Patents by Inventor Yunan Yuan
Yunan Yuan 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: 10067835Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide techniques whereby a user may perform a system reset (e.g., to address system performance and/or reliability degradation, such as which may be caused by unused applications that unnecessarily consume system resources, an attempted un-install of an application that left remnants of the application behind, and/or other causes). In some embodiments, performing a system reset replaces a first instance of an operating system on the system with a new instance of the operating system, and removes any applications installed on the system, without disturbing the user's data.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Desmond T. Lee, Vinit Ogale, Keshava Prasad Subramanya, Sri Sai Kameswara Pavan Kumar Kasturi, Hongliu Zheng, Yunan Yuan, Gregory W. Nichols, Stephan Doll, Kiran Kumar Dowluru, Calin Negreanu
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Publication number: 20160292039Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide techniques whereby a user may perform a system reset (e.g., to address system performance and/or reliability degradation, such as which may be caused by unused applications that unnecessarily consume system resources, an attempted un-install of an application that left remnants of the application behind, and/or other causes). In some embodiments, performing a system reset replaces a first instance of an operating system on the system with a new instance of the operating system, and removes any applications installed on the system, without disturbing the user's data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: Desmond T. Lee, Vinit Ogale, Keshava Prasad Subramanya, Sri Sai Kameswara Pavan Kumar Kasturi, Hongliu Zheng, Yunan Yuan, Gregory W. Nichols, Stephan Doll, Kiran Kumar Dowluru, Calin Negreanu
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Patent number: 9367400Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide techniques whereby a user may perform a system reset (e.g., to address system performance and/or reliability degradation, such as which may be caused by unused applications that unnecessarily consume system resources, an attempted un-install of an application that left remnants of the application behind, and/or other causes). In some embodiments, performing a system reset replaces a first instance of an operating system on the system with a new instance of the operating system, and removes any applications installed on the system, without disturbing the user's data.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2014Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Desmond T. Lee, Vinit Ogale, Keshava Prasad Subramanya, Sri Sai Kameswara Pavan Kumar Kasturi, Hongliu Zheng, Yunan Yuan, Gregory W. Nichols, Stephan Doll, Kiran Kumar Dowluru, Calin Negreanu
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Publication number: 20140351640Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide techniques whereby a user may perform a system reset (e.g., to address system performance and/or reliability degradation, such as which may be caused by unused applications that unnecessarily consume system resources, an attempted un-install of an application that left remnants of the application behind, and/or other causes). In some embodiments, performing a system reset replaces a first instance of an operating system on the system with a new instance of the operating system, and removes any applications installed on the system, without disturbing the user's data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventors: Desmond T. Lee, Vinit Ogale, Keshava Prasad Subramanya, Sri Sai Kameswara Pavan Kumar Kasturi, Hongliu Zheng, Yunan Yuan, Gregory W. Nichols, Stephan Doll, Kiran Kumar Dowluru, Calin Negreanu
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Patent number: 8819487Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide techniques whereby a user may perform a system reset (e.g., to address system performance and/or reliability degradation, such as which may be caused by unused applications that unnecessarily consume system resources, an attempted un-install of an application that left remnants of the application behind, and/or other causes). In some embodiments, performing a system reset replaces a first instance of an operating system on the system with a new instance of the operating system, and removes any applications installed on the system, without disturbing the user's data.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2013Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Desmond T. Lee, Vinit Ogale, Keshava Prasad Subramanya, Sri Sai Kameswara Pavan Kumar Kasturi, Hongliu Zheng, Yunan Yuan, Gregory W. Nichols, Stephan Doll, Kiran Kumar Dowluru, Calin Negreanu
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Patent number: 8799337Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide techniques for performing system reset and/or system restore operations. Some embodiments store a record of any changes performed to a data file stored on a virtual hard disk using differencing virtual disks that are captured over time. To restore the file to the state in which it existed at any particular point in time, embodiments of the invention may allow for rolling back the system to a differencing virtual disk captured at or before that time and setting aside blocks of the differencing virtual disk chain captured after that point. To perform a system reset, the system may be rolled back to the parent virtual hard disk, by setting aside all of the blocks of the differencing virtual disk chain. Some embodiments of the invention provide for separating information on the system into a plurality of entities, and maintaining a separate set of differencing virtual disks for each entity.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2010Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Desmond T. Lee, Vinit Ogale, Keshava Prasad Subramanya, Sri Sai Kameswara Pavan Kumar Kasturi, Hongliu Zheng, Yunan Yuan, Gregory W. Nichols, Stephan Doll, Kiran Kumar Dowluru
