Patents by Inventor Gregory Marshall Burgess

Gregory Marshall Burgess 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).

  • Usage reporting from a cloud-hosted, distributed system
    Patent number: 9317395
    Abstract: Collecting usage data in a cluster computing environment. A method includes at a tracker service receiving a request from an at least partially cloud based deployment for an interval for the deployment to report usage information in usage reports. The usage information includes information defining how software in a deployment is used. In response to the request from the deployment, the method further includes, the tracker service providing an interval to the deployment. The method further includes at the tracker service, receiving usage reports from the deployment according to the provided interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Wood, Salim Alam, Gregory Marshall Burgess, Colin Watson
  • USAGE REPORTING FROM A CLOUD-HOSTED, DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130124720
    Abstract: Collecting usage data in a cluster computing environment. A method includes at a tracker service receiving a request from an at least partially cloud based deployment for an interval for the deployment to report usage information in usage reports. The usage information includes information defining how software in a deployment is used. In response to the request from the deployment, the method further includes, the tracker service providing an interval to the deployment. The method further includes at the tracker service, receiving usage reports from the deployment according to the provided interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin Wood, Salim Alam, Gregory Marshall Burgess, Colin Watson