Patents by Inventor Timothy A. Lang

Timothy A. Lang 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: 11954473
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for a deployment architecture for multi-tenant cloud computing systems. In some implementations, a first cluster of processing nodes is configured to run tenant computing environments on behalf of different tenants. A second cluster of processing nodes runs a deployment controller configured to manage and monitor tenant computing environments allocated for the first cluster of processing nodes. A pool of unassigned computing environments is hosted in the first cluster of processing nodes. After receiving a request for a new environment, the deployment controller running in the second cluster of processing nodes coordinates with one or more modules running in the first cluster of processing nodes to update and assign one of the previously unassigned computing environments to be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MicroStrategy Incorporated
    Inventors: Clayton Myers, Jay Indravadan Shah, Shreyas Shah, Michael David Hudson, Timothy Lang
  • Publication number: 20240020104
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for enhanced cloud computing deployment. In some implementations, a computer system provides a repository comprising (i) deployment tools configured to provide a deployment application programming interface (API), (ii) a set of container files configured to operate together to provide a server environment, and (iii) configuration data for the container images. The computer system can provide a deployment workflow package that, when invoked for a cloud computing account of the customer, is configured to retrieve the container files, configuration data, and deployment tools from the repository over a communication network and store the retrieved items in the cloud computing account. The deployment workflow package is also configured to run the deployment tools and create deployment infrastructure in the cloud computing account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jay Indravadan Shah, Jignesh Sura, Jehan Jayant Sethna, Clayton Myers, Timothy Lang
  • Patent number: 11861342
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for enhanced cloud computing deployment. In some implementations, a computer system provides a repository comprising (i) deployment tools configured to provide a deployment application programming interface (API), (ii) a set of container files configured to operate together to provide a server environment, and (iii) configuration data for the container images. The computer system can provide a deployment workflow package that, when invoked for a cloud computing account of the customer, is configured to retrieve the container files, configuration data, and deployment tools from the repository over a communication network and store the retrieved items in the cloud computing account. The deployment workflow package is also configured to run the deployment tools and create deployment infrastructure in the cloud computing account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: MicroStrategy Incorporated
    Inventors: Jay Indravadan Shah, Jignesh Sura, Jehan Jayant Sethna, Clayton Myers, Timothy Lang
  • Patent number: 11829417
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable storage media, for context-based customization using semantic graph data. In some implementations, semantic graph data indicating objects and relationships among the objects is stored. Usage data is generated to indicate (i) levels of usage of the objects and (ii) contexts in which the objects are used. A query is received that is associated with a user and that includes data indicating a context of the user. Customized weights for connections among the objects is determined based on (i) the levels of usage indicated by the usage data and (ii) scores indicating a degree of similarity among the contexts indicated by the usage data and the context of the user. A response to the query is provided based on the customized weights for the connections among the objects indicated by the semantic graph data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: MicroStrategy Incorporated
    Inventors: Saurabh Abhyankar, Scott Rigney, Timothy Lang
  • Patent number: 11829287
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for testing performance of server systems. In some implementations, a method includes identifying, by one or more computers, a resource provided by a server system. The method includes generating, by the one or more computers, a performance test for the server system. The performance test includes a series of operations that includes (i) providing the resource and (ii) responding to one or more interactions with the resource. The method includes performing one or more performance testing cycles that each include: causing the server system to perform the series of operations of the performance test; and evaluating one or more performance measures that characterize the performance of the series of operations by the server system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: MicroStrategy Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard Gardner, Clayton Myers, Andrew Smith, Timothy Lang
  • Patent number: 11815936
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on computer-readable media, for providing contextually-relevant database content. Techniques are described for monitoring conditions of a computing device and detecting when database content is relevant to a current context of the computing device. In some implementations, a first computing device is monitored to detect actions of the first computing device that involve calendar data for a user. In response, a determination that text corresponding to the calendar appointment includes a term associated with a particular entity is made. Data for a user information card including information related to the particular entity is obtained. The first computing device is then caused to display the user information card or an interactive control configured to initiate display of the user information card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: MicroStrategy Incorporated
    Inventors: Abhijeet Roy, Hui Yuan, Nida Imtiaz, Timothy Lang
  • Patent number: 11756245
