Patents by Inventor Nima Ganjeh
Nima Ganjeh 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).
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Patent number: 10681124Abstract: Obligatorily-acquired digital content items are stored under service control in one or more local storage machines of a computer based on service commands provided by a centralized management service; and voluntarily-acquired digital content items are stored under user control in the one or more local storage machines of the computer based on user commands. The obligatorily-acquired digital content items are protected from user-commanded deletion. The obligatorily-acquired digital content items are deleted from the one or more local storage machines based on service commands provided by the centralized management service. However, the voluntarily-acquired digital content items are deleted from the one or more local storage machines based on user commands.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2019Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Alexander Burba, Brandon Hunt, Michael Gallop, Scott Rosemund, Frank R. Morrison, III, Mark J. McNulty, Nima Ganjeh
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Publication number: 20190245913Abstract: Obligatorily-acquired digital content items are stored under service control in one or more local storage machines of a computer based on service commands provided by a centralized management service; and voluntarily-acquired digital content items are stored under user control in the one or more local storage machines of the computer based on user commands. The obligatorily-acquired digital content items are protected from user-commanded deletion. The obligatorily-acquired digital content items are deleted from the one or more local storage machines based on service commands provided by the centralized management service. However, the voluntarily-acquired digital content items are deleted from the one or more local storage machines based on user commands.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Alexander Burba, Brandon Hunt, Michael Gallop, Scott Rosemund, Frank R. Morrison, III, Mark J. McNulty, Nima Ganjeh
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Patent number: 10284641Abstract: Obligatorily-acquired digital content items are stored under service control in one or more local storage machines of a computer based on service commands provided by a centralized management service; and voluntarily-acquired digital content items are stored under user control in the one or more local storage machines of the computer based on user commands. The obligatorily-acquired digital content items are protected from user-commanded deletion. The obligatorily-acquired digital content items are deleted from the one or more local storage machines based on service commands provided by the centralized management service. However, the voluntarily-acquired digital content items are deleted from the one or more local storage machines based on user commands.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2017Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Alexander Burba, Brandon Hunt, Michael Gallop, Scott Rosemund, Frank R. Morrison, III, Mark J. McNulty, Nima Ganjeh
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Patent number: 10129334Abstract: Telemetry data from a plurality of peer computers of a peer-to-peer network is aggregated via a computer network. Each of the plurality of peer computers sends telemetry data relating to transfer of a digital content item within the peer-to-peer network. A designated peer computer is quarantined from transferring a digital content item within the peer-to-peer network according to one or more health metrics of the peer-to-peer network derived from the telemetry data aggregated from the plurality of peer computers.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2017Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Mehmet Akkurt, Alexander Burba, Brandon Hunt, Michael Gallop, Nima Ganjeh, Frank R. Morrison, III
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Patent number: 9781056Abstract: Telemetry data from a plurality of peer computers of a peer-to-peer network is aggregated via a computer network. Each of the plurality of peer computers sends telemetry data related to transfer of a digital content item within the peer-to-peer network. A content-acquisition request querying for a recommended content source to provide a first digital content item is received from a first peer computer of the peer-to-peer network via the computer network. A response to the content-acquisition request is sent to the first peer computer via the computer network. The response identifies a second peer computer of the peer-to-peer network that has the first digital content item as the recommended content source. The second peer computer is selected according to a peer selection metric derived from the telemetry data aggregated from the plurality of peer computers.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2016Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Alexander Burba, Brandon Hunt, Matthew Wan, Mehmet Akkurt, Nima Ganjeh, Frank R. Morrison, III, Ivan P. Trindev
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Publication number: 20170279882Abstract: Telemetry data from a plurality of peer computers of a peer-to-peer network is aggregated via a computer network. Each of the plurality of peer computers sends telemetry data relating to transfer of a digital content item within the peer-to-peer network.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2017Publication date: September 28, 2017Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Mehmet Akkurt, Alexander Burba, Brandon Hunt, Michael Gallop, Nima Ganjeh, Frank R. Morrison, III
