Patents by Inventor Gary J. Purchase

Gary J. Purchase 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).

  • Environment wide configuration system
    Patent number: 8151273
    Abstract: An installation and configuration system consolidates workloads of multiple applications and services, including applications or services that may be installed or configured on multiple server devices or remotely hosted services. The system gathers environmental information, analyzes dependencies among the workloads, and populates the input data used by the workloads from a common database. The system then executes the workloads, allowing branching within the workloads or the sequence of workloads. An example of branching may include detecting an error condition, pausing the sequence, and presenting alternative fixes to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jeanine E. Spence, Joseph W. Hallock, Eric C. Kool-Brown, Jeremy D. Brown, Christer Garbis, Michael W. Jackson, Edward K. Tremblay, Dmitry Sonkin, Marc Greisen, Kanchuki Sarma, Michael D. Lubrecht, Gary J. Purchase, Kenneth P. Coleman
  • Environment Wide Configuration System
    Publication number: 20100058105
    Abstract: An installation and configuration system consolidates workloads of multiple applications and services, including applications or services that may be installed or configured on multiple server devices or remotely hosted services. The system gathers environmental information, analyzes dependencies among the workloads, and populates the input data used by the workloads from a common database. The system then executes the workloads, allowing branching within the workloads or the sequence of workloads. An example of branching may include detecting an error condition, pausing the sequence, and presenting alternative fixes to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeanine E. Spence, Joseph W. Hallock, Eric C. Kool-Brown, Jeremy D. Brown, Christer Garbis, Michael W. Jackson, Edward K. Tremblay, Dmitry Sonkin, Marc Greisen, Kanchuki Sarma, Michael D. Lubrecht, Gary J. Purchase, Kenneth P. Coleman
  • Dynamic program support links
    Publication number: 20080046416
    Abstract: Described is a technology by which support information (e.g., help and/or other information) related to a computer program is automatically and dynamically searched with respect to a task of that program, with the results of the search aggregated for output in relation to the program. For example, the search may be based on active context data of the task (e.g., such as error data and the current operating environment), so that the support information that is located matches what is likely relevant. User preference data and default data may be used to narrow the search to specific sites, such as community forums that have been deemed to be valuable. Other input used to generate the query or queries may include historical and/or statistical data, and/or explicit user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Mai-Ian Tomsen Bukovec, Jeanine E. Spence, Eric D. Kidd, Gary J. Purchase