Patents by Inventor Christopher John Saam

Christopher John Saam 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).

  • Write agent delayed write to data stores
    Patent number: 8719316
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Venugopala Rao Moram, Marcus K. Swenson, Lizhong Huang, Nikhil Bahubali, Christopher John Saam, Christopher J. Gariepy, Apurva F. Dalia
  • WRITE AGENT DELAYED WRITE TO DATA STORES
    Publication number: 20120290627
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Venugopala Rao Moram, Marcus K. Swenson, Lizhong Huang, Nikhil Bahubali, Christopher John Saam, Christopher J. Gariepy, Apurva F. Dalia