Patents by Inventor Hussam Abu-Libdeh

Hussam Abu-Libdeh 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).

  • Consistency-based service-level agreements in cloud storage environments
    Patent number: 8972491
    Abstract: An application programming interface is provided that allows applications to assign multiple service-level agreements to their data transactions. The service-level agreements include latency bounds and consistency guarantees. The applications may assign utility values to each of the service-level agreements. A monitor component monitors the various replica nodes in a cloud storage system for latency and consistency, and when a transaction is received from an application, the monitor determines which of the replica nodes can likely fulfill the transaction in satisfaction of any of the service-level agreements. Where multiple service-level agreements can be satisfied, the replica node that can fulfill the transaction according to the service-level agreement with the greatest utility is selected. The application may be charged for the transaction based on the utility of the service-level agreement that was satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Hussam Abu-Libdeh, Marcos K. Aguilera, Mahesh Balakrishnan, Ramakrishna R. Kotla, Vijayan Prabhakaran, Douglas Brian Terry
  • CONSISTENCY-BASED SERVICE-LEVEL AGREEMENTS IN CLOUD STORAGE ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20140101225
    Abstract: An application programming interface is provided that allows applications to assign multiple service-level agreements to their data transactions. The service-level agreements include latency bounds and consistency guarantees. The applications may assign utility values to each of the service-level agreements. A monitor component monitors the various replica nodes in a cloud storage system for latency and consistency, and when a transaction is received from an application, the monitor determines which of the replica nodes can likely fulfill the transaction in satisfaction of any of the service-level agreements. Where multiple service-level agreements can be satisfied, the replica node that can fulfill the transaction according to the service-level agreement with the greatest utility is selected. The application may be charged for the transaction based on the utility of the service-level agreement that was satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Hussam Abu-Libdeh, Marcos K. Aguilera, Mahesh Balakrishnan, Ramakrishna R. Kotla, Vijayan Prabhakaran, Douglas Brian Terry