Patents by Inventor Ferg Zhao

Ferg Zhao 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).

  • Function and Constraint Based Service Agreements
    Publication number: 20100318454
    Abstract: An exemplary matching module includes instructions for receipt of information about sellable resources for running web-based services; for a solver for minimizing or maximizing a function subject to constraints; and for output of cost information for purchasing or buying sellable resources for running web-based services where the cost information is based at least in part on minimizing or maximizing the function. An exemplary matching module may be configured to receive information in a domain-specific language. Other methods, devices and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Heather E. Warncke, Eric Bahna, John D. Dunagan, Stuart H. Schaefer, Dennis B. Gannon, Burton J. Smith, David Gauthier, Ferg Zhao, Patrick J. Helland