Patents by Inventor Clifton Timothy Douglas

Clifton Timothy Douglas 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).

  • Techniques for utilizing an expression language in service configuration files
    Patent number: 10503497
    Abstract: Described are examples for processing a configuration file having a certain file format for defining static values. One or more static data values defined in the configuration file based on the JSON format can be determined. One or more expressions, defined according to an expression language, can be detected in the configuration file based on the file format. Via a platform engine and based on the expression language, the one or more expressions can be interpreted. The one or more static data values and the one or more expressions can be stored in memory as an in-memory representation of the configuration. An instance of a service for resolving one or more values related to the one or more expressions can be executed by the platform engine and based on the representation of the configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Clifton Timothy Douglas
  • TECHNIQUES FOR UTILIZING AN EXPRESSION LANGUAGE IN SERVICE CONFIGURATION FILES
    Publication number: 20190235862
    Abstract: Described are examples for processing a configuration file having a certain file format for defining static values. One or more static data values defined in the configuration file based on the JSON format can be determined. One or more expressions, defined according to an expression language, can be detected in the configuration file based on the file format. Via a platform engine and based on the expression language, the one or more expressions can be interpreted. The one or more static data values and the one or more expressions can be stored in memory as an in-memory representation of the configuration. An instance of a service for resolving one or more values related to the one or more expressions can be executed by the platform engine and based on the representation of the configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Clifton Timothy DOUGLAS