Craig G Eisler

US Patent:

6463078, Oct 8, 2002

Filed:

Jul 22, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/128676

Inventors:

G. Eric Engstrom - Kirkland WA
Craig G. Eisler - Redmond WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H04J 316

US Classification:

370466, 370475, 709203

Abstract:

An application programming interface implements a method for transparently switching from one communication protocol to another and for restoring the state of a previous connection. The application programming interface executes on a local, client computer, as well as remote computers. It includes functions that multi-user application programs can call to communicate in a device independent manner with other applications executing on remote computers. To support communication on a variety of different computer communication protocols, the application programming interface accesses programs called service providers that implement the communication protocols and support the message passing model of the interface. The application programming interface can transparently switch the protocol on a remote computer by sending a system message to a compatible version of the interface on the remote computer that includes an identifier of the service provider for the new protocol. In response to the message, the application programming interface loads the new service provider and takes steps to set-up a new connection.

US Patent:

6941553, Sep 6, 2005

Filed:

Feb 15, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/783611

Inventors:

Craig G. Eisler - Redmond WA, US
Brian C. Roundtree - Kirkland WA, US

Assignee:

Action Engine Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F017/00

US Classification:

718 1, 707 10

Abstract:

Use of concepts to dynamically query a user and construct a sentence for responding to a user request. The use of hypertext concept notation permits the linking of related concepts through concept identifiers. The constructed sentence can be dynamically changed by a user selecting a representation of a concept within the sentence, either a complete sentence or one in the process of being constructed. The data for the selected concept can be updated and the new data inserted into the sentence using the links provided by the concept identifiers.

US Patent:

6983467, Jan 3, 2006

Filed:

Sep 2, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/934202

Inventors:

G. Eric Engstrom - Kirkland WA, US
Craig G. Eisler - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/00

US Classification:

719328, 712228, 718107

Abstract:

An application programming interface (API) enables application programs in a multitasking operating environment to classify portions of their code and data in a group that the operating system loads into physical memory all at one time. Designed for operating systems that implement virtual memory, this API enables memory-intensive application programs to avoid performance degradation due to swapping of units of memory back and forth between the hard drive and physical memory. Instead of incurring the latency of a page fault whenever the application attempts to access code or data in the group that is not located in physical memory, the API makes sure that all of the code or data in a group is loaded into physical memory at one time. This increases the latency of the initial load operation, but reduces performance degradation for subsequent memory accesses to code or data in the group.

US Patent:

7043235, May 9, 2006

Filed:

Apr 16, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/834649

Inventors:

Shane D. Meyer - Redmond WA, US
Craig G. Eisler - Redmond WA, US
Brian C. Roundtree - Kirkland WA, US

Assignee:

Action Engine Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H04B 7/00

US Classification:

4554143, 455466, 4554141, 4554121, 709246, 705 14, 37920101, 37920102, 37920105

Abstract:

Encoding secondary data with original data for providing robust responses to requests from wireless devices. As a server receives data from various sources for wireless device users, it saves the data, associates it with the corresponding users, and sets flags to provide an indication of the secondary data. When the server receives a request from a wireless device, it can respond to the specific request and check the status of the flags for the user to determine if secondary data exists. If it has secondary data for the user, it encodes that data with original data for generating a response. Upon receiving the response, the wireless device obtains both the data for the original request and the secondary data, or an indication of it, representing other data pending for the user and providing the user with the data without necessarily requiring that the user submit specific requests for it.

US Patent:

7197049, Mar 27, 2007

Filed:

Aug 9, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/215866

Inventors:

G. Eric Engstrom - Kirkland WA, US
Craig G. Eisler - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H04L 12/16

US Classification:

370469, 370261, 709203

Abstract:

An application programming interface implements a method for transparently switching from one communication protocol to another and for restoring the state of a previous connection. The application programming interface executes on a local, client computer, as well as remote computers. It includes functions that multi-user application programs can call to communicate in a device independent manner with other applications executing on remote computers. To support communication on a variety of different computer communication protocols, the application programming interface accesses programs called service providers that implement the communication protocols and support the message passing model of the interface. The application programming interface can transparently switch the protocol on a remote computer by sending a system message to a compatible version of the interface on the remote computer that includes an identifier of the service provider for the new protocol. In response to the message, the application programming interface loads the new service provider and takes steps to set-up a new connection.

US Patent:

20020002594, Jan 3, 2002

Filed:

Feb 15, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/783608

Inventors:

Brian Roundtree - Kirkland WA, US
Craig Eisler - Redmond WA, US

International Classification:

G06F015/16

US Classification:

709/217000

Abstract:

Rendering of data on user devices using rendering instructions and interaction rules. The data includes concepts representing data elements and having associated concept identifiers. Using the concept identifiers, a system retrieves rendering instructions for the corresponding data element in order to present the data element on a display of a user device. For interactive elements that can be selected by a user, the system retrieves interaction rules in order to determine how to render data for the interactive element based upon the user's selection of it.

US Patent:

20020004736, Jan 10, 2002

Filed:

Feb 15, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/783610

Inventors:

Brian Roundtree - Kirkland WA, US
Craig Eisler - Redmond WA, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/010000

Abstract:

Gathering personal information of a target person based upon third-party information. A user submits a request for personal information of a target person along with a request purposes. A system server identifies persons and entities to contact for responding to the request, and it queries the persons and entities to provide personal information of the target person. Based upon received responses, the system compiles and returns to the requestor the gathered personal information possibly with a personal profile of the target person. The system can also query the target person to receive categories of permitted access to the target person's personal information by the requestor.

US Patent:

6128713, Oct 3, 2000

Filed:

Sep 24, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/937059

Inventors:

Craig G. Eisler - Kirkland WA
G. Eric Engstrom - Kirkland WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 1202

US Classification:

711159

Abstract:

An application programming interface (API) enables application programs in a multitasking operating environment to control the allocation of physical memory in a virtual memory system. One API function enables applications to designate a soft page lock for code and data. The operating system ensures that the designated code and data is in physical memory when the application has the focus. When the application loses the focus, the pages associated with the code or data are released. When the application regains the focus, the operating system re-loads the pages into physical memory before the application begins to execute. The operating system is allowed to override the soft page lock where necessary. Another API enables applications to designate code or data that should have high priority access to physical memory, without using a lock. This API enables the application to specifically control the likelihood that a piece of code or data will remain in physical memory by assigning a priority to the code or data that defines its priority relative to the priority of other code or data contending for the same physical memory.