Christopher Lee Fraley

US Patent:

6417872, Jul 9, 2002

Filed:

Jan 25, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/769712

Inventors:

Christopher A. Zimmerman - Bellevue WA
Christopher Lee Fraley - Woodinville WA
John E. Elsbree - Redmond WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G09G 500

US Classification:

345777, 345762, 717 3

Abstract:

A method and system for adding application defined properties and application defined property sheet pages are provided. The application defined properties may be added to a list of system defined properties. Once added, the application defined properties may be displayed and edited. In addition, a user may select several object, display the properties common to all of the objects in a list, and edit the common properties. Moreover, application defined property sheet pages may be added to a set of system defined property sheet pages. A user may then display and edit the application defined property sheet pages. Also, a user may select several objects, display the properties common to all of the objects on a per-property browsing list, and edit the common properties. In addition, a user may select several objects, display the property sheet pages common to all of the objects, and edit the properties on these property sheet pages. Furthermore a user may switch between viewing a property in a list of properties and viewing a property on a property sheet page.

US Patent:

7080383, Jul 18, 2006

Filed:

Jan 29, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/240406

Inventors:

Joseph P. Fernando - Woodinville WA, US
Christopher L. Fraley - Woodinville WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

719316, 719318, 717120

Abstract:

An extensible object model enables extending the standard methods and/or properties of an extensible object for an application through an extension object proffered at run time by an extension package Information about the extension package is registered in a database when the package is installed, and the database is used to resolve references to the extended methods and/or properties upon execution of the application. In one aspect of the invention, the extension object is cached when first referenced and subsequent references to the extension while the application is executing are resolved to the cache.

US Patent:

7100120, Aug 29, 2006

Filed:

Jul 9, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/192413

Inventors:

Christopher A. Zimmerman - Bellevue WA, US
Christopher Lee Fraley - Woodinville WA, US
John E. Elsbree - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715777, 715843

Abstract:

A method and system for adding application defined properties and application defined property sheet pages are provided. The application defined properties may be added to a list of system defined properties. Once added, the application defined properties may be displayed and edited. In addition, a user may select several objects, display the properties common to all of the objects in a list, and edit the common properties. Moreover, application defined property sheet pages may be added to a set of system defined property sheet pages. A user may then display and edit the application defined property sheet pages. Also, a user may select several objects, display the properties common to all of the objects on a per-property browsing list, and edit the common properties. In addition, a user may select several objects, display the property sheet pages common to all of the objects, and edit the properties on these property sheet pages. Furthermore a user may switch between viewing a property in a list of properties and viewing a property on a property sheet page.

US Patent:

8032861, Oct 4, 2011

Filed:

Jun 12, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/451737

Inventors:

Joseph P. Fernando - Woodinville WA, US
Christopher L. Fraley - Woodinville WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/44
G06F 9/445
G06F 3/00
G06F 9/46
G06F 13/00

US Classification:

717120, 717121, 717174, 717175, 719316, 719318

Abstract:

An extensible object model enables extending the standard methods and/or properties of an extensible object for an application through an extension object proffered at run time by an extension package Information about the extension package is registered in a database when the package is installed, and the database is used to resolve references to the extended methods and/or properties upon execution of the application. In one aspect of the invention, the extension object is cached when first referenced and subsequent references to the extension while the application is executing are resolved to the cache.

US Patent:

60675780, May 23, 2000

Filed:

Feb 23, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/258044

Inventors:

Christopher A. Zimmerman - Bellevue WA
Christopher L. Fraley - Woodinville WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 946

US Classification:

709315

Abstract:

The present invention provides a control architecture that enables the sharing of controls between many containers. That is, the present invention provides for developing a control in such a manner that it may be used on dissimilar containers without modification. Thus, the control architecture of the present invention is a container independent control architecture that allows for the sharing of code. Since the container independent control architecture of the present invention provides for code sharing, the time required for developing controls and containers is reduced by the present invention. The present invention is utilized by splitting the functionality performed by a control into container dependent functionality and container independent functionality. After splitting the functionality, the present invention embodies the container independent functionality into a control and the container dependent functionality into an extended control. The present invention then combines the extended control and the control so as to appear as a single entity to the container.

US Patent:

6304918, Oct 16, 2001

Filed:

Mar 11, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/815495

Inventors:

Christopher Lee Fraley - Woodinville WA
Christopher Alan Zimmerman - Bellevue WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 930

US Classification:

709322

Abstract:

An object interface control system that provides a mechanism for identifying the functionality available at an interface separately from the interface itself. A COM implementation provides a new function call named QueryService which is similar to the existing QueryInterface function call. Services are defined which include a set of functionality. The set of functionality for a service is expressed through a family of interfaces. When requesting a pointer to a function using the QueryService call, one specifies the service name and the interface name. Different services may utilize the same interface. Different services may utilize the same interface through which each service provides different functionality. A QueryService function call may return a pointer to an interface on the same object to which the call was placed or it may return a pointer to an interface on a different object. Object identity is not assumed with the QueryService function call and hence queries for services can be easily delegated.

US Patent:

63042584, Oct 16, 2001

Filed:

Jun 30, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/886110

Inventors:

Christopher A. Zimmerman - Bellevue WA
Christopher Lee Fraley - Woodinville WA
John E. Elsbree - Redmond WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 1300

US Classification:

345346

Abstract:

A method and system for adding application defined properties and application defined property sheet pages are provided. The application defined properties may be added to a list of system defined properties. Once added, the application defined properties may be displayed and edited. In addition, a user may select several objects, display the properties common to all of the objects in a list, and edit the common properties. Moreover, application defined property sheet pages may be added to a set of system defined property sheet pages. A user may then display and edit the application defined property sheet pages. Also, a user may select several objects, display the properties common to all of the objects on a per-property browsing list, and edit the common properties. In addition, a user may select several objects, display the property sheet pages common to all of the objects, and edit the properties on these property sheet pages. Furthermore a user may switch between viewing a property in a list of properties and viewing a property on a property sheet page.

US Patent:

60598387, May 9, 2000

Filed:

Jan 21, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/234824

Inventors:

Christopher Lee Fraley - Woodinville WA
Michael Halcoussis - Woodinville WA
Christopher Alan Zimmerman - Bellevue WA
Alan W. Carter - Bellevue WA
Scott Michael Wiltamuth - Seattle WA
Gary S. Burd - Kirkland WA
C. Douglas Hodges - Redmond WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9445

US Classification:

717 1

Abstract:

A componentizing object designer is used to define a componentization of visual forms and other object-oriented technologies. The componentized object designer includes a set of tightly integrated protocols enabling Component Object Model (COM) objects to replace standard built-in visual form and other objects. The componentized object designer allows the design-time object and the run-time object to differ in implementation. The componentized object designer allows class identifiers for the run-time objects which are different than design-time objects. With a different class identifier, the run-time object can be saved as an object which is radically different from the design-time object. This enables the run-time object to be stored in a different object library than the design-time object. The componentized object designer allows for different persistence formats to be saved for run-time objects.