Anastasios Kasiolas

US Patent:

7558859, Jul 7, 2009

Filed:

Oct 17, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/252002

Inventors:

Anastasios Kasiolas - San Mateo CA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709226, 358 116, 705 1, 705 7, 705 8, 705 26, 705 37, 707200, 707202, 718104

Abstract:

A peer-to-peer auction based strategy balances the storage of data in a data center. Each cluster of the data center has a cluster manager and associated data storage nodes on which data is stored. The data storage nodes can periodically announce their respective utilization levels to other data storage nodes. If the announcing nodes are over capacity, the other nodes in the cluster respond by checking their utilization level and placing a bid if they are able to accept new data. Data is then relocated to one or more selected bidding nodes. If data cannot be balanced at the data storage node level, the cluster manager can identify nodes in other clusters that are able to accept new data. Multiple auctions for the same or different categories of data can be conducted at the same time by the data storage nodes and/or cluster managers.

US Patent:

7565395, Jul 21, 2009

Filed:

Feb 1, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/049071

Inventors:

Lance E. Olson - Sammamish WA, US
Mauro Ottaviani - Mercer Island WA, US
Anastasios Kasiolas - San Mateo CA, US
Michael Steven Vernal - Seattle WA, US
Michael T. Dice - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709201, 709219, 709223

Abstract:

Preserving session state correlation in a distributed computing environment in which a service module instance receives messages from a general input buffer. The general input buffer is not accessed by a service module instance once the service module instance is determined to be recycled. After the service module instance receives a session initiation message through the general input buffer, a session-oriented input buffer is associated with the service module instance. Any subsequent session messages are then received by the service module via the session-oriented input buffer. Even if the service module instance was determined to be recycled mid-session, the service module instance would still operate to process all of the remaining session messages from the session input buffer, thereby preserving session continuity.

US Patent:

8612572, Dec 17, 2013

Filed:

May 30, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/130484

Inventors:

Matthew Terence Hayes - Milpitas CA, US
Eric Lynn Eilebrecht - Woodinville WA, US
Anastasios Kasiolas - San Francisco CA, US
Marcus J. Jager - Boulder Creek CA, US
Marc Andrew Power - San Jose CA, US
Steven Robert Sandke - Cupertino CA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709224, 709203, 709217, 709223

Abstract:

Server-side control of client-side quality-of-service tracking is provided. When an event occurs at a client, a measurement client collects event parameters and generates aggregated measurement data in accordance with aggregation rules that are provided to the measurement client from a server-side measurement service. The measurement client periodically reports the aggregated measurement data to the measurement service for storage and analysis.

US Patent:

7363449, Apr 22, 2008

Filed:

Oct 6, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/244702

Inventors:

Anastasios Kasiolas - San Mateo CA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 13/00

US Classification:

711165, 711162

Abstract:

Data is relocated among data storage nodes in a data center by using distributed agents. An agent at a first data storage node manages the relocation of associated data to a second data storage node, as well as the relocation of a mirror copy of the data at a third data storage node to a fourth data storage node, by receiving status information, such as via a publish-subscribe technique. The first agent may provide an identifier with a relocation request to the third data storage node which is relayed to the fourth data storage node, and used in status messages provided by the third and fourth data storage nodes. The received status information is then associated with the relocation request. Agents for each pair of sending and receiving data storage nodes can monitor their availability for servicing the relocation to negotiate an acceptable transmission rate.

US Patent:

20060150200, Jul 6, 2006

Filed:

Dec 3, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/003307

Inventors:

