James R Sturms

US Patent:

6789085, Sep 7, 2004

Filed:

Jun 7, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/876474

Inventors:

James M. Sturms - Seattle WA
Nicholas A. J. Millington - Redmond WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 1730

US Classification:

707102, 707 2, 707 3, 707 10, 707101, 707103, 707104

Abstract:

A system and method are provided for delivering batches of data to a client, while maintaining the clients state in the accessed database. The system and method eliminate the need for a web server to maintain the location of any given client within a database. Accordingly, the web server operates with greater efficiency, because it is freed from having to maintain the state of any given client within a database and need not create or maintain a partitioned database. Maximum and minimum values of any data previously requested and received by the client are maintained. These maximum and minimum values are later used within a novel set of Structured Query Language (SQL) statements to indicate the users state within the database. By maintaining minimum and maximum reference values, the users state within the accessed database can be maintained without storing any information on the web server. The next and previous batches are successfully obtained by comparing these stored reference values to the database so that the user can quickly move between adjacent batches of records.

US Patent:

7010540, Mar 7, 2006

Filed:

Mar 15, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/801013

Inventors:

James Sturms - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707101, 707102, 707103 X, 7071041

Abstract:

A system and method are provided for delivering batches of data to a client, while maintaining the client's state in the accessed database. The system and method eliminate the need for a web server to maintain the location of any given client within a database. Accordingly, the web server operates with greater efficiency, because it is freed from having to maintain the state of any given client within a database and need not create or maintain a partitioned database. Maximum and minimum values of any data previously requested and received by the client are maintained. These maximum and minimum values are later used within a novel set of Structured Query Language (SQL) statements to indicate the user's state within the database. By maintaining minimum and maximum reference values, the user's state within the accessed database can be maintained without storing any information on the web server. The next and previous batches are successfully obtained by comparing these stored reference values to the database so that the user can quickly move between adjacent batches of records.

US Patent:

7503075, Mar 10, 2009

Filed:

Jan 12, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/035024

Inventors:

James R. Sturms - Seattle WA, US
Randy D. Thomson - Redmond WA, US
Ziyi Wang - Redmond WA, US
Hongzhou Ma - Issaquah WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 21/22
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

726 28, 726 1, 726 2, 707 9

Abstract:

Reducing the number of inquiries required to determine access rights accorded to documents, in particular documents stored at a Web site, is disclosed. Upon receipt of a request for documents, a list of the documents is opened by the receiving server and data denoting the user access level of every document on the list is determined. Then, the resulting series of access levels is filtered to remove any access levels not available to the requestor. Next, a document query, including as a condition that any returned list of documents only include documents having an access level included on the filtered series of access levels, is generated. The resulting document data is then embedded in a Web page and sent to the requestor.

US Patent:

8424073, Apr 16, 2013

Filed:

Nov 13, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/598392

Inventors:

James Richard Sturms - Seattle WA, US
Matthew Bryan Jeffries - Kirkland WA, US
William James Griffin - Sammamish WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 7/04
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

726 9, 726 8, 726 10, 726 20, 726 21, 713159

Abstract:

Methods and computer-readable media are provided for refreshing a page validation token. In response to a request for a form from a client, a server responds with the requested form, a page validation token, and a page token refresh program. The client executes the page token refresh program in response to a request to post the contents of the form to the server computer. The page token refresh program determines whether a preset period of time has elapsed since server computer generated the page validation token. If the period of time has not elapsed, the form is posted to the server with the page validation token and processed by the server computer. If the page timeout has elapsed, the page token refresh program refreshes the page validation token prior to posting the form by requesting an updated page validation token from the server.

US Patent:

20060156393, Jul 13, 2006

Filed:

Jan 12, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/035381

Inventors:

Peter Harwood - Snoqualmie WA, US
James Sturms - Seattle WA, US
Ziyi Wang - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06K 9/00

US Classification:

726007000

Abstract:

Determining the user access controls to be included in a graphical user interface is disclosed. In response to a user logging onto a computing device, the level of access to be accorded to the user is determined. In response to the logged-on user requesting a page, the user access controls of the page that the logged-on user will have access to is determined. The determination is made by retrieving a page template for the requested page, the page template including generic access recognition instructions. Access data that describes the level of access accorded the user is also retrieved. Then the requested page is composed. When composed, the requested page includes access control rendering instructions that are based on the generic access recognition instructions and the access data. As a result, when the page is rendered, the resultant display includes user access control accessible to a user. Access controls that are not accessible to the user are either not displayed or displayed in a different manner, such as in phantom.

US Patent:

20070156691, Jul 5, 2007

Filed:

Jan 5, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/325930

Inventors:

James Sturms - Seattle WA, US
Dennis Rakhamimov - Redmond WA, US
Ziyi Wang - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707009000

Abstract:

Implementations of various technologies, including methods, systems and apparatus, for managing a request from a user to access an object. In one implementation, a determination is made as to whether the user is denied or granted access to the object based on a policy (step a). If the user is neither denied nor granted access to the object by the policy, then a determination is made as to whether the user is granted access to the object by an access control list (ACL) for the object (step b). A conclusion is then made as to whether the user has access to the object as determined by steps (a) and (b).

US Patent:

20110208854, Aug 25, 2011

Filed:

Feb 19, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/708673

Inventors:

JIAN ZHANG - SAMMAMISH WA, US
LIDA LI - REDMOND WA, US
CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY CLARK - BELLEVUE WA, US
CHRISTOPHER J. ANTOS - BELLEVUE WA, US
AMBROSE THOMAS TREACY - WOODINVILLE WA, US
JAMES RICHARD STURMS - SEATTLE WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - REDMOND WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/173
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709224, 709230

Abstract:

A feedback loop is created between a server and clients that provides the clients with health information of the server to assist in client-server traffic control. Health information is calculated for the server that measures a current health of the server. The health information is automatically provided to a client by the server in response to a request made by the client. The clients can utilize the received health information to determine when to request resources from the server.

US Patent:

6728721, Apr 27, 2004

Filed:

Jun 23, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/602410

Inventors:

James Sturms - Seattle WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 1730

US Classification:

707101, 707 2, 707100, 707103, 707104, 707102

Abstract:

A system and method are provided for delivering batches of data to a client, while maintaining the clients state in the accessed database. The system and method eliminate the need for a web server to maintain the location of any given client within a database. Accordingly, the web server operates with greater efficiency, because it is freed from having to maintain the state of any given client within a database and need not create or maintain a partitioned database. Maximum and minimum values of any data previously requested and received by the client are maintained. These maximum and minimum values are later used within a novel set of Structured Query Language (SQL) statements to indicate the users state within the database. By maintaining minimum and maximum reference values, the users state within the accessed database can be maintained without storing any information on the web server. The next and previous batches are successfully obtained by comparing these stored reference values to the database so that the user can quickly move between adjacent batches of records.