David Monk

US Patent:

20060009962, Jan 12, 2006

Filed:

Jul 9, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/888118

Inventors:

David Monk - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/28

US Classification:

704004000

Abstract:

A parse tree code converter converts code using mark-up language representation of parse tress. Code from a source file that is written using, for example, a legacy language is converted into a parse tree. The parse tree can be written into a mark-up language (such as XML). The mark-up language version of the parse tree can be compiled into, for example, a more recently defined language.

US Patent:

20080077638, Mar 27, 2008

Filed:

Sep 21, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/525007

Inventors:

David Hugh Monk - Redmond WA, US
Kenneth Lloyd Alverson - Redmond WA, US
John Budig - Duvall WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707205

Abstract:

Embodiments provide an amount of distributed storage by using a number of computing devices which are distributed throughout a computing environment. Each computing device can be associated with a group policy and can provide an amount of storage to the computing environment. For example, each computing device can provide a maximum amount of free space to the computing environment. The amount of storage provided by each computing device can be collected and combined to provide an amount of combined distributed space. The combined distributed space across the computing environment can be associated with each computing device as a mapped drive. The combined distributed space can be used to provide a certain level or amount of redundancy for data stored in the computing environment. The combined distributed space also provides a cost benefit by utilizing unused space of each computing device.