Michael R Healy

US Patent:

7437441, Oct 14, 2008

Filed:

Feb 28, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/376426

Inventors:

Daniel N. J. Drew - Bothell WA, US
David C. James - Bothell WA, US
Gopal Parupudi - Issaquah WA, US
Kenneth Mark Osborne - Sammamish WA, US
Michael J. Healy - Redmond WA, US
Deepak Kumar - Kirkland WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709223, 709203, 709225, 709229, 709246, 709248, 37039521

Abstract:

The present disclosure relates to mapping, tracking, and distributing policy to client devices. Policy, in particular lists of policy assignments are sent to client devices. A determination is made as to the changes or deltas between policy assignments that have been sent to client devices and policy assignments that must be sent to client devices. Identifying the delta policy assignments avoids the need be sent to client devices. Identifying the delta policy assignments avoids the need to send policy assignments that have not change and do not need to be sent to client devices. A server computer determines applicability of policy assignments to particular client devices, tracks if and when policy assignments have been deleted and allows the client to either receive a partial list of policy assignments that are required to update policy or a full list of policy assignments. Full, partial or not list policy assignment depends when a particular client device was last provided a policy assignment.

US Patent:

7490142, Feb 10, 2009

Filed:

Apr 25, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/423079

Inventors:

Deepak Kumar - Kirkland WA, US
Kenneth Mark Osborne - Sammamish WA, US
Daniel N. J. Drew - Bothell WA, US
David C. James - Bothell WA, US
Michael J. Healy - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/177
G06F 9/00

US Classification:

709222, 709203, 709217, 713 1, 713 2

Abstract:

Systems and methods for automatic client management authority assignment are described. In one aspect, it is determined that a network management point has not been configured for a client. Responsive to this, a directory service is requested to automatically assign a site code to the client. The automatically assigned site code identifies the management point through which the client can obtain management service(s).

US Patent:

7689676, Mar 30, 2010

Filed:

Jan 12, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/622978

Inventors:

Anders B. Vinberg - Kirkland WA, US
Bruce W. Copeland - Redmond WA, US
Robert Fries - Redmond WA, US
Kevin D. J. Grealish - Seattle WA, US
Jonathan C. Hardwick - Kirkland WA, US
Michael J. Healy - Redmond WA, US
Galen C. Hunt - Bellevue WA, US
Aamer Hydrie - Seattle WA, US
David C. James - Bothell WA, US
Anand Lakshminarayanan - Redmond WA, US
Edwin R. Lassettre - Redmond WA, US
Raymond W. McCollum - Redmond WA, US
Rob Mensching - Redmond WA, US
Mazhar Mohammed - Sammamish WA, US
Rajagopalan Badri Narayanan - Redmond WA, US
Geoffrey H. Outhred - Seattle WA, US
Zhengkai Kenneth Pan - Redmond WA, US
Efstathios Papaefstathiou - Redmond WA, US
John M. Parchem - Seattle WA, US
Vij Rajarajan - Issaquah WA, US
Ashvinkumar J. Sanghvi - Sammamish WA, US
Bassam Tabbara - Seattle WA, US
Rene Antonio Vega - Kirkland WA, US
Vitaly Voloshin - Issaquah WA, US
Robert V. Welland - Seattle WA, US
John H. Wilson - Woodinville WA, US
Eric J. Winner - Woodinville WA, US
Jeffrey A. Woolsey - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/177
G06F 15/173
G06F 9/44

US Classification:

709220, 709221, 709223, 703 20, 703 21, 715734, 715735, 715736

Abstract:

In accordance with certain aspects of the model-based policy application, each of a plurality of policies is associated with appropriate parts of a model of a heterogeneous system. A deployment agent is invoked to apply each of the plurality of policies to components associated with the parts of the model. An identification of a change to one of the plurality of policies is received, and the deployment agent is also invoked to apply the changed policy to selected ones of the components associated with the parts of the model.

US Patent:

8392469, Mar 5, 2013

Filed:

Jun 11, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/137511

Inventors:

Shafqat Ullah Khan - Lynnwood WA, US
Nedialko K Paskov - Bellevue WA, US
David J Armour - Bellevue WA, US
Michael J Healy - Duvall WA, US
Prasanna Kumar Jayapal - Bothell WA, US
Brett D. A. Flegg - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707802

Abstract:

Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to model based application management. In aspects, models are defined that include structural and behavioral characteristics, rules, relations, and so forth between entities of an application. An instruction regarding a management function is received. The models are used to generate actions that when executed manage the application in accordance with the instruction.

