Patents by Inventor Mark C. Benvenuto

Mark C. Benvenuto 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).

  • Patent number: 10891182
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to predicting the health of a computer node using health report data and to proactively handling failures in computer network nodes. In an embodiment, a computer system monitors various health indicators for multiple nodes in a computer network. The computer system accesses stored health indicators that provide a health history for the computer network nodes. The computer system then generates a health status based on the monitored health indicators and the health history. The generated health status indicates the likelihood that the node will be healthy within a specified future time period. The computer system then leverages the generated health status to handle current or predicted failures. The computer system also presents the generated health status to a user or other entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Hao Xia, Todd F. Pfleiger, Mark C. Benvenuto, Ajay Kalhan
  • Publication number: 20190155677
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to predicting the health of a computer node using health report data and to proactively handling failures in computer network nodes. In an embodiment, a computer system monitors various health indicators for multiple nodes in a computer network. The computer system accesses stored health indicators that provide a health history for the computer network nodes. The computer system then generates a health status based on the monitored health indicators and the health history. The generated health status indicates the likelihood that the node will be healthy within a specified future time period. The computer system then leverages the generated health status to handle current or predicted failures. The computer system also presents the generated health status to a user or other entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Hao XIA, Todd F. PFLEIGER, Mark C. BENVENUTO, Ajay KALHAN
  • Patent number: 10223193
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to predicting the health of a computer node using health report data and to proactively handling failures in computer network nodes. In an embodiment, a computer system monitors various health indicators for multiple nodes in a computer network. The computer system accesses stored health indicators that provide a health history for the computer network nodes. The computer system then generates a health status based on the monitored health indicators and the health history. The generated health status indicates the likelihood that the node will be healthy within a specified future time period. The computer system then leverages the generated health status to handle current or predicted failures. The computer system also presents the generated health status to a user or other entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Hao Xia, Todd F. Pfleiger, Mark C. Benvenuto, Ajay Kalhan
  • Publication number: 20170109225
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to predicting the health of a computer node using health report data and to proactively handling failures in computer network nodes. In an embodiment, a computer system monitors various health indicators for multiple nodes in a computer network. The computer system accesses stored health indicators that provide a health history for the computer network nodes. The computer system then generates a health status based on the monitored health indicators and the health history. The generated health status indicates the likelihood that the node will be healthy within a specified future time period. The computer system then leverages the generated health status to handle current or predicted failures. The computer system also presents the generated health status to a user or other entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Hao Xia, Todd F. Pfleiger, Mark C. Benvenuto, Ajay Kalhan
  • Patent number: 9594620
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to predicting the health of a computer node using health report data and to proactively handling failures in computer network nodes. In an embodiment, a computer system monitors various health indicators for multiple nodes in a computer network. The computer system accesses stored health indicators that provide a health history for the computer network nodes. The computer system then generates a health status based on the monitored health factors and the health history. The generated health status indicates the likelihood that the node will be healthy within a specified future time period. The computer system then leverages the generated health status to handle current or predicted failures. The computer system also presents the generated health status to a user or other entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Hao Xia, Todd F. Pfleiger, Mark C. Benvenuto, Ajay Kalhan
  • Publication number: 20160217025
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to predicting the health of a computer node using health report data and to proactively handling failures in computer network nodes. In an embodiment, a computer system monitors various health indicators for multiple nodes in a computer network. The computer system accesses stored health indicators that provide a health history for the computer network nodes. The computer system then generates a health status based on the monitored health factors and the health history. The generated health status indicates the likelihood that the node will be healthy within a specified future time period. The computer system then leverages the generated health status to handle current or predicted failures. The computer system also presents the generated health status to a user or other entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Hao Xia, Todd F. Pfleiger, Mark C. Benvenuto, Ajay Kalhan
  • Patent number: 9323636
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to predicting the health of a computer node using health report data and to proactively handling failures in computer network nodes. In an embodiment, a computer system monitors various health indicators for multiple nodes in a computer network. The computer system accesses stored health indicators that provide a health history for the computer network nodes. The computer system then generates a health status based on the monitored health factors and the health history. The generated health status indicates the likelihood that the node will be healthy within a specified future time period. The computer system then leverages the generated health status to handle current or predicted failures. The computer system also presents the generated health status to a user or other entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Hao Xia, Todd F. Pfleiger, Mark C. Benvenuto, Ajay Kalhan
  • Publication number: 20150067411
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to predicting the health of a computer node using health report data and to proactively handling failures in computer network nodes. In an embodiment, a computer system monitors various health indicators for multiple nodes in a computer network. The computer system accesses stored health indicators that provide a health history for the computer network nodes. The computer system then generates a health status based on the monitored health factors and the health history. The generated health status indicates the likelihood that the node will be healthy within a specified future time period. The computer system then leverages the generated health status to handle current or predicted failures. The computer system also presents the generated health status to a user or other entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Hao Xia, Todd F. Pfleiger, Mark C. Benvenuto, Ajay Kalhan
  • Patent number: 8887006
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to predicting the health of a computer node using health report data and to proactively handling failures in database services. In an embodiment, a computer system monitors various health indicators for multiple nodes in a database cluster. The computer system accesses stored health indicators that provide a health history for the database cluster nodes. The computer system then generates a health status based on the monitored health factors and the health history. The generated health status indicates the likelihood that the node will be healthy within a specified future time period. The computer system then leverages the generated health status to handle current or predicted failures. The computer system also presents the generated health status to a user or other entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Hao Xia, Todd F. Pfleiger, Mark C. Benvenuto, Ajay Kalhan
  • Publication number: 20120254669
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to predicting the health of a computer node using health report data and to proactively handling failures in database services. In an embodiment, a computer system monitors various health indicators for multiple nodes in a database cluster. The computer system accesses stored health indicators that provide a health history for the database cluster nodes. The computer system then generates a health status based on the monitored health factors and the health history. The generated health status indicates the likelihood that the node will be healthy within a specified future time period. The computer system then leverages the generated health status to handle current or predicted failures. The computer system also presents the generated health status to a user or other entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hao Xia, Todd F. Pfleiger, Mark C. Benvenuto, Ajay Kalhan
  • Publication number: 20100114826
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing configurations of data nodes in a distributed environment A configuration manager is implemented as a set of distributed master nodes that may use quorum-based processing to enable reliable identification of master nodes storing current configuration information, even if some of the master nodes fail. If a quorum of master nodes cannot be achieved or some other event occurs that precludes identification of current configuration information, the configuration manager may be rebuilt by analyzing reports from read/write quorums of nodes associated with a configuration, allowing automatic recovery of data partitions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Santeri Olavi Voutilainen, Gopala Krishna Reddy Kakivaya, Ajay Kalhan, Lu Xun, Mark C. Benvenuto, Rishi Rakesh Sinha, Radhakrishnan Srikanth
  • Patent number: 7475093
    Abstract: Caching architecture that facilitates translation between schema data and relational structures. A schema translation component consumes schema data (e.g., XML schema data) having a schema structure. The schema structure is shredded into tables. A validation component interfaces to a memory management interface to facilitate loading only the necessary components to perform instance validation. During validation, only parts of the schema that are used are loaded and cached. A schema cache stores the in-memory representation of the schema optimized for instance validation. The schema components are loaded from metadata into the cache memory as read-only objects such that multiple users can use the in-memory objects for validation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Dragan Tomic, Shankar Pal, Stanislav A. Oks, Jonathan D. Morrison, Mark C. Benvenuto