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Publication number: 20170230450Abstract: Obligatorily-acquired digital content items are stored under service control in one or more local storage machines of a computer based on service commands provided by a centralized management service; and voluntarily-acquired digital content items are stored under user control in the one or more local storage machines of the computer based on user commands. The obligatorily-acquired digital content items are protected from user-commanded deletion. The obligatorily-acquired digital content items are deleted from the one or more local storage machines based on service commands provided by the centralized management service. However, the voluntarily-acquired digital content items are deleted from the one or more local storage machines based on user commands.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Alexander Burba, Brandon Hunt, Michael Gallop, Scott Rosemund, Frank R. Morrison, III, Mark J. McNulty, Nima Ganjeh
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Patent number: 9716749Abstract: Telemetry data from a plurality of peer computers of a peer-to-peer network is aggregated via a computer network. Each of the plurality of peer computers sends telemetry data relating to transfer of a digital content item within the peer-to-peer network. A mitigation operation that modifies transfer of a digital content item between peer computers of the peer-to-peer network is performed according to one or more health metrics of the peer-to-peer network. The one or more health metrics are derived from the telemetry data aggregated from the plurality of peer computers.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Mehmet Akkurt, Alexander Burba, Brandon Hunt, Michael Gallop, Nima Ganjeh, Frank R. Morrison, III
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Patent number: 9661072Abstract: A plurality of sources storing portions of a digital content item that includes a plurality of pieces is identified. The plurality of sources includes one or more peer computers of a peer-to-peer network. For each piece of the plurality of pieces of the digital content item, that piece is acquired from a source.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2016Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Alexander Burba, Brandon Hunt, Michael Gallop, Scott Rosemund, Frank R. Morrison, III, Mark J. McNulty, Nima Ganjeh
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Publication number: 20160344805Abstract: A plurality of sources storing portions of a digital content item that includes a plurality of pieces is identified. The plurality of sources includes one or more peer computers of a peer-to-peer network. For each piece of the plurality of pieces of the digital content item, that piece is acquired from a source.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2016Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Alexander Burba, Brandon Hunt, Michael Gallop, Scott Rosemund, Frank R. Morrison, III, Mark J. McNulty, Nima Ganjeh
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Publication number: 20160285784Abstract: Telemetry data from a plurality of peer computers of a peer-to-peer network is aggregated via a computer network. Each of the plurality of peer computers sends telemetry data related to transfer of a digital content item within the peer-to-peer network. A content-acquisition request querying for a recommended content source to provide a first digital content item is received from a first peer computer of the peer-to-peer network via the computer network. A response to the content-acquisition request is sent to the first peer computer via the computer network. The response identifies a second peer computer of the peer-to-peer network that has the first digital content item as the recommended content source. The second peer computer is selected according to a peer selection metric derived from the telemetry data aggregated from the plurality of peer computers.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Alexander Burba, Brandon Hunt, Matthew Wan, Mehmet Akkurt, Nima Ganjeh, Frank R. Morrison, III, Ivan P. Trindev
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Patent number: 9413846Abstract: A plurality of sources storing portions of a digital content item that includes a plurality of pieces is identified. The plurality of sources includes one or more local storage machines of a computer and one or more peer computers of a peer-to-peer network. For each piece of the plurality of pieces of the digital content item, that piece is downloaded from a source. The source is selected from the plurality of sources according to one or more download metrics. The plurality of pieces is organized for installation on the computer as the digital content item.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Alexander Burba, Brandon Hunt, Michael Gallop, Scott Rosemund, Frank R. Morrison, III, Mark J. McNulty, Nima Ganjeh
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Patent number: 9374420Abstract: Telemetry data from a plurality of peer computers of a peer-to-peer network is aggregated via a computer network. Each of the plurality of peer computers sends telemetry data related to transfer of a digital content item within the peer-to-peer network. A content-acquisition request querying for a recommended content source to provide a first digital content item is received from a first peer computer of the peer-to-peer network via the computer network. A response to the content-acquisition request is sent to the first peer computer via the computer network. The response identifies a second peer computer of the peer-to-peer network that has the first digital content item as the recommended content source. The second peer computer is selected according to a peer selection metric derived from the telemetry data aggregated from the plurality of peer computers.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Alexander Burba, Brandon Hunt, Matthew Wan, Mehmet Akkurt, Nima Ganjeh, Frank R. Morrison, III, Ivan P. Trindev
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Patent number: 9213951Abstract: Identification of the root cause of a change in the system, as well as any side-effects (“ancillary changes”) caused by the change via an object attribute. A change resulting from a request in a system, whether originating from a user, service, or workflow, has an associated request object that captures the details of the change. An ancillary change resulting from the prior change is correlated to the prior change through a parent attribute on the request object that identifies the prior change as the immediate parent. Thus, all downstream ancillary changes resulting from a request can be correlated back to the root request (change) via the parent attributes of the ancillary changes.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2009Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Nima Ganjeh, Craig V. McMurtry