US Patent:

8554889, Oct 8, 2013

Filed:

Aug 26, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/926686

Inventors:

Eric Holtz - Kirkland WA, US
David James - Bothell WA, US
Michael Healy - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/173
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709223, 709245

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention provide the ability to accurately match a particular computing device within a networked computing environment with an identity of that computing device. According to one aspect, a method for identifying a client computing device in a networked computing environment is provided. The method receives a discovery data record that includes a hardware identification and a logical identification, and in response, queries a plurality of client records for a matching client record. If a matching client record is identified by the query it is compared with the received discovery data record to identify the client computing device.

US Patent:

20060025985, Feb 2, 2006

Filed:

Jun 29, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/170700

Inventors:

Anders Vinberg - Kirkland WA, US
Bruce Copeland - Redmond WA, US
Robert Fries - Redmond WA, US
Kevin Grealish - Seattle WA, US
Jonathan Hardwick - Kirkland WA, US
Michael Healy - Redmond WA, US
Galen Hunt - Bellevue WA, US
Aamer Hydrie - Seattle WA, US
David James - Bothell WA, US
Anand Lakshminarayanan - Redmond WA, US
Rob Mensching - Redmond WA, US
Rajagopalan Narayanan - Redmond WA, US
Geoffrey Outhred - Seattle WA, US
Ken Pan - Redmond WA, US
John Parchem - Seattle WA, US
Vij Rajarajan - Issaquah WA, US
Ashvinkumar Sanghvi - Sammamish WA, US
Bassam Tabbara - Seattle WA, US
Rene Vega - Kirkland WA, US
Vitaly Voloshin - Issaquah WA, US
Robert Welland - Seattle WA, US
Eric Winner - Woodinville WA, US
Jeffrey Woolsey - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/45

US Classification:

703022000

Abstract:

A model of a system is generated and used as a basis for managing the system. As the system is managed, the system model can be updated to reflect changes to the system. Managing of the system can include one or more of provisioning applications in the system, provisioning applications in virtual systems, provisioning test environments, monitoring the configuration of the system, monitoring the system including the health of the system, performing capacity planning for the system, and propagating attributes to different components in the system.

US Patent:

20070005320, Jan 4, 2007

Filed:

Jun 29, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/170092

Inventors:

Anders Vinberg - Kirkland WA, US
Anand Lakshminarayanan - Redmond WA, US
Ashvinkumar Sanghvi - Sammamish WA, US
Vij Rajarajan - Issaquah WA, US
Vitaly Voloshin - Issaquah WA, US
Bassam Tabbara - Seattle WA, US
Kevin Grealish - Seattle WA, US
Rob Mensching - Redmond WA, US
Geoffrey Outhred - Seattle WA, US
Galen Hunt - Bellevue WA, US
Aamer Hydrie - Seattle WA, US
Robert Welland - Seattle WA, US
Rajagopalan Narayanan - Redmond WA, US
Bruce Copeland - Redmond WA, US
Ken Pan - Redmond WA, US
David James - Bothell WA, US
Michael Healy - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/50

US Classification:

703013000

Abstract:

Model-based configuration management and modeling identifies violations of configuration constraints. A system includes multiple components and multiple applications defined by a model of the system. A process identifies configuration settings associated with the components and configuration settings associated with the applications. A configuration policy is created for the system based on information contained in the model of the system and the configuration settings.

US Patent:

20130159500, Jun 20, 2013

Filed:

Dec 16, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/329121

Inventors:

Edward Reus - Seattle WA, US
Mario Goertzel - Bellevue WA, US
Scott Field - Redmond WA, US
Michael Joseph Healy - Redmond WA, US
Joseph Dadzie - Seattle WA, US
David Kays - Redmond WA, US
John Douceur - Bellevue WA, US
Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer - Mercer Island WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709224

Abstract:

The subject disclosure relates to techniques for monitoring contextual and performance information of a device for anticipatorily sending update information to the device. An interface component can receive, from the client, contextual information indicating an operating environment of the client and performance information that is associated with one or more operations being performed by the client based on the operating environment, and send, based on correlation information, update information to the client. Further, a service component can to infer a relationship between the contextual information and the performance information to obtain the correlation information. In other embodiments, a client can populate a cache with portion(s) of the contextual information to obtain cached information, and send at least a portion of the cached information to a system including one or more aspects of the service component.