Patents by Inventor Robert Tobkes

Robert Tobkes 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).

  • Managing capacity in a data center by suspending tenants
    Patent number: 9497138
    Abstract: A tenant comprising one or more users receives services from a cloud computing system (“CCS”). The CCS determines when a tenant is not using any services, and if so, the CCS initiates a tenant suspension process. The tenant suspension process involves suspending various asynchronous computing processes for the tenant, which execute otherwise execute even if no users of the tenant are currently accessing the CCS. After a period of non-use of the CCS, the tenant is suspended. The tenant is returned to an active state automatically when a user of the tenant logs-on to receive services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Marshall Scot Bjerke, Robert Tobkes, Bryan David Cooke, Andrew Robert Miller, Sr., Jonathan Wayne Phillips, Alexander M. Tkatch, David R. Shutt
  • Managing Capacity in a Data Center by Suspending Tenants
    Publication number: 20150006738
    Abstract: A tenant comprising one or more users receives services from a cloud computing system (“CCS”). The CCS determines when a tenant is not using any services, and if so, the CCS initiates a tenant suspension process. The tenant suspension process involves suspending various asynchronous computing processes for the tenant, which execute otherwise execute even if no users of the tenant are currently accessing the CCS. After a period of non-use of the CCS, the tenant is suspended. The tenant is returned to an active state automatically when a user of the tenant logs-on to receive services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Marshall Scot Bjerke, Robert Tobkes, Bryan David Cooke, Andrew Robert Miller, SR., Jonathan Wayne Phillips, Alexander M. Tkatch, David R. Shutt
  • Managing capacity in a data center by suspending tenants
    Patent number: 8843609
    Abstract: A tenant comprising one or more users receives services from a cloud computing system (“CCS”). The CCS determines when a tenant is not using any services, and if so, the CCS initiates a tenant suspension process. The tenant suspension process involves suspending various asynchronous computing processes for the tenant, which execute otherwise execute even if no users of the tenant are currently accessing the CCS. After a period of non-use of the CCS, the tenant is suspended. The tenant is returned to an active state automatically when a user of the tenant logs-on to receive services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Marshall Scot Bjerke, Robert Tobkes, Bryan David Cooke, Andrew Robert Miller, Jonathan Wayne Phillips, Alexander M. Tkatch, David R. Shutt
  • Managing Capacity in a Data Center by Suspending Tenants
    Publication number: 20130117453
    Abstract: A tenant comprising one or more users receives services from a cloud computing system (“CCS”). The CCS determines when a tenant is not using any services, and if so, the CCS initiates a tenant suspension process. The tenant suspension process involves suspending various asynchronous computing processes for the tenant, which execute otherwise execute even if no users of the tenant are currently accessing the CCS. After a period of non-use of the CCS, the tenant is suspended. The tenant is returned to an active state automatically when a user of the tenant logs-on to receive services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marshall Scot Bjerke, Robert Tobkes, Bryan David Cooke, Andrew Robert Miller, Jonathan Wayne Phillips, Alexander M. Tkatch, David R. Shutt
  • AUTOMATIC UPGRADE SCHEDULING
    Publication number: 20120130725
    Abstract: Automatic system upgrades are provided to a customer by a service provider based on the customer's preferences and parameters. The automatic upgrade system may manage customer preferences for the scheduling of automatic upgrades according to parameters such as date, time, and capacity. The upgrade system may automatically provide system upgrades to customer systems according to the customer preferences taking into account system health and status, customer parameters, and customer priority as determined by the service provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Cooper, Marshall Bjerke, Robert Tobkes, Douglas Moy