Patents by Inventor Giovanni M. Della-Libera

Giovanni M. Della-Libera 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).

  • Virtual distributed security system
    Patent number: 7752442
    Abstract: A distributed security system is provided. The distributed security system uses a security policy that is written in a policy language that is transport and security protocol independent as well as independent of cryptographic technologies. This security policy can be expressed using the language to create different security components allowing for greater scalability and flexibility. By abstracting underlying protocols and technologies, multiple environments and platforms can be supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Giovanni M. Della-Libera, Christopher G. Kaler, Scott A. Konersmann, Butler W. Lampson, Paul J. Leach, Bradford H. Lovering, Steven E. Luocco, Stephen J. Millet, Richard F. Rashid, John P. Shewchuk
  • Virtual distributed security system
    Patent number: 7752431
    Abstract: A distributed security system is provided. The distributed security system uses a security policy that is written in a policy language that is transport and security protocol independent as well as independent of cryptographic technologies. This security policy can be expressed using the language to create different security components allowing for greater scalability and flexibility. By abstracting underlying protocols and technologies, multiple environments and platforms can be supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Giovanni M. Della-Libera, Christopher G. Kaler, Scott A. Konersmann, Butler W. Lampson, Paul J. Leach, Bradford H. Lovering, Steven E. Lucco, Stephen J. Millet, Richard F. Rashid, John P. Shewchuk
  • Security scopes and profiles
    Patent number: 7716728
    Abstract: A security system with a mechanism to identify types of information that need to be secured and another mechanism to specify how the types are to be secured. The system includes a sender having an application and a receiver having a security module and one or more datastores to store information related to types of information that need to be secured (e.g. “scopes”), how information is to be secured (e.g., “profiles”), and a mapping (e.g., “bindings”) between the scopes and profiles. Scopes can be implemented by application developers. Profiles can be implemented by application deployers and/or administrators. The security module determines which scope is appropriate for the message, and then determines the profile that is mapped to the scope. The security module can then make an access control decision using the profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corproation
    Inventors: Giovanni M. Della-Libera, Vijay K. Gajjala, Tomasz Janczuk, John R. Lambert
  • MODULAR FOREST AUTOMATA
    Publication number: 20100094906
    Abstract: Modular forest automata (MFA) provide a unified description of partially-ordered regular tree patterns. MFAs provide simple methods for determinization, sub-typing, intersection, and complementation of these patterns. MFAs support high-performance pattern analysis and matching. Modular forest transducers, in conjunction with modular forest automata, enable compilers to place semantic actions on any state transition while supporting efficient transformation of labeled, directed graphs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Giovanni M. Della-Libera, Steven E. Lucco
  • COMPACT SYNTAX FOR DATA SCRIPTING LANGUAGE
    Publication number: 20100088672
    Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to a syntax for a scripting language that allows data intensive applications to be written in a compact, human friendly, textual format. The scripting language can be a declarative programming language, such as the “D” programming language, which is well suited to the authoring of data intensive programs. A compact query syntax is provided for D that simplifies the expression of complex and data intensive programs. In another non-limiting aspect, conventional operator precedence is modified to accommodate the compact syntax and other unique features of a general purpose declarative programming language.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: David E. Langworthy, Bradford H. Lovering, Donald F. Box, Douglas A. Walter, Giovanni M. Della-Libera, Jeffrey S. Pinkston, John D. Doty, John L. Hamby
  • PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE WITH EXTENSIBLE SYNTAX
    Publication number: 20100088686
    Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to an extensible syntax for a scripting language that allows data intensive applications to be written in a compact, human friendly, textual format, and also according to self-defined syntax within the data intensive applications so that a single compilation unit of a program can support multiple syntaxes. An extensible syntax is provided for M that allows alternate syntaxes to be defined in line and then used in the program so as to accommodate user-defined syntaxes and other pre-existing domain specific languages. In one embodiment, the alternate syntaxes can be defined at pre-designated functional points in the program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David E. Langworthy, Bradford H. Lovering, Donald F. Box, Joshua Williams, Giovanni M. Della-Libera