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Publication number: 20140172971Abstract: Telemetry data from a plurality of peer computers of a peer-to-peer network is aggregated via a computer network. Each of the plurality of peer computers sends telemetry data relating to transfer of a digital content item within the peer-to-peer network. A mitigation operation that modifies transfer of a digital content item between peer computers of the peer-to-peer network is performed according to one or more health metrics of the peer-to-peer network. The one or more health metrics are derived from the telemetry data aggregated from the plurality of peer computers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2012Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Mehmet Akkurt, Alexander Burba, Brandon Hunt, Michael Gallop, Nima Ganjeh, Frank R. Morrison, III
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Publication number: 20140172972Abstract: Telemetry data from a plurality of peer computers of a peer-to-peer network is aggregated via a computer network. Each of the plurality of peer computers sends telemetry data related to transfer of a digital content item within the peer-to-peer network. A content-acquisition request querying for a recommended content source to provide a first digital content item is received from a first peer computer of the peer-to-peer network via the computer network. A response to the content-acquisition request is sent to the first peer computer via the computer network. The response identifies a second peer computer of the peer-to-peer network that has the first digital content item as the recommended content source. The second peer computer is selected according to a peer selection metric derived from the telemetry data aggregated from the plurality of peer computers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2012Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Alexander Burba, Brandon Hunt, Matthew Wan, Mehmet Akkurt, Nima Ganjeh, Frank R. Morrison, III, Ivan P. Trindev
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Publication number: 20140173024Abstract: A plurality of sources storing portions of a digital content item that includes a plurality of pieces is identified. The plurality of sources includes one or more local storage machines of a computer and one or more peer computers of a peer-to-peer network. For each piece of the plurality of pieces of the digital content item, that piece is downloaded from a source. The source is selected from the plurality of sources according to one or more download metrics. The plurality of pieces is organized for installation on the computer as the digital content item.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2012Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Alexander Burba, Brandon Hunt, Michael Gallop, Scott Rosemund, Frank R. Morrison, III, Mark J. McNulty, Nima Ganjeh
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Patent number: 8407331Abstract: Managing resources. A resource manager includes programmatic code for managing resources in the computing environment. Resources available from resource systems within the computing environment are managed. Methods may include receiving user input indicating one or more of that a new entity should be added to the resource manager, that an entity represented by an entity object of the resource manager should have permissions removed at the resource manager, or that an entity represented by an entity object of the resource manager should have permissions added at the resource manager. In response to receiving user input, events may be generated and objects created or removed from the resource manager for from downstream resource systems. The events may specify workflows that should be executed to perform synchronization between objects at the resource manager and objects at a downstream resource system by adding or changing rules in an expected rules list.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2008Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jasjeet Gill, Nima Ganjeh, Björn Gustaf Andreas Kjellman, Hiu Yu Lo, Bruce P. Bequette, Robert D. Ward
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Patent number: 8336021Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for managing set membership. A set definition is translated into one or more membership conditions. Each membership condition includes statements about the attributes of a resource that are to be true if the resource is to be included in the set. For any given resource request, resources touched by the request are compared to membership conditions applicable to the touched resources. Thus, embodiments of the invention minimize the work that is done to determine which sets a resource may or may not belong to whenever a resource is modified. Accordingly, based on available resources, embodiments of the invention can scale to accommodate larger numbers of sets and larger numbers of potential members of sets.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2008Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Craig V. McMurtry, Nima Ganjeh, Vadim Meleshuk, Stephen J. Pek
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Patent number: 8095629Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for managing contact proxies and security proxies in networks that are organized as forests. For instance, contact proxies may be generated to represent user accounts and groups in forests other than the home forests of the user accounts and groups. Security proxy objects may be generated to represent group members (e.g., security principals and groups) in groups in forests other than the home forests of the group members. Furthermore, when both a contact object and a security proxy object exist for a member added to a group, one of the contact object or the security proxy object may be selected to represent the member in the group.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2011Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Robert D. Ward, Nima Ganjeh, Andreas B. G. Kjellman