Christopher Micheal Parker

US Patent:

20100235235, Sep 16, 2010

Filed:

Mar 10, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/400989

Inventors:

S. Farid Hosseini - Redmond WA, US
Christopher Parker - Seattle WA, US
Katherine Jones - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00
G06F 15/16
G06Q 99/00

US Classification:

705 1449, 709206, 705 11

Abstract:

During an instant message conversation, instant message users may be presented with advertisements, news headlines, hyperlinks to web pages, and other additional information. It may be advantageous to provide targeted information that may be relevant to the current conversation between the instant message users. As provided herein, an endorsable entity may be presented to an instant message user based upon parsing an instant message from an instant message conversation. An instant message may be parsed for a proper noun (e.g., a word or grouping of words within the instant message text). The proper noun (e.g., a retail product) may be compared to an index to determine a topic of interest (e.g., a manufacturer of the particular retail product). The topic of interest may be used to determined an endorsable entity (e.g., an advertisement of the manufacturer), which may be presented to instant message users engaged in the instant message conversation.

US Patent:

20110289191, Nov 24, 2011

Filed:

May 24, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/785613

Inventors:

Stephen R. Gordon - Bellevue WA, US
Christopher G. Parker - Seattle WA, US
John M. VanderKolk - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
G06F 3/01
G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709219, 715760, 709224

Abstract:

One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for sharing a connection to a remote-based application running on a server. A plurality of client-side browser instantiations can be associated with the remote-based application, such as by running instantiations of the remote application locally on respective client machines. The client-side browser instantiations are able to write to and read from a local global storage regarding the remote-based application, and are notified of a state change to the local global storage, without polling. A first browser instantiation registers as a primary instantiation with the local global storage, and connects to the server for the remote-based application. One or more second browser instantiations registered with the local global storage, along with the primary browser instantiation, can send and receive updates for the remote-based application through the primary browser instantiation, utilizing state change notifications.