  • Dynamic protocol construction
    Patent number: 7664023
    Abstract: A method includes advertising a policy characterizing communication properties supported by a node. The policy may be distributed to another node in response to a request for the policy. Policy expressions in the policy include one or more assertions that may be grouped and related to each other in a plurality of ways. A system includes a policy generator for generating at least one policy characterizing properties of a node. A policy retriever retrieves a policy from another node and a message generator generates a message to the other node, wherein the message conforms to the policy from the other node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Levin, Erik B. Christensen, Saurab Nog, Donald F. Box, Christopher G. Kaler, Giovanni M. Della-Libera, Alfred Lee, IV, David Wortendyke
  • Generic security claim processing model
    Patent number: 7640573
    Abstract: A system for processing multiple types of security schemes includes a server having a claims engine that extracts claim(s) from security token(s) and maps extracted claims to other claims. The term claim as used in this context is a statement about a token's subject. The claims engine can extract claim(s) from one or more different types of security tokens corresponding to the multiple security schemes. These extracted claim(s) can then be selectively mapped to other claims using mapping information that is accessible to the server. The security decision can then be based on the extracted and/or derived claim(s) rather than tokens. This system can thereby support multiple security schemes and simplify the security process for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Giovanni M. Della-Libera, Vijay K. Gajjala, Tomasz Janczuk, John R. Lambert, Elliot Waingold
  • Endpoint identification and security
    Patent number: 7636939
    Abstract: A data structure with endpoint address and security information. The data structure includes an address field that includes one or more endpoint addresses for an entity. The data structure further includes a security field that includes one or more keys for facilitating secure communications with the entity. The data structure may also be such that the contents of the address field and the security field are serialized in the data structure. The data structure may be extensible such that new address fields and security fields may be added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher G. Kaler, Douglas A. Walter, Giovanni M. Della-Libera, Melissa W. Dunn, Richard L. Hasha, Tomasz Janczuk
  • Transformation of modular finite state transducers
    Patent number: 7627541
    Abstract: A Q Framework, or QFX for short, is provided for performing efficient tree transformation in a generalized manner that achieves preservation of action semantics for FSTs that support action information in their representations across a diverse set of types of representations for FSTs. Among other features, the QFX also enables the preservation of ordered and unordered nest information while performing tree transformation, supports the transformation of non-deterministic data structures to a deterministic data structure and enables intersection operations on machines having action semantics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steven E. Lucco, David E. Langworthy, Giovanni M. Della-Libera
  • Transformation of modular finite state transducers
    Patent number: 7624075
    Abstract: A Q Framework, or QFX for short, is provided for performing efficient tree transformation in a generalized manner that achieves preservation of action semantics for FSTs that support action information in their representations across a diverse set of types of representations for FSTs. Among other features, the QFX also enables the preservation of ordered and unordered nest information while performing tree transformation, supports the transformation of non-deterministic data structures to a deterministic data structure and enables intersection operations on machines having action semantics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steven E. Lucco, David E. Langworthy, Giovanni M. Della-Libera
  • Computing system and method for allowing plurality of applications written in different programming languages to communicate and request resources or services via a common language runtime layer
    Patent number: 7581231
    Abstract: An application program interface (API) provides a set of functions for application developers who build Web applications on Microsoft Corporation's .NET™ platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adam W. Smith, Anthony J. Moore, Anders Hejlsberg, Brian A. LaMacchia, Blaine J. Dockter, Brian M. Grunkemeyer, Brian K. Pepin, Caleb L. Doise, Christopher W. Brumme, Chad W. Royal, Christopher L. Anderson, Corina E. Feuerstein, Craig T. Sinclair, Daniel Dedu-Constantin, Daniel Takacs, David S. Ebbo, David S. Mortenson, Erik B. Christensen, Erik B. Olson, Fabio A. Yeon, Giovanni M. Della-Libera, Gopala Krishna R. Kakivaya, Gregory D. Fee, Hany E. Ramadan, Jayanth V. Rajan, Jeffrey M. Cooperstein, Jonathan C. Hawkins, James H. Hogg, Joe D. Long, John I. McConnell, Jesus Ruiz-Scougall, James S. Miller, Julie D. Bennett, Jun Fang, Krzysztof J. Cwalina, Keith W. Ballinger, Lance E. Olson, Loren M. Kohnfelder, Luca Bolognese, Manu Vasandani, Mark T. Anders, Mark P. Ashton, Mark A. Boulter, Mark W. Fussell, Michael M. Magruder, Manish S. Prabhu, Neetu Rajpal, Nikhil Kothari, Nithyalakshmi Sampathkumar, Nicholas M. Kramer, Omri Gazitt, Radu Rares Palanca, Raja Krishnaswamy, Robert M. Howard, Ramasamy Krishnaswamy, Shawn P. Burke, Scott D. Guthrie, Sean E. Trowbridge, Seth M. Demsey, Shajan Dasan, Subhag P. Oak, Sreeram Nivarthi, Stefan H. Pharies, Suzanne M. Cook, Susan M. Warren, Tarun Anand, Travis J. Muhlestein, William A. Adams, Yan Leshinsky, Yann E. Christensen, Yung-shin Lin, Stephen J. Millet, Joseph Roxe, Alan Boshier, Henry L. Sanders, David Bau