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Patent number: 8639973Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide techniques whereby a user may perform a system reset (e.g., to address system performance and/or reliability degradation, such as which may be caused by unused applications that unnecessarily consume system resources, an attempted un-install of an application that left remnants of the application behind, and/or other causes). In some embodiments, performing a system reset replaces a first instance of an operating system on the system with a new instance of the operating system, and removes any applications installed on the system, without disturbing the user's data.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2010Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Desmond T. Lee, Vinit Ogale, Keshava Prasad Subramanya, Sri Sai Kameswara Pavan Kumar Kasturi, Hongliu Zheng, Yunan Yuan, Gregory W. Nichols, Stephan Doll, Kiran Kumar Dowluru, Calin Negreanu
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Publication number: 20130290949Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide techniques whereby a user may perform a system reset (e.g., to address system performance and/or reliability degradation, such as which may be caused by unused applications that unnecessarily consume system resources, an attempted un-install of an application that left remnants of the application behind, and/or other causes). In some embodiments, performing a system reset replaces a first instance of an operating system on the system with a new instance of the operating system, and removes any applications installed on the system, without disturbing the user's data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2013Publication date: October 31, 2013Inventors: Desmond T. Lee, Vinit Ogale, Keshava Prasad Subramanya, Sri Sai Kameswara Pavan Kumar Kasturi, Hongliu Zheng, Yunan Yuan, Gregory W. Nichols, Stephan Doll, Kiran Kumar Dowluru, Calin Negreanu
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Publication number: 20120158661Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide components and/or techniques that may assist in choosing a snapshot to which to roll back to address a system malfunction. For example, some embodiments of the invention may record various metrics describing the system's performance, reliability and/or functionality at the points at which various snapshots are taken, along any of numerous dimensions. When a user later indicates a desire to restore the system to a previous point, these metrics may be analyzed to choose a snapshot to which to roll back.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2010Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Desmond T. Lee, Vinit Ogale, Keshava Prasad Subramanya, Sri Sai Kameswara Pavan Kumar Kasturi, Hongliu Zheng, Yunan Yuan, Gregory W. Nichols, Stephan Doll, Kiran Kumar Dowluru, Wing Yu Christine Fok
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Publication number: 20120158665Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide techniques for performing system reset and/or system restore operations. Some embodiments store a record of any changes performed to a data file stored on a virtual hard disk using differencing virtual disks that are captured over time. To restore the file to the state in which it existed at any particular point in time, embodiments of the invention may allow for rolling back the system to a differencing virtual disk captured at or before that time and setting aside blocks of the differencing virtual disk chain captured after that point. To perform a system reset, the system may be rolled back to the parent virtual hard disk, by setting aside all of the blocks of the differencing virtual disk chain. Some embodiments of the invention provide for separating information on the system into a plurality of entities, and maintaining a separate set of differencing virtual disks for each entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2010Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Desmond T. Lee, Vinit Ogale, Keshava Prasad Subramanya, Sri Sai Kameswara Pavan Kumar Kasturi, Hongliu Zheng, Yunan Yuan, Gregory W. Nichols, Stephan Doll, Kiran Kumar Dowluru
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Publication number: 20120151258Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide techniques whereby a user may perform a system reset (e.g., to address system performance and/or reliability degradation, such as which may be caused by unused applications that unnecessarily consume system resources, an attempted un-install of an application that left remnants of the application behind, and/or other causes). In some embodiments, performing a system reset replaces a first instance of an operating system on the system with a new instance of the operating system, and removes any applications installed on the system, without disturbing the user's data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2010Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Desmond T. Lee, Vinit Ogale, Keshava Prasad Subramanya, Sri Sai Kameswara Pavan Kumar Kasturi, Hongliu Zheng, Yunan Yuan, Gregory W. Nichols, Stephan Doll, Kiran Kumar Dowluru, Calin Negreanu