Patents by Inventor Philip W. Kelley

Philip W. Kelley 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).

  • Efficient DVCS storage system
    Patent number: 9633023
    Abstract: Searching for objects in a distributed version control system. A method includes accessing a single index. The single index indexes objects in a plurality of pack files. Each pack file is a single object container aggregating the content of what would otherwise be loose objects of a version control system within the single object container such that the single object container includes the aggregated content. The method further includes from the single index, determining a location of a version control system object by determining from the index which pack file from among the plurality of pack files the object is stored in, and a location in the pack file where the object is stored. The method also includes retrieving the version control system object from the pack file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Philip W. Kelley, Taylor Anthony Lafrinere, Kevin Daniel Resnick
  • EFFICIENT DVCS STORAGE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140279973
    Abstract: Searching for objects in a distributed version control system. A method includes accessing a single index. The single index indexes objects in a plurality of pack files. Each pack file is a single object container aggregating the content of what would otherwise be loose objects of a version control system within the single object container such that the single object container includes the aggregated content. The method further includes from the single index, determining a location of a version control system object by determining from the index which pack file from among the plurality of pack files the object is stored in, and a location in the pack file where the object is stored. The method also includes retrieving the version control system object from the pack file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Philip W. Kelley, Taylor Anthony Lafrinere, Kevin Daniel Resnick