Patents by Inventor Kenneth Eugene Jordan

Kenneth Eugene Jordan 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).

  • System and method to facilitate manageable and agile deployment of services in accordance with various topologies
    Patent number: 7636782
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and methodology to facilitate service deployment in a distributed computing and applications environment. A schema is provided that describes various components of a service and various topologies for execution of the services, wherein a deployment engine utilizes the schema in conjunction with user inputs to determine one or more destination locations for the service. The topologies relate to various machine and/or machine types defined for various groups or individuals that employ the service. A user interface can be provided to receive user inputs for topological selections and to facilitate various parametric configurations associated with service deployment and subsequent execution thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth Eugene Jordan, Erica Sui-Ching Lan
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FACILITATE MANAGEABLE AND AGILE DEPLOYMENT OF SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH VARIOUS TOPOLOGIES
    Publication number: 20080216006
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and methodology to facilitate service deployment in a distributed computing and applications environment. A schema is provided that describes various components of a service and various topologies for execution of the services, wherein a deployment engine utilizes the schema in conjunction with user inputs to determine one or more destination locations for the service. The topologies relate to various machine and/or machine types defined for various groups or individuals that employ the service. A user interface can be provided to receive user inputs for topological selections and to facilitate various parametric configurations associated with service deployment and subsequent execution thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenneth Eugene Jordan, Erica Sui-Ching Lan
  • System and method to facilitate manageable and agile deployment of services in accordance with various topologies
    Patent number: 7340520
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and methodology to facilitate service deployment in a distributed computing and applications environment. A schema is provided that describes various components of a service and various topologies for execution of the services, wherein a deployment engine utilizes the schema in conjunction with user inputs to determine one or more destination locations for the service. The topologies relate to various machine and/or machine types defined for various groups or individuals that employ the service. A user interface can be provided to receive user inputs for topological selections and to facilitate various parametric configurations associated with service deployment and subsequent execution thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth Eugene Jordan, Erica Sui-Ching Lan