Nicholas J Allen

US Patent:

7664880, Feb 16, 2010

Filed:

Aug 15, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/839403

Inventors:

Nicholas Alexander Allen - Redmond WA, US
Stephen Maine - Seattle WA, US
Sergiy Kuryata - Redmond WA, US
Mark Prentice - Woodinville WA, US
Roman Batoukov - Sammamish WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
G06F 15/173
G06F 15/177

US Classification:

709245, 370328, 709227, 709206

Abstract:

Delivery of a message over a communications network from a sender based on a single delivery address. The single delivery address is generated as one unit for the message. The single delivery address has a collection of recipient addresses including one or more recipient addresses each identifying at least one recipient of the message. Each of the one or more recipient addresses includes a user level information and a domain level information. The generated single delivery address with the collection of recipient addresses is included in the message. A copy of the message is provided to the identified recipient(s) as a function of the domain level information of the one or more recipient addresses. The message is transmitted over the communications network to the identified recipient(s) recipient based on the collection of recipient addresses.

US Patent:

7835309, Nov 16, 2010

Filed:

Dec 16, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/336233

Inventors:

Nicholas A. Allen - Redmond WA, US
Stefan R. Batres - Sammamish WA, US
Margaret J. Lye - Redmond WA, US
Evgeny Osovetsky - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H04B 1/56
H00L 5/14

US Classification:

370276, 709227, 709228

Abstract:

The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for multiplexed communication for duplex applications. Embodiments of the invention facilitate a multiplexed variant of long polling over a request/reply communication medium that (potentially significantly) reduces the resources utilized when exchanging messages. The lightweight address generation mechanism facilitates polling and routing for a pool of many clients and many services while minimizing allocated resources to each established session. Further, the benefits of a lower latency bidirectional communication medium between clients and services can be utilized.

US Patent:

7836172, Nov 16, 2010

Filed:

May 23, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/752459

Inventors:

Nicholas Alexander Allen - Redmond WA, US
Erik Bo Christensen - Shoreline WA, US
Stephen James Millet - Edmonds WA, US
Kenneth David Wolf - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709224, 709207

Abstract:

Selectively modifying a message delivery requirement of a datagram message at an intermediary network node between an origin and a destination. A message delivery requirement is defined for a particular message. The message delivery guarantee defines how to transmit the particular message. A downgrading intent of the particular message is provided for the message at the origin. The downgrading intent of the particular message indicates that the message delivery requirement can be bypassed. The defined message delivery guarantee, the network delivery requirement, and the provided downgrading intent of the particular message are processed at the intermediate network node. The message delivery requirement of the particular message is ignored based on the provided downgrading intent. The message is delivered via a network protocol according to the provided downgrading intent.

US Patent:

7861001, Dec 28, 2010

Filed:

Apr 29, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/111890

Inventors:

Nicholas Alexander Allen - Redmond WA, US
Jay C. Thaler - Kirkland WA, US
Kenneth David Wolf - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/173
G06F 15/16
G06F 9/46

US Classification:

709238, 709203, 718105

Abstract:

Transport independent redirection. If a client computing system were to request a service from a service computing system, the service may determine whether or not the client should request the service from yet another service. If the client should request the service from the other computing system, the original service (or its intermediary) generates and transmits a transport-independent redirect message to the client. The client may then issue the request to the new service specified in the redirect response. The redirect message is not limited to a particular type of transport protocol. In addition, the redirect may be made possible in any number of message exchange patterns, not just request-response.

US Patent:

7895280, Feb 22, 2011

Filed:

Sep 3, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/203527

Inventors:

Nicholas A. Allen - Redmond WA, US
John A. Taylor - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
G06F 15/173
G06F 15/177

US Classification:

709206, 719315, 705 7, 705 9, 717101, 717102, 709217

Abstract:

The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for composing message processing pipelines. Embodiments utilize intra-pipeline communication links to physically and/or temporally decouple pipeline stages, configure branching message flows, and bridge protocols. The use of intra-pipeline communication links permits composition of a message processing pipeline without having to alter the pipeline components or application. Each communication link is itself an application with incoming and outgoing message processing pipelines that bridge messages across time and/or space and application logic for satisfying message processing requirements.

US Patent:

7925783, Apr 12, 2011

Filed:

May 23, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/752472

Inventors:

Nicholas Alexander Allen - Redmond WA, US
Erik Bo Christensen - Shoreline WA, US
Stephen Maine - Seattle WA, US
Stephen James Millet - Edmonds WA, US
Kenneth David Wolf - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709239, 714701, 714776, 717162, 704229

Abstract:

Transforming portions of a message to a destination via a communication protocol. A message is received. It is detected whether the received message includes an encoded envelope. The encoded envelope includes a stack defining parameters including information for handling the received message in an original format. If the received message includes the encoded envelope, the defined parameters are transformed to coded parameters in a common format. The coded parameters express the same information for handling the received message in the communication protocol. The encoded envelope is encapsulated in the received message, and the received message in the common format is delivered to the destination. If the received message does not include an encoded envelope, coded parameters are generated in the common format for the received message by encoding addressing information from the received message. The received message having the coded parameters in the common format is delivered to the destination.

US Patent:

8019864, Sep 13, 2011

Filed:

Jun 19, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/487900

Inventors:

Nicholas A. Allen - Redmond WA, US
Stephen J. Maine - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709224

Abstract:

The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for using transport-independent resource status. Embodiments of the invention provide a mechanism for implementing a new protocol for performing resource request status updates that maintains the benefits of existing protocol (e. g. , HTTP) conventions while being usable with arbitrary transport protocols. Additionally, the new protocol works with a variety of different message exchange patterns. The use of the protocol can be hidden behind a programming model that normalizes transport-specific resource status protocols, such as, for example, HTTP, with transport-independent resource status protocols, such as, for example, with a SOAP binding of the described protocol. As such, embodiments of the invention provide resource status updates over an arbitrary network transport protocol whose format and message exchange pattern is decoupled from the definition of the application.

US Patent:

8074117, Dec 6, 2011

Filed:

Sep 25, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/567610

Inventors:

Kenneth D. Wolf - Seattle WA, US
Nicholas Alexander Allen - Redmond WA, US
Kirill Gavrylyuk - Seattle WA, US
Edmund Samuel Victor Pinto - Duvall WA, US
Tao Xie - Bellevue WA, US
Asad Jawahar - Woodinville WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 11/00

US Classification:

714 381, 714 471, 714 48, 717117

Abstract:

A declarative program definition. The definition is analyzed to produce an application contract that describes semantics for sending and receiving application messages during the successful execution of operations by the program. In addition, this analysis may also generate local behaviors associated with the local execution of the program. Alternatively or in addition, the analysis may infer secondary contracts regarding the sending and receiving of application messages, even though the full details of the secondary contracts are not present in the declarative program definition. For instance, the secondary contracts might include error contracts or consistency contracts.