Jason D Black

US Patent:

6763500, Jul 13, 2004

Filed:

Dec 1, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/681046

Inventors:

Jason E. Black - Redmond WA
Sean D. Kelly - Redmond WA
Tim A. Toyoshima - Seattle WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 1700

US Classification:

715513, 707100

Abstract:

Real-time, on-demand dynamic document generation is disclosed. A merging logic integrates one or more auxiliary files with a main file to dynamically generate a displayed document. The merging logic determines the number and the locations of the auxiliary files. The logic validates each auxiliary file against a schema that defines how the auxiliary files can modify the main file. After validation, the merging logic merges the auxiliary files with the main file in accordance with the schema to generate the document.

US Patent:

7478318, Jan 13, 2009

Filed:

May 3, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/838478

Inventors:

Jason E. Black - Redmond WA, US
Sean D. Kelly - Redmond WA, US
Tim A. Toyoshima - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

715229, 715234, 358474, 707 2

Abstract:

Real-time, on-demand dynamic document generation is disclosed. A merging logic integrates one or more auxiliary files with a main file to dynamically generate a displayed document. The merging logic determines the number and the locations of the auxiliary files. The logic validates each auxiliary file against a schema that defines how the auxiliary files can modify the main file. After validation, the merging logic merges the auxiliary files with the main file in accordance with the schema to generate the document.

US Patent:

7487190, Feb 3, 2009

Filed:

Aug 27, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/927676

Inventors:

Jason E. Black - Redmond WA, US
Keith A Burnard - Sammamish WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707203

Abstract:

A method for indicating changes in a structured document includes identifying a new topic or a modified topic in an updated version of a structured document having one or more topics, generating a table of contents having one or more topic entries associated with the one or more topics, marking a topic entry associated with the new topic or the modified topic with a marker indicating that the associated topic is new or modified. A system includes an unmarked table of contents having an entry associated with a unit of updated topic content, and a marking module marking the entry if the unit of updated topic content has changed or the unit of updated topic content comprises a new topic.

US Patent:

8151192, Apr 3, 2012

Filed:

Feb 1, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/024287

Inventors:

Jason Eric Black - Redmond WA, US
Ashwini Varma - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/00

US Classification:

715708, 715705, 715712

Abstract:

Systems and methods for providing context sensitive help on an electronic device. The system include a processor, an application attributes discovery module which provides one or more attributes associated with an application running on the electronic device, a system state discovery module which provides system information associated with components of the electronic device, a help infrastructure module which uses the system information and application attributes to determine a help context at the time a user invokes a request for help, a help context mapping module which includes one or more help contexts including a context node that best matches the system state information and which contains one or more help topic identifiers that are mapped to help topics, a help topic collection module that provides one or more help topics corresponding to the help topic identifiers and a help viewer that displays the help topics.

US Patent:

20030001875, Jan 2, 2003

Filed:

Jun 29, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/897162

Inventors:

Jason Black - Redmond WA, US
John Brastad - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

G09G005/00

US Classification:

345/708000

Abstract:

The described subject matter provides context-sensitive help for a Web-based UI. A first and a second computer are operatively coupled to one-another over a network such as the Internet, an organizational intranet, or the like. The first computer communicates a Web-based UI to the second computer. The communicated Web-based UI includes a first Web page corresponding to a number of predetermined functions of the first computer. Responsive to receiving a request for help corresponding to the first Web page, the first computer, determines/identifies the first Web page's context sensitive information. The first computer generates a second Web page that includes the identified context-sensitive information, and communicates the second Web page to the second computer for display. In this manner, the first computer provides context-sensitive help for its remotely displayed Web-based UI.

US Patent:

20190005692, Jan 3, 2019

Filed:

Jun 30, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/640253

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Patricia Anne DONNELLAN - Redmond WA, US
Eliyohu Aron INGER - Bellevue WA, US
Keying LI - Bellevue WA, US
Praneeth Reddy VATTI - Redmond WA, US
Yan GUO - San Francisco CA, US
Senthil Vel GUNASEKARAN - Duvall WA, US
Nagarjuna ARAVAPALLI - Redmond WA, US
Neeta Vinod ATAL - Redmond WA, US
Priyatham Reddy ALLALA - Bellevue WA, US
Stephen Robert WHITE - Kirkland WA, US
Xiaoming WANG - Bellevue WA, US
Michael Gordon HALE - Redmond WA, US
Jason Drew BLACK - Maple Valley WA, US

International Classification:

G06T 11/20
G06F 17/18
G06T 11/00

Abstract:

Displaying a representation of an asset. The method includes an act of displaying a different representation for at least a first actor of the one or more actors. An asset being an item capable of being owned, and actors being entities capable of owning an asset. The method also includes displaying the representation of the asset and displaying the different representation for the first actor such that a likelihood of the first actor owning the asset can be evaluated based on the representation and the different representation.

US Patent:

20190007414, Jan 3, 2019

Filed:

Jun 30, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/640214

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Patricia Anne DONNELLAN - Redmond WA, US
Eliyohu Aron INGER - Bellevue WA, US
Keying LI - Bellevue WA, US
Praneeth Reddy VATTI - Redmond WA, US
Yan GUO - San Francisco CA, US
Senthil Vel GUNASEKARAN - Duvall WA, US
Nagarjuna ARAVAPALLI - Redmond WA, US
Neeta Vinod ATAL - Redmond WA, US
Priyatham Reddy ALLALA - Bellevue WA, US
Stephen Robert WHITE - Kirkland WA, US
Xiaoming WANG - Bellevue WA, US
Michael Gordon HALE - Redmond WA, US
Jason Drew BLACK - Maple Valley WA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/06
G06F 17/30

Abstract:

It can be difficult to manage assets, particularly when determining ownership of assets. Systems and methods for facilitating identification of ownership of an asset include identifying an asset (e.g., an item capable of being owned), identifying one or more actors (e.g., an entity capable of owning an asset), and identifying interactions between the asset and each actor. The systems and methods additionally apply a decay factor to the identified interactions to cause a reduction in the significance of the identified interactions between the asset and each actor and produce an asset ownership score for each actor based on the decay-modified interactions. The resulting asset ownership score for each actor is provided to an entity in a fashion that allows the entity to identify a comparative likelihood that each actor is a potential owner of the asset.