Patents by Inventor Edward David Harris

Edward David Harris 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).

  • Cost efficient and on-demand pool of running instances in a virtual machine environment
    Patent number: 10733003
    Abstract: Pooled virtual machine load balancers are described. A system determines whether a number of virtual machine load balancers that are in a pool is less than a specified number. The system creates a calculated number of virtual machine load balancers for the pool if the number of virtual machine load balancers that are in the pool is less than the specified number, the calculated number being equal to the specified number minus the number of virtual machine load balancers that are in the pool. The system receives a request to create a virtual machine environment that requires at least one virtual machine load balancer. The system allocates a virtual machine load balancer from the pool to the virtual machine environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Kunal Sanghavi, Vijaysenthil Veeriah, Varun Gupta, Edward David Harris, Tyson Lutz
  • COST EFFICIENT AND ON-DEMAND POOL OF RUNNING INSTANCES IN A VIRTUAL MACHINE ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20180121225
    Abstract: Pooled virtual machine load balancers are described. A system determines whether a number of virtual machine load balancers that are in a pool is less than a specified number. The system creates a calculated number of virtual machine load balancers for the pool if the number of virtual machine load balancers that are in the pool is less than the specified number, the calculated number being equal to the specified number minus the number of virtual machine load balancers that are in the pool. The system receives a request to create a virtual machine environment that requires at least one virtual machine load balancer. The system allocates a virtual machine load balancer from the pool to the virtual machine environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Kunal SANGHAVI, Vijaysenthil VEERIAH, Varun GUPTA, Edward David HARRIS, Tyson LUTZ
  • Presenting instant answers to internet queries
    Patent number: 8001101
    Abstract: Methods are described for utilizing user-submitted data to provide a response to a query request. User-submitted data are received and referenced upon receiving a query request from an unregistered requester, a potential response is automatically identified from the user-submitted data, the potential response is extracted, and presented in response to the query request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher W. Anderson, Edward David Harris, Ravi Aringunram, Paul Miller, Ajay Nair, Vishal Singh
  • PRESENTING INSTANT ANSWERS TO INTERNET QUERIES
    Publication number: 20090319495
    Abstract: Methods are described for utilizing user-submitted data to provide a response to a query request. User-submitted data are received and referenced upon receiving a query request from an unregistered requester, a potential response is automatically identified from the user-submitted data, the potential response is extracted, and presented in response to the query request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER W. ANDERSON, EDWARD DAVID HARRIS, RAVI ARINGUNRAM, PAUL MILLER, AJAY NAIR, VISHAL SINGH
  • AUTOMATIC GENERATOR AND UPDATER OF FAQS
    Publication number: 20080104065
    Abstract: Automatically generating and updating of frequently asked question (FAQ) lists are described herein. User inputs requesting information are matched to stored question and answer pairs, and values associated with the stored question and answer pairs are manipulated. An FAQ list may be generated and updated by selecting relevant question and answer pairs by comparing parameters supplied by an authoritative user (e.g., a webmaster) with values associated with the stored question and answer pairs. Selected question and answer pairs are added to the FAQ list, which may be displayed on a web site. Additionally, the FAQ list may be updated with new question and answer pairs based on parameters from the authoritative user or varying values in known question and answer pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: REENA AGARWAL, Edward David Harris, Nils Henry Pohlmann