David S Dsouza

US Patent:

6745224, Jun 1, 2004

Filed:

Dec 6, 1996

Appl. No.:

08/761657

Inventors:

David J. DSouza - Kirkland WA
Sabina Nawaz - Kirkland WA
Erik Jon Snapper - Redmond WA
Darren Mitchell - Seattle WA
Raymond Edward Endres - Kirkland WA
Teresa Martineau - Kirkland WA
Bharat Shyam - Redmond WA
Ian Michael Ellison-Taylor - Seattle WA
Mohsin Ahmed - Seattle WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 1516

US Classification:

709202, 709217, 709218, 709220, 709224, 709227, 707 3, 707 10

Abstract:

A computer system includes an object oriented framework that provides a set of application integration interfaces that support programmatic updating operations for maintaining locally stored copies of resources such as hypertext document pages from remote servers on a computer network. The updating operations continually check for updates to the data at the remote server and download updated versions of the resources to maintain concurrency of the locally stored copy. The updating operations are performed while a connection to the remote network is left idle, to maximize usage of on-line connection time. The updating operations also can be programmatically scheduled by a client program of the updating operations. The updating operations include updating the contents of a folder or directory in a local file system as specified in a file at a remote server on the network, and providing automatically updating and populating groups of sites or document pages organized by category.

US Patent:

6823508, Nov 23, 2004

Filed:

Apr 27, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/560676

Inventors:

Ryan Burkhardt - Redmond WA
Tom G. Yaryan - Seattle WA
Donald J. McNamara - Woodinville WA
David J. DSouza - Mercer Island WA
Nicholas R. Legget - Seattle WA
David Scott Johnson - Seattle WA
Seung-Yup Chai - Redmond WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9445

US Classification:

717174, 709200, 713 1, 713 2, 713100, 717175, 718100

Abstract:

Software programs, such as an operating system or other application programs, are automatically customized to a specific user(s) based on data corresponding to the specific user(s) that is maintained in a user information store. In one embodiment, the information store is a unified store that is accessible by multiple programs including the operating system. Thus, new information or information changes can be made available to multiple programs by the user adding (or changing) the information only once. In another embodiment, the operating system image to be installed on a computer is pre-populated with user-specific information at the factory. The user-specific information can be integrated into the operating system at the factory or alternatively upon an initial boot of the computer by the user.

US Patent:

6594682, Jul 15, 2003

Filed:

Oct 28, 1997

Appl. No.:

08/959613

Inventors:

Leonard J. Peterson - Woodinville WA
Steven J. Freedman - Seattle WA
Hadi Partovi - Seattle WA
Raymond E. Endres - Kirkland WA
David J. DSouza - Kirkland WA
Erik Castedo Ellerman - Redmond WA
Julian P. Jiggins - Seattle WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 1516

US Classification:

709102, 709219, 709232

Abstract:

A client-based system has a scheduling subsystem to schedule a time to obtain the Web content from the server. When the client reaches the scheduled time, the scheduling subsystem generates an event notification that contains sufficient information explaining how to retrieve the Web content. The client-based system has a delivery subsystem that is responsive to the event notification to obtain the Web content at the time set by the scheduling subsystem. The delivery subsystem preferably has multiple delivery modules that enable different types of distribution mechanism. In addition to the Web content or data itself, the delivery subsystem obtains an index to the Web content. The index summarizes the Web content to facilitate local search and find tasks. The index and Web content are stored in a cache at the client. An indexing subsystem presents the index to a user and enables the user to select from the index portions of the Web content that they prefer.