonathan Hardwick, Michael Healy, Galen Hunt, Aamer Hydrie, David James, Anand Lakshminarayanan, Edwin Lassettre, Raymond McCollum, Rob Mensching, Mazhar Mohammed, Rajagopalan Narayanan, Geoffrey Outhred, Zhengkai Pan, Efstathios Papaefstathiou, John Parchem, Vij Rajarajan, Ashvikumar Sanghvi, Bassam Tabbara, Rene Vega, Vitaly Voloshin, Robert Welland, John Wilson, Eric Winner, Jeffrey Woolsey
  • Publication number: 20070192453
    Abstract: A method, system, and architecture for managing computer systems is provided. A management system employs management objects (MOs) to provide administrators the ability to intuitively express the administrative intent in an information technology (IT) environment, and to act out the administrative intent based on the information gathered by the management system. Managed elements of an IT environment, such as, by way of example, hardware components, software applications, software updates, software distribution policies, configurations, settings, etc., may be expressed as MOs. Actions, such as, by way of example, detect, install/apply, remove, remediate, enumerate, etc., may be associated with the MOs. The management system manages the computer systems by deploying the appropriate MOs and their associated actions onto the computer systems, and performing the actions on the computer systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce Copeland, David James, Donald Song, Dustin Ingalls, Jeffrey Sutherland, Jeffry Phillips, Joseph Calabig, Khuzaima Iqbal, Michael Healy, Rajagopalan Narayanan, Zhengkai Pan
  • Publication number: 20070005320
    Abstract: Model-based configuration management and modeling identifies violations of configuration constraints. A system includes multiple components and multiple applications defined by a model of the system. A process identifies configuration settings associated with the components and configuration settings associated with the applications. A configuration policy is created for the system based on information contained in the model of the system and the configuration settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anders Vinberg, Anand Lakshminarayanan, Ashvinkumar Sanghvi, Vij Rajarajan, Vitaly Voloshin, Bassam Tabbara, Kevin Grealish, Rob Mensching, Geoffrey Outhred, Galen Hunt, Aamer Hydrie, Robert Welland, Rajagopalan Narayanan, Bruce Copeland, Ken Pan, David James, Michael Healy
  • Publication number: 20060207993
    Abstract: A container for retaining food products for consumption is provided. The container includes a bowl and a covering which may be removably coupled to the bowl to form a substantially liquid-tight seal between the bowl and covering. The covering includes an opening providing access to the food products. The covering is configured to complement the bowl such that if the container is rotated about a horizontal axis a portion of food products are retained in the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventor: Bruce Copeland
  • Publication number: 20060025985
    Abstract: A model of a system is generated and used as a basis for managing the system. As the system is managed, the system model can be updated to reflect changes to the system. Managing of the system can include one or more of provisioning applications in the system, provisioning applications in virtual systems, provisioning test environments, monitoring the configuration of the system, monitoring the system including the health of the system, performing capacity planning for the system, and propagating attributes to different components in the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anders Vinberg, Bruce Copeland, Robert Fries, Kevin Grealish, Jonathan Hardwick, Michael Healy, Galen Hunt, Aamer Hydrie, David James, Anand Lakshminarayanan, Rob Mensching, Rajagopalan Narayanan, Geoffrey Outhred, Ken Pan, Efstathios Papaefstathion, John Parchem, Vij Rajarajan, Ashvinkumar Sanghvi, Bassam Tabbara, Rene Vega, Vitaly Voloshin, Robert Welland, Eric Winner, Jeffrey Woolsey
  • Patent number: D409168
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: LXE Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Myers, Charles A. Moore, Steven J. Meister, Bruce Copeland
  • Patent number: D417360
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Crown Products
    Inventors: Robert Ellsworth Bickert, Bruce Copeland
  • Cup
    Patent number: D433877
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: American Crown, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Ellsworth Bickert, Bruce Copeland