Determination of optimized location for services and data

• US 8,719,143 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2006
• Issued: 05/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Meijer, Henricus Johannes Maria, Flake, Gary W., Blinn, Arnold N., Bolosky, William J., Cheng, Lili, Connolly, Michael, Gounares, Alexander G., Larus, James R., MacLaurin, Matthew B., Mishra, Debi P., Mital, Amit, Snyder, Ira L. Jr., Treadwell, David R. III
• Primary Examiner(s): Apple, Kirsten
• Assistant Examiner(s): Trotter, Scott S
• Application Number:
  US11/613,232
• Publication Number:
  US 20080080497A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,694 Days
• Field of Search: 705/37, 705/35
• US Class Current: 705/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/202 where processing functionality is redundant redundant communication control functionality G06F11/2005, redundant storage control functionality G06F11/2089
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/214 Database migration support
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0611 Request for offers or quotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes

Abstract

The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates preserving and maintaining data and/or services associated with a network service. The network service can be any collection of resources that are maintained by a party (e.g., third-party, off-site, etc.) and accessible by an identified user over a network (e.g., WAN, Internet, etc.). An interface component can receive a termination notification related to the network service. An executor component can relocate at least a portion of one of data and a service associated with the terminated network service to a disparate replacement network service in order to preserve any services and/or data related therewith.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a processor;

an interface, operable by the processor, that receives a termination notification associated with a network service and a request to migrate at least a portion of prioritized data associated with the network service in anticipation of a termination of the network service; and

an executor component, operable by the processor, that in response to receiving the termination notification and the request;

transfers the portion of prioritized data associated with the network service to a data service escrow entity;

requests and receives solicitation offers, after the portion of the prioritized data is transferred to the data service escrow entity and on behalf of an owner of the portion of prioritized data, from a plurality of disparate entities for rights to store the portion of prioritized data;

provides the solicitation offers to the owner of the portion of prioritized data for approval;

receives a selection from the owner of the portion of prioritized data approving the rights for at least one of the plurality of disparate entities to store the portion of prioritized data; and

moving the portion of prioritized data from the data service escrow entity to the at least one of the plurality of disparate entities responsive to receiving the termination notification and the request.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the portion of prioritized data comprises at least one of metadata related to the network service, code, a service provided by the network service, a portion of service provided by the network service, service replication, service transfer, a module for adapting data from the network service to the at least one of the plurality of disparate entities, or a portion of code for transforming data to the at least one of the plurality of disparate entities.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the executor component employs data insurance for the portion of prioritized data, the data insurance being purchased prior to the interface receiving the termination notification so that the portion of prioritized data is protected in an event of the termination of the network service.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the termination of the network service is based on at least one of a retirement, a bankruptcy, a buy-out, a dissolution, the network service dissolving, filing bankruptcy, a closing, a shut down, a strike, a buyout, the network service ceases to exist, a planned dissolution, a termination of services based on geography, or a re-structuring.

5. The system of claim 3, further comprising at least one ownership policy associated with the insured portion of prioritized data between users, companies, entities, network services, and participants, wherein ownership is based at least in part upon a service agreement with the owner of the portion of prioritized data.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the ownership policy corresponds to at least one of a log on name, user identification, and an account.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a data transformation component that adapts data to the at least one of the plurality of disparate entities for implementation.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the data transformation component manipulates at least one of proprietary data and an algorithm underlying the network service to the at least one of the plurality of disparate entities for seamless integration.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the executor component is extensible allowing the data transformation component to be pluggable thereto.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the executor component employs at least one of encryption and key management such that the system is traversed by at least one of RSA encryption or a sequence of decryption and encryption operations securing the portion of data.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising a web application implemented within the network service that retains state within the network service, wherein the network service is a resource that is maintained by a party and accessible by an identified user over a network.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the party is at least one of a third-party or an off-site party.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the portion of prioritized data corresponds to a user, a machine, a computer, an individual, employees, the owner of the portion of prioritized data or a delinquent user.

14. A method comprising:

subscribing a consumer to a network service that implements data insurance for a portion of data in case of a termination of the network service;

receiving a termination notification of the network service that anticipates the termination of the network service;

receiving a request to migrate the insured portion of data associated with the network service;

responsive to receiving the termination notification and the request to migrate, prioritizing the insured portion of data for migration over uninsured portions of data;

placing the insured portion of data in a data escrow service prior to the termination of the network service;

soliciting, after the insured portion of data is placed in the data escrow service, a plurality of different offers from a plurality of companies for a right to manage the insured portion of data for the consumer;

identifying one company from the plurality of companies based on an examination of the plurality of different offers; and

transferring, by a processor, the insured portion of data associated with the network service from the data escrow service to the identified company.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

providing, for approval, the plurality of different offers to the consumer who entered into a consumer subscription for the network service;

receiving, as approval from the consumer, a selection of an offer and the identified company associated with the selected offer that receives the right to manage the insured portion of data;

and

providing an analogous service in comparison to the terminated network service.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the insured portion of data comprises at least one of metadata related to the network service, code, a service provided by the network service, a portion of service provided by the network service, service replication, service transfer, a module for adapting data from the network service to the identified company, or a portion of code for transforming data to the identified company.

17. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

implementing, by a processor, data insurance for a portion of data associated with a network service in case of a termination of the network service;

receiving a termination notification and a request to migrate data associated with the network service in anticipation of the network service terminating;

prioritizing the insured portion of data for migration over uninsured portions of data;

placing the insured portion of data in a data escrow service;

soliciting, after the insured portion of data is placed in the data escrow service, offers from a plurality of companies for a right to store the insured portion of data; and

transferring the insured portion of data from the data escrow service to one of the plurality of companies based in part on a selected offer.