John E Sheehan

US Patent:

7962918, Jun 14, 2011

Filed:

Jul 28, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/191595

Inventors:

Stuart Schaefer - Marblehead MA, US
John Sheehan - Somerville MA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 13/00
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

719313, 707694, 707695

Abstract:

A method for controlling the interoperation of a plurality of software applications and resources includes intercepting communications from a first application to a second application or resource, directing the communication to a context management system, generating a candidate list of contexts for the communication, evaluating the candidate list according to at least one policy defined for these contexts to identify the resultant action and namespace for the communication, and performing the action as defined by the policies within the identified namespace. The method further includes tracking one or more versions of the second application, as well as tracking an evolution of application and/or resource names. The method further includes identifying one or more operations associated with a context on the candidate list, and executing the identified operations prior to a further communication.

US Patent:

8413136, Apr 2, 2013

Filed:

May 8, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/437691

Inventors:

Kristofer Reierson - Acton MA, US
Feroz Gora - Walpole MA, US
Charles Kossi Kekeh - Melrose MA, US
Peter A. Morgan - Allston MA, US
Joseph W. Rovine - Boston MA, US
John M. Sheehan - Cambridge MA, US
Lidiya Vikhlyayeva - Revere MA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/445
G06F 13/00

US Classification:

717174, 710 3

Abstract:

A virtual application packaged for a specific executing environment may be executed on a processing device having an executing environment different from the specific executing environment. A reference, included in extracted installer metadata, to one or more key paths of a hierarchically-structured data store may be modified according to a set of rules related to the executing environment detected in the processing device. The modified extracted installer metadata may be provided to an installer for installing the virtual application. During execution of the virtual application, a request to read, write, or modify the hierarchically-structured data store may be intercepted and changed, such that a first key path included in the request may be mapped to a second key path, based on the detected executing environment. Similarly, a response to the request, which may include the second key path, may be intercepted and modified, to the first key path.

US Patent:

8468542, Jun 18, 2013

Filed:

Mar 4, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/717146

Inventors:

Neil A. Jacobson - Arlington MA, US
John Sheehan - Cambridge MA, US
Eric Jewart - Waltham MA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 13/00

US Classification:

719310, 719311, 718 1, 717174, 717177

Abstract:

An application virtualization system enables server applications, such as web applications to be easily deployable, separates an application and its state from the system, and allows applications to be easily moved to another server. The application virtualization system provides a way to isolate conflicts and allow multiple applications that provide conflicting information to run independently and avoid conflicts. The application virtualization system receives notification of an application preparation session and monitors the session to collect configuration information that the application uses to run on a client. The application virtualization system stores the collected information until the application to be virtualized is deployed. When an administrator later deploys the application, the system retrieves the stored information and uses the information and information from the client to reconstitute the metadata and virtualize the application.

US Patent:

8612972, Dec 17, 2013

Filed:

Jun 27, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/769022

Inventors:

Neil A Jacobson - Arlington MA, US
John M Sheehan - Somerville MA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/455
G06F 9/54

US Classification:

718 1, 719320, 719330

Abstract:

Systems and methods for running add-on components in virtual environments are described. An add-on component can be executed in a virtual environment by setting up a communication link between a component proxy in the host operating system and a server process running in the virtual environment. The server process executes the add-on component based on commands forwarded by the component proxy forwards the commands from the operating system.

US Patent:

8645977, Feb 4, 2014

Filed:

Feb 4, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/699901

Inventors:

Neil A. Jacobson - Arlington MA, US
John Sheehan - Cambridge MA, US
Eric Jewart - Waltham MA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/00

US Classification:

719328

Abstract:

An extensible virtualization system provides an object model and manages a virtual application lifecycle in a way that allows new virtualization subsystems to be added to extend a virtualization product without reworking the product itself. Virtualizing an application generally involves three steps: metadata extraction, metadata storage and reconstitution, and runtime management of requests. The extensible virtualization system receives notification of an application preparation session and allows virtualization subsystems to monitor the session to collect configuration information specific to each subsystem that the application uses to run on a client. Each subsystem provides collected information to the extensible virtualization system, which stores the collected information until the application to be virtualized is deployed. When the application is deployed, the system invokes the same virtualization subsystem and provides the subsystem with the stored information.

US Patent:

20100318997, Dec 16, 2010

Filed:

Jun 15, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/484267

Inventors:

Hui Li - Malden MA, US
John M. Sheehan - Cambridge MA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/455
G06F 12/00
G06F 9/46

US Classification:

718104, 718 1, 711 6, 711E12016

Abstract:

A virtualization system is described herein that facilitates communication between a virtualized application and a host operating system to allow the application to correctly access resources referenced by the application. When the operating system creates a virtualized application process, the virtualization system annotates a data structure associated with the process with an identifier that identifies the virtualized application environment associated with the process. When operating system components make requests on behalf of the originating virtual process, a virtualization driver checks the data structure associated with the process to determine that the helper process is doing work on behalf of the virtualized application process. Upon discovering that the thread is doing virtual process work, the virtualization driver directs the helper process's thread to the virtual application's resources, allowing the helper process to accomplish the requested work with the correct data.

US Patent:

20110104648, May 5, 2011

Filed:

Aug 20, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/860438

Inventors:

Michael S. Singer - Newton MA, US
Murat V. Kalayoglu - Boston MA, US
John P. Sheehan - Cohasset MA, US

International Classification:

G09B 19/00

US Classification:

434236

Abstract:

The invention relates to simple yet effective methods, referred to herein as Dynamic Intermittent Reward (DIR), and systems, to increase the frequency of desired behavior(s) in a user, decrease the frequency of an undesired behavior(s), and optimize cost-effectiveness of a reward system. A principal benefit of the new methods is the ability to provide tailored intermittent rewards for one or more users over time for both desired and undesired behaviors.

US Patent:

20110219146, Sep 8, 2011

Filed:

Mar 8, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/719008

Inventors:

Neil Jacobson - Arlington MA, US
Jeremy E. Dunker - Boston MA, US
Eric C. Jewart - Waltham MA, US
John M. Sheehan - Cambridge MA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/00
G06F 3/048

US Classification:

710 8, 710 16, 715810

Abstract:

Configuration items for a software application can be automatically and/or manually discovered, and the application can be packaged to form a virtual application package. A deployment configuration can include settings for the configuration items. The deployment configuration can be set after packaging the software application. For example, a selected configuration item in the deployment configuration may be changed in response to user input. The virtual application package can be deployed to instantiate the application one or more times, and the deployment configuration can be applied in the instantiated application.