  • Application program interface for network software platform
    Patent number: 7546602
    Abstract: An application program interface (API) provides a set of functions for application developers who build Web applications on Microsoft Corporation's .NET™ platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anders Hejlsberg, Brian K. Pepin, Chad W. Royal, Christopher L. Anderson, Giovanni M. Della-Libera, Mark A. Boulter, Nicholas M. Kramer, Shawn P. Burke, Subhag P. Oak, Sreeram Nivarthi
  • Flexible electronic message security mechanism
    Patent number: 7536712
    Abstract: Multiple different credentials and/or signatures based on different credentials may be included in a header portion of a single electronic message. Different recipients of intermediary computing systems may use the different credentials/signatures to identify the signer. The electronic message may include an encoding algorithm and a type identification of a credential included in the electronic message, allowing the recipient to decode and process the credential as appropriate given the type of credential. Also, the electronic message may include a pointer that references a credential associated with a signature included in the electronic message. That referenced credential may be accessed from the same electronic message, or from some other location. The recipient may then compare the references credential from the credentials used to generate the signature. If a match occurs, the integrity of the electronic message has more likely been preserved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher J. Kaler, John P. Shewchuk, Giovanni M. Della-Libera
  • Interface infrastructure for creating and interacting with web services
    Patent number: 7512957
    Abstract: A web services namespace pertains to an infrastructure for enabling creation of a wide variety of applications. The infrastructure provides a foundation for building message-based applications of various scale and complexity. The infrastructure or framework provides APIs for basic messaging, secure messaging, reliable messaging and transacted messaging. In some embodiments, the associated APIs are factored into a hierarchy of namespaces in a manner that balances utility, usability, extensibility and versionability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shy Cohen, Geary L. Eppley, Douglas M. Purdy, James E. Johnson, Stephen J. Millet, Stephen T. Swartz, Vijay K. Gajjala, Aaron Abraham Stern, Alexander Martin DeJarnatt, Alfred M. Lee, IV, Anand Rjagopalan, Anastasios Kasiolas, Chaitanya D. Upadhyay, Christopher G. Kaler, Craig Andrew Critchley, David Edwin Levin, David Owen Driver, David Wortendyke, Douglas A. Walter, Elliot Lee Waingold, Erik Bo Christensen, Erin P. Honeycutt, Eugene Shvets, Evgeny Osovetsky, Giovanni M. Della-Libera, Jesus Ruiz-Scougall, John David Doty, Jonathan T. Wheeler, Kapil Gupta, Kenneth David Wolf, Krishnan Srinivasan, Lance E. Olson, Matthew Thomas Tavis, Mauro Ottaviani, Max Attar Feingold, Michael James Coulson, Michael Jon Marucheck, Michael Steven Vernal, Michael Thomas Dice, Mohamed-Hany Essam Ramadan, Mohammad Makarechian, Natasha Harish Jethanandani, Richard Dievendorff, Richard Douglas Hill, Ryan Thomas Sturgell, Saurab Nog, Scott Christopher Seely, Serge Sverdlov, Siddhartha Puri, Sowmyanarayanan K. Srinivasan, Stefan Batres, Stefan Harrington Pharies, Tirunelveli Vishwanath, Tomasz Janczuk, Uday S. Hegde, Umesh Madan, Vaithialingam B. Balayogan, Vipul Arunkant Modi, Yaniv Pessach, Yasser Shohoud
  • Method and system for programming disconnected data
    Patent number: 7506000
    Abstract: A method of tracking data through a multi-tier computing architecture includes initializing a first row pointer of a dataset with data form a database, placing changes to the data in the second row pointer of the dataset, comparing the first and second row pointers, and declaring a state of the data in response to comparing the first and second row pointers. A system for tracking data through a multi-tier architecture includes an initialize module, a change module, a compare module, and a declare module. The initialize module initializes a first row pointer of a dataset with data from a database. The change module places changes to the data in a second row pointer of the dataset. The compare module compares the first and second row pointers. The declare module declares a state of the data in response to comparing the first and second row pointers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Robert A. Brigham, Giovanni M. Della-Libera, Patrick M. Dengler, Paul S. Kuklinski, Jr.