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable storage media, for machine learning to generate and evaluate visualizations. In some implementations, a system determines properties of a dataset. The system generates visualization specifications that each define a different visualization for the dataset, wherein the visualization specifications specify different subsets of the dataset being illustrated with different visualization formats. The system evaluates the visualization specifications using a machine learning model trained based on user feedback for visualizations for multiple datasets. The system selects a subset of the visualization specifications based on output of the machine learning model. The system provides, for display, visualization data for the subset of visualization specifications that were selected based on the output of the machine learning model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: MicroStrategy Incorporated
    Inventors: Saurabh Abhyankar, Glenn Boysko, Scott Rigney, Timothy Lang
  • Patent number: 11755372
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer-readable media, for environment monitoring and management. In some implementations, information indicating a planned usage level for usage of cloud computing services is accessed by a group of multiple computing environments over a period of time. Usage of cloud computing services is monitored for the group of multiple computing environments. A usage measure indicating an amount of usage of cloud computing services by the group of multiple computing environments is generated over the period of time. A cloud computing usage notification is generated based on the planned usage level and the usage measure. The cloud computing usage notification is provided for presentation by an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: MicroStrategy Incorporated
    Inventors: Andrew Smith, Clayton Myers, Hao Shen, Timothy Lang
  • Publication number: 20230252392
    Abstract: According to aspects of the disclosed subject matter, a method of managing information monitoring for contextually-relevant data includes determining an interaction with an application interface displaying a plurality of data sources, determining a selection of one or more data of the plurality of data sources, wherein the selection is based on the interaction with the application interface, determining updates to the selection of one or more data of the plurality of data sources, aggregating the selection of one or more data into a data repository, and displaying the data repository.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: MicroStrategy Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. COURCELLE, Timothy LANG, Qingru SHEN, Lingyu ZHU, Yingchun MEI, Xiaodi ZHONG, Nida IMTIAZ, Ananya OJHA
  • Publication number: 20230244466
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for enhanced cloud computing deployment. In some implementations, a computer system provides a repository comprising (i) deployment tools configured to provide a deployment application programming interface (API), (ii) a set of container files configured to operate together to provide a server environment, and (iii) configuration data for the container images. The computer system can provide a deployment workflow package that, when invoked for a cloud computing account of the customer, is configured to retrieve the container files, configuration data, and deployment tools from the repository over a communication network and store the retrieved items in the cloud computing account. The deployment workflow package is also configured to run the deployment tools and create deployment infrastructure in the cloud computing account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Jay Indravadan Shah, Jignesh Sura, Jehan Jayant Sethna, Clayton Myers, Timothy Lang
  • Patent number: 11714843
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable storage media, for providing action objects in a semantic graph. IN some implementations, semantic graph data indicates a semantic graph of objects and relationships between the objects. The semantic graph data defines an action object that represents an action that can be initiated, and the semantic graph data indicates a particular object type or a particular data type with which the action object can be used. An object of a particular object type or data of the particular data type is identified as being involved in processing of the one or more computers. In response to identifying the use of the object of the particular object type or data of the particular data type, an indication is provided that the action represented by the action object can be initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: MicroStrategy Incorporated
    Inventors: Saurabh Abhyankar, Scott Rigney, Timothy Lang
  • Patent number: 11714658
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer-readable media, for automated idle environment shutdown. In some implementations, activity of a server environment is monitored over a period of time. A measure of user-initiated activity of the server environment is determined based on the monitored activity of the server environment over the period of time. The level of user-initiated activity over the period of time is determined to be less than a threshold level. In response to determining that the level of user-initiated activity over the period of time is less than the threshold level, shut down of the server environment is initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: MicroStrategy Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard Gardner, Clayton Myers, Andrew Smith, Timothy Lang, Hao Shen
  • Patent number: 11704103
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for enhanced cloud computing deployment. In some implementations, a computer system provides a repository comprising (i) deployment tools configured to provide a deployment application programming interface (API), (ii) a set of container files configured to operate together to provide a server environment, and (iii) configuration data for the container images. The computer system can provide a deployment workflow package that, when invoked for a cloud computing account of the customer, is configured to retrieve the container files, configuration data, and deployment tools from the repository over a communication network and store the retrieved items in the cloud computing account. The deployment workflow package is also configured to run the deployment tools and create deployment infrastructure in the cloud computing account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: MicroStrategy Incorporated
    Inventors: Jay Indravadan Shah, Jignesh Sura, Jehan Jayant Sethna, Clayton Myers, Timothy Lang
  • Patent number: 11669420
