Patents by Inventor Randy Thomson

Randy Thomson 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: 10474659
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a network file management system 120 may use a persistent metadata store 410 and an access control list 420 to facilitate a batch rollout. The network file management system 120 may maintain a content database 312. A network file management system 120 may store a metadata set for the content database 312 in a separate persistent metadata store 410.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Le Chang, Fuyuan Bie, Randy Thomson, Patrick Simek, Balinder Malhi, Lei Sun, Ankur Jauhari, Dylan Nunley, Guilherme Rodrigues Nogueira de Souza, Brad Smith, Wei-qiang Guo, Sean Lamont Grant Livingston, Corey Roussel
  • Patent number: 10185549
    Abstract: Technologies are described for updating a live system with static changes. According to some examples, changes such as installing and/or removing features may be applied to a cloud based service in live environment without disrupting the service. New software may be patched and installed on an upgraded machine (i.e., server). New features, diagnostics, and language packs may be added. Existing features and certificates may be removed. To accomplish these, new software to be installed and existing software to be removed may be detected. Removal and additions may be performed without preparation and activation of replacement farms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Simek, Gaia Carini, Min Shao, Randy Thomson, Prashant Gaurav, Ankur Jauhari
  • Publication number: 20170371639
    Abstract: Technologies are described for updating a live system with static changes. According to some examples, changes such as installing and/or removing features may be applied to a cloud based service in live environment without disrupting the service. New software may be patched and installed on an upgraded machine (i.e., server). New features, diagnostics, and language packs may be added. Existing features and certificates may be removed. To accomplish these, new software to be installed and existing software to be removed may be detected. Removal and additions may be performed without preparation and activation of replacement farms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Simek, Gaia Carini, Min Shao, Randy Thomson, Prashant Gaurav, Ankur Jauhari
  • Patent number: 9430668
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a network system may be upgraded without losing access to write privileges to a network file 122 during the system upgrade. A network file management system 120 may execute a system upgrade. A network file management system 120 may provide direct write access for a data file 122 to a user throughout the system upgrade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Fuyuan Bie, Le Chang, Balinder Malhi, Sundar Paranthaman, Randy Thomson, Kalyan Kona, Zohar Raz, Darius Snapkauskas, Atanu Banerjee, Roshane Silva
  • Publication number: 20150379296
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a network file management system 120 may use a persistent metadata store 410 and an access control list 420 to facilitate a batch rollout. The network file management system 120 may maintain a content database 312. A network file management system 120 may store a metadata set for the content database 312 in a separate persistent metadata store 410.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Le Chang, Fuyuan Bie, Randy Thomson, Patrick Simek, Balinder Malhi, Lei Sun, Ankur Jauhari, Dylan Nunley, Guilherme Rodrigues Nogueira de Souza, Brad Smith, Wei-qiang Guo, Sean Lamont Grant Livingston, Corey Roussel
  • Publication number: 20150347775
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a network system may be upgraded without losing access to write privileges to a network file 122 during the system upgrade. A network file management system 120 may execute a system upgrade. A network file management system 120 may provide direct write access for a data file 122 to a user throughout the system upgrade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fuyuan Bie, Le Chang, Balinder Malhi, Sundar Paranthaman, Randy Thomson, Kalyan Kona, Zohar Raz, Darius Snapkauskas, Atanu Banerjee, Roshane Silva
  • Publication number: 20060156031
    Abstract: Reducing the number of inquiries required to determine access rights accorded to documents, in particular documents stored at a Web site, is disclosed. Upon receipt of a request for documents, a list of the documents is opened by the receiving server and data denoting the user access level of every document on the list is determined. Then, the resulting series of access levels is filtered to remove any access levels not available to the requestor. Next, a document query, including as a condition that any returned list of documents only include documents having an access level included on the filtered series of access levels, is generated. The resulting document data is then embedded in a Web page and sent to the requestor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: James Sturms, Randy Thomson, Ziyi Wang, Hongzhou Ma