Shy Cohen - Bellevue WA, US
Geary Eppley - Carnation WA, US
Douglas Purdy - Bellevue WA, US
James Johnson - Bellevue WA, US
Stephen Millet - Edmonds WA, US
Stephen Swartz - Seattle WA, US
Vijay Gajjala - Sammamish WA, US
Aaron Stern - Bellevue WA, US
Alexander DeJarnatt - Seattle WA, US
Alfred Lee - Seattle WA, US
Anastasios Kasiolas - San Mateo CA, US
Chaitanya Upadhyay - Kirkland WA, US
Christopher Kaler - Sammamish WA, US
Craig Critchley - Fall City WA, US
David Levin - Redmond WA, US
David Driver - Seattle WA, US
David Wortendyke - Seattle WA, US
Douglas Walter - Issaquah WA, US
Elliot Waingold - Seattle WA, US
Erik Christensen - Seattle WA, US
Erin Honeycutt - Redmond WA, US
Eugene Shvets - Seattle WA, US
Evgeny Osovetsky - Bellevue WA, US
Giovanni Della-Libera - Seattle WA, US
John Doty - Seattle WA, US
Jonathan Wheeler - Bothell WA, US
Kapil Gupta - Redmond WA, US
Kenneth Wolf - Seattle WA, US
Krishnan Srinivasan - Kirkland WA, US
Lance Olson - Sammamish WA, US
Matthew Tavis - Seattle WA, US
Mauro Ottaviani - Mercer Island WA, US
Max Feingold - Bellevue WA, US
Michael Coulson - Clyde Hill WA, US
Michael Marucheck - Bellevue WA, US
Michael Vernal - Seattle WA, US
Michael Dice - Redmond WA, US
Mohammad Makarechian - Seattle WA, US
Natasha Jethanandani - Seattle WA, US
Richard Dievendorff - Bellevue WA, US
Richard Hill - Kirkland WA, US
Ryan Sturgell - Seattle WA, US
Saurab Nog - Sammamish WA, US
Scott Seely - Bellevue WA, US
Serge Sverdlov - Bellevue WA, US
Siddhartha Puri - Sammamish WA, US
Sowmyanarayanan Srinivasan - Redmond WA, US
Stefan Batres - Sammamish WA, US
Stefan Pharies - Seattle WA, US
Tirunelveli Vishwanath - Redmond WA, US
Tomasz Janczuk - Redmond WA, US
Uday Hegde - Bellevue WA, US
Umesh Madan - Bellevue WA, US
Vipul Modi - Redmond WA, US
Yaniv Pessach - Redmond WA, US
Yasser Shohoud - Sammamish WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/46

US Classification:

719328000

Abstract:

A web services namespace pertains to an infrastructure for enabling creation of a wide variety of applications. The infrastructure provides a foundation for building message-based applications of various scale and complexity. The infrastructure or framework provides APIs for basic messaging, secure messaging, reliable messaging and transacted messaging. In some embodiments, the associated APIs are factored into a hierarchy of namespaces in a manner that balances utility, usability, extensibility and versionability.

US Patent:

20110307895, Dec 15, 2011

Filed:

Jun 10, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/813382

Inventors:

Arthur W. Liao - Cupertino CA, US
Nicolas F. Barry - San Francisco CA, US
Anastasios Kasiolas - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/46

US Classification:

718102

Abstract:

A request management component receives requests to perform an operation. Each of the requests is assigned, based on one or more criteria, to one of multiple different request groups. Based at least in part on execution policies associated with the request groups, determinations are made as to when to submit the requests to one or more recipient. Each of the multiple requests is submitted to one of the recipients when it is determined that the request is to be submitted.

US Patent:

20140095708, Apr 3, 2014

Filed:

Dec 3, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/095399

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
ERIC LYNN EILEBRECHT - WOODINVILLE WA, US
ANASTASIOS KASIOLAS - SAN FRANCISCO CA, US
MARCUS J. JAGER - BOULDER CREEK CA, US
MARC ANDREW POWER - SAN JOSE CA, US
STEVEN ROBERT SANDKE - CUPERTINO CA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H04L 12/24

US Classification:

709224

Abstract:

Server-side control of client-side quality-of-service tracking is provided. When a service is being provided to a client device, a server provides aggregation rules to a client device as part of the service. The client device executes instructions in the aggregation rules to collect QoS metrics regarding the service on the client device and to manipulate the QoS metrics to generate aggregated QoS data. The client device reports the aggregated QoS data to a server for storage and analysis.