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for monitoring performance of computing systems. In some implementations, a set of tasks for a server system to perform is identified. Multiple performance testing cycles are performed, in which each of the performance testing cycles includes: sending, for each task in the set of tasks, a request for the server system to perform the task; receiving a response from the server system for each of the requests, and storing a performance measure for each of the tasks based on the response received from the server system for the task. Based on the performance measures for the multiple performance testing cycles, an evaluation is performed whether conditions are satisfied for adjusting one or more operating parameters of the server system or for providing a notification regarding the operation of the server system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: MicroStrategy Incorporated
    Inventors: Clayton Myers, Andrew Smith, Richard Gardner, Timothy Lang
  • Patent number: 11625426
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable storage media, for incorporating opinion information with semantic graph data. In some implementations, semantic graph data indicating objects relationships among the objects is stored. Opinion data indicating user sentiment with respect to the objects is generated. A particular object of the objects indicted by the semantic graph is identified. An opinion measure for the particular object is determined based on the generated opinion data. Output data is provided to a client device for presentation, where the output data is generated based on the opinion measure for the particular object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: MicroStrategy Incorporated
    Inventors: Saurabh Abhyankar, Scott Rigney, Timothy Lang
  • Publication number: 20230088202
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for a deployment architecture for multi-tenant cloud computing systems. In some implementations, a first cluster of processing nodes is configured to run tenant computing environments on behalf of different tenants. A second cluster of processing nodes runs a deployment controller configured to manage and monitor tenant computing environments allocated for the first cluster of processing nodes. A pool of unassigned computing environments is hosted in the first cluster of processing nodes. After receiving a request for a new environment, the deployment controller running in the second cluster of processing nodes coordinates with one or more modules running in the first cluster of processing nodes to update and assign one of the previously unassigned computing environments to be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Clayton Myers, Jay Indravadan Shah, Shreyas Shah, Michael David Hudson, Timothy Lang
  • Publication number: 20230029927
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on computer-readable media, for inline and contextual delivery of content, which may include content selectively determined using private database content. In some implementations, interface data indicating text of a user interface of a electronic device is obtained. A particular term in the text of the user interface of the electronic device is determined to satisfy one or more criteria. Based on determining that the particular term satisfies the one or more criteria, the particular term is annotated to alter the appearance of the particular term in the user interface. After annotating the particular term, user interaction with the annotated term is detected and a card is provided for display in the user interface. The card can include information that corresponds to the term and that was determined using content from a private database for an organization of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Siamak Ziraknejad, Jiao Xu, Boyu Li, Quan Jia, Saurabh Abhyankar, Raul de Leon, Timothy Lang
  • Patent number: 11550838
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable storage media, for providing information cards using semantic graph data. In some implementations, semantic graph data for a semantic graph is stored, where the semantic graph data indicates objects and relationships among the objects, and the objects include a card object that represents characteristics of an information card. A request is received from a client device, and the request is processed using the semantic graph data. Data for the information card is provided to the client device based on the card object indicated by the semantic graph data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: MicroStrategy Incorporated
    Inventors: Saurabh Abhyankar, Scott Rigney, Timothy Lang
  • Patent number: 11531723
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on a computer storage medium, for providing a dynamic contextual library. In some implementations, an interactive element is provided for display in a user interface. Context data that indicates a context of one or more computers is generated. Document data indicating a subset of documents from a document collection associated with a user is obtained, with the subset of documents being selected from the document collection based on the context data. After obtaining the data indicating the subset of documents, data indicating user interaction with the interactive element is received. Data identifying the subset of documents for display is provided in response to receiving the data indicating user interaction with the interactive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: MicroStrategy Incorporated
    Inventors: Siamak Ziraknejad, Jiao Xu, Boyu Li, Quan Jia, Saurabh Abhyankar, Timothy Lang
  • Patent number: 11507295
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for backup, restoration, and migration of computer systems. In some implementations, data from a first server environment is obtained. A data package is generated that includes configuration data, data objects, and/or metadata from the first server environment organized in a predetermined arrangement. Data indicating (i) a destination on which to deploy the archived data from the first server environment and (ii) one or more characteristics of the destination is received. Mapping data that specifies a mapping of elements in the predetermined arrangement to elements of server environments having the one or more characteristics is accessed. Server environment data derived from the data package is deployed, the server environment data being deployed to the destination and arranged at the destination in a manner specified by the mapping data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: MicroStrategy Incorporated
    Inventors: Clayton Myers, Andrew Smith, Timothy Lang, Scott Rowley, Shreyas Shah, Martin Lucius Bonica