  • VIRTUAL NETWORK WITH ADAPTIVE DISPATCHER
    Publication number: 20090046726
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing a virtual network are disclosed. At least one layer of abstraction is created between network service applications and conventional network protocols by inserting an adaptive dispatcher between applications and network transport services on each machine in a network. The message protocol in the virtual network is extensible, allowing application programs to create new headers within any message as needed. The adaptive dispatcher contains handlers that route and dispatch messages within the virtual network based on arbitrary content within each message, including any combination of headers and/or data content. Each device on the virtual network has a virtual address to which messages are directed, allowing devices to move within the network without reconfiguring routing tables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Luis Felipe Cabrera, Erik B. Christensen, Giovanni M. Della-Libera, Christopher G. Kaler, David E. Levin, Bradford H. Lovering, Steven E. Lucco, Stephen J. Millet, John P. Shewchuk, Robert S. Wahbe, David A. Wortendyke
  • Dependent context trees for related network offerings
    Patent number: 7447785
    Abstract: A network site often provides multiple offerings, each having their own context. The complete context for one of the offerings is stored. That complete context represents a root node in a hierarchical tree of context nodes, each node representing the context information for one or more of the offerings. Each node in the tree includes a reference to its parent node, and then a description of incremental changes to the context information as compared to the context information from the parent node. Accordingly, the context information for a particular node in the tree may be obtained by combining the complete context for the root node offering with incremental changes described in other nodes in the ancestral chain that leads from the particular offering to the root offering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher G. Kaler, Erik B. Christensen, Giovanni M. Della-Libera, John P. Shewchuk, Stephen J. Millet, Steven E. Lucco
  • Performing generic challenges in a distributed system
    Patent number: 7395311
    Abstract: A client issues a first electronic request to access a service at a server. The server receives the request and identifies a type of challenge form among a number of different types of challenges (e.g., represented by a number of different XML schemas). The server issues a challenge, in accordance with the identified type of challenge, to the client. The challenge can include state information that indicates to the server when an appropriate response to the challenge is received. The client receives the challenge and formulates a response (including the state information) to the challenge in accordance with the identified type of challenge. The client issues a second electronic request, which includes the formulated response. The server receives the response and determines, based on the response, if the second electronic request is to be processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher G. Kaler, Giovanni M. Della-Libera
  • Flexible, selectable, and fine-grained network trust policies
    Patent number: 7353535
    Abstract: A flexible way of expressing trust policies using, for example, XML. Multiple statement types may be expressed for a single authority type. Statement types may include less than all of the statements made by an authority type. Authority types may be defined using any manner interpretable by the computing system using the trust policy. In addition, trust policies may be updated as trust levels change. Even multiple trust policies may be used with reconciliation between the multiple trust policies being accomplished by using the more restrictive trust policy with respect to an assertion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher G. Kaler, John P. Shewchuk, Giovanni M. Della-Libera, Praerit Garg, Brendan W. Dixon