Boaz Lital Chen

US Patent:

7698691, Apr 13, 2010

Filed:

Sep 20, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/230906

Inventors:

Boaz Chen - Redmond WA, US
Shahar Prish - Redmond WA, US
Juraj Slugen - Bellevue WA, US
Liviu Asnash - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/44
G06F 11/00

US Classification:

717129, 717123, 717128, 717133, 714 38, 714100

Abstract:

A server application discovers its relevant data objects and generates a report of the current states of such objects at a moment in time that is relevant to a detected failure. Responsive to a request for a server application state, the application can identify root objects; discover data types, values, and related objects through recursive traversal and analysis of the object hierarchies; and generate a state description of the application for review and analysis by others. The state discovery may be synchronized among multiple threads to ensure that the state description represents a snapshot of the server application state and a single point in its execution. The state description can be analyzed by validation tools to detect where the error might exist in the application and how the error might be corrected.

US Patent:

8370317, Feb 5, 2013

Filed:

Sep 22, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/233633

Inventors:

Boaz Chen - Redmond WA, US
Shahar Prish - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707704, 707803

Abstract:

Multi-threaded access to a collection is synchronized without locking the collection for long periods of time. In one implementation, a collection is locked briefly to allow safe creation of a resource entry (or a placeholder entry) in the collection and then unlocked prior to the start of the resource build operation. As such, the collection is unlocked during the potentially long period of time required to build the resource (e. g. , a data object) into the collection. Furthermore, during the build operation, access attempts to the same resource in the collection by other threads are forced to wait until the resource build is completed. Nevertheless, the collection itself is not locked during the resource build operation, so that other threads can access other resources within the collection without waiting.

US Patent:

8566953, Oct 22, 2013

Filed:

Sep 24, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/860394

Inventors:

John Campbell - Renton WA, US
Boaz Chen - Redmond WA, US
Daniel Battagin - Bellevue WA, US
Eran Megiddo - Bellevue WA, US
Yariv Ben-Tovim - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 21/00

US Classification:

726 28, 726 27, 726 29, 726 30, 726 31, 726 2, 726 12, 726 13, 726 14, 726 15, 726 16, 726 17, 713165, 713166, 713167, 713182, 713183, 713184, 713185, 713186, 709225, 709229

Abstract:

A named object view of a report is generated from an electronic data file. Objects in the file to be published are identified in the file. A named object view of the report associated with the file is generated by displaying published identified objects according to associated viewing rights. A viewer at a client is presented with the named object view of the report, according to the viewing rights, such that the viewer's attention is focused on the published objects.

US Patent:

20060136673, Jun 22, 2006

Filed:

Dec 20, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/019102

Inventors:

Boaz Chen - Redmond WA, US
Liviu Asnash - Bellevue WA, US
Shahar Prish - Redmond WA, US
Silvio Susskind - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 12/00

US Classification:

711133000

Abstract:

Items that are in use are maintained in a used item store. Items that are no longer in use are placed in an unused items store. When an item that is not currently in use is requested again, an attempt is made to retrieve the item from the unused item store. Retrieving the item from the unused items store can save a tremendous amount of time since the object does not need to be recalculated again when it is requested. Items may be evicted from the unused item store based on the system resources available. When it has been determined that an item(s) should be evicted, an eviction score is calculated for each unused item. Items are then evicted from the unused item store based on their eviction score. Generally items that are larger in size, took less time to calculate, have not been accessed as frequently, and have not been referenced recently, are the first ones to be evicted from unused items store.

US Patent:

20070061699, Mar 15, 2007

Filed:

Sep 9, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/223541

Inventors:

Daniel Battagin - Bellevue WA, US
Yariv Ben-Tovim - Bellevue WA, US
John Campbell - Redmond WA, US
Boaz Chen - Redmond WA, US
Eran Megiddo - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/24

US Classification:

715503000

Abstract:

A named object view of a report is generated from an electronic data file. Objects in the file to be published are identified in the file. A named object view of the report associated with the file is generated by publishing the identified objects. A viewer at a client is presented with the named object view of the report such that the viewer's attention is focused on the published objects.

US Patent:

20070078852, Apr 5, 2007

Filed:

Oct 4, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/243172

Inventors:

Boaz Chen - Redmond WA, US
Shahar Prish - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707008000

Abstract:

Multi-threaded access to a collection is synchronized without locking the collection for long periods of time. In one implementation, a collection is locked briefly to allow safe creation of a resource entry (or a placeholder entry) in the collection and then unlocked prior to the start of the resource build operation. As such, the collection is unlocked during the potentially long period of time required to build the resource (e.g., a data object) into the collection. Furthermore, during the build operation, access attempts to the same resource in the collection by other threads are forced to wait until the resource build is completed. Nevertheless, the collection itself is not locked during the resource build operation, so that other threads can access other resources within the collection without waiting.

US Patent:

20190289010, Sep 19, 2019

Filed:

Mar 13, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/919906

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Adi Regev - Redmond WA, US
Boaz Chen - Redmond WA, US
Itay Demri - Redmond WA, US
Ella Lesser - Redmond WA, US
Khalid Awwad - Redmond WA, US
Shahar Prish - Redmond WA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/06
G06K 7/14
G06K 7/10
H04L 29/08

Abstract:

Various aspects of triggering and controlling workflows are disclosed, where a workflow processes data across a plurality of services by performing a predefined operation using predefined parameters when triggered by a predefined input. Specifically, the various aspects include providing access control for workflows triggered using button sharing, encoding workflows and scanning encoded workflows to trigger workflows, using security badges and access control systems used at workplaces to trigger workflows, and enabling workflows to extract information from mobile devices and using the information for subsequent processing.