Matthew C Gauthier

US Patent:

6832215, Dec 14, 2004

Filed:

Mar 27, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/818286

Inventors:

Matthew Charles Gauthier - Redmond WA
Robert Hawking - Seattle WA
Tyson Murray - Maple Valley WA
Wentao Chen - Sammamish WA
Hien Anh Bui - Sammamish WA
Anna Timasheva - Bellevue WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 700

US Classification:

707 1, 707 10, 707100, 709201

Abstract:

The invention is a method for Web authors to include a redirection tag in an HTML data object tag that redirects an application program to an alternative source file that stores underlying data associated with an HTML data object that a user has selected to import into the application program. Typically, HTML data objects in Web page are stored in HTML format. However, when a user selects an HTML object to import, they generally expect to import the data in the format that it was originally created in, such as XML. The redirection tag âredirectsâ the application program to an alternative source file where the underlying data is stored in a rich format, such as XML. The application program then imports the underlying data of the HTML data object from the alternative source file.

US Patent:

6898760, May 24, 2005

Filed:

Jan 5, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/755414

Inventors:

Jesse Raymond Bedford - Renton WA, US
Matthew C. Gauthier - Redmond WA, US
Tuan E. Huynh - Seattle WA, US
Ramakrishnan Natarajan - Bellevue WA, US
Marcella C. Rader - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F017/24

US Classification:

715503, 715507

Abstract:

The invention, in one embodiment, is a method and system for reporting the status of external references, or links, of a spreadsheet workbook. In an Edit Links dialog box, the user may view a list of links and their status. The user may select a Check Status button in the Edit Links dialog box to check the status of the links without updating the links because updating the links may require considerable time. A textual status message is displayed for each link in the Edit Links dialog box. The textual status message indicates to the user whether there is s possible problem with the link. As part of checking the status of a link, an analysis is made to determine whether any problems with the source file exist. For instance, it is determined whether the source file is open and whether it is valid. The results of this analysis determine what is displayed in the status column of the Edit Links dialog box.

US Patent:

6948134, Sep 20, 2005

Filed:

Mar 27, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/819176

Inventors:

Matthew Charles Gauthier - Redmond WA, US
Yaniv Inbar - Bellevue WA, US
Tyson Murray - Maple Valley WA, US
Wentao Chen - Sammamish WA, US
Andy Verprauskus - Seattle WA, US
Richard Jacques - Kirkland WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F017/00

US Classification:

715804, 715825, 715835, 707 10

Abstract:

The present invention allows a user to graphically create a refreshable Web Query by selecting tabular data displayed in a Web page. When the user invokes the refreshable Web Query command, an Internet browser module is launched within a Web Query dialog box open in the spreadsheet program. The user then graphically selects at least one instance of tabular data to import to the spreadsheet program. The invention also makes Web queries more accessible to a user and is embedded in a software utility, known as a Web Query Smart Tag (WQST) utility. The WQST utility allows a user to create Web queries directly from an Internet browser module in one of several methods. The first method, known as a “Copy-Paste Web Query,” begins when a user pastes the tabular data into the spreadsheet program and determines whether the Web Query command should be presented to the user. If the decision is made to present the Web Query command to the user, a Web Query option appears on a special drop-down menu. The second method is embedded in a module known as the “Export to Microsoft Excel” module, which allows a user to create a refreshable Web Query in the MICROSOFT EXCEL 2002 spreadsheet program directly from the MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER browser program.

US Patent:

7032173, Apr 18, 2006

Filed:

Jun 16, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/595736

Inventors:

Terri Sorge - Seattle WA, US
Robert McCaughey - Bellevue WA, US
Matthew Gauthier - Redmond WA, US
Carol Lining Liu - Sammamish WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/21

US Classification:

715530

Abstract:

Automatically republishing native data from a native data file into an published file. In response to initially publishing the native data in to the published file, a publish object is created that corresponds to the published data and the native data. The publish object is associated with the native data file and indicates whether the native data is to be automatically republished upon resaving of the native data file. The publish object further indicates the location of the published file, a reference to the location of the native data within the native data file, and an alert string. The alert string may comprise a single alert to be displayed when the native data is republished. The publish object is identified by a unique identifier that is also stored in the published file to indicate the location of the published data. Subsequent to initially publishing the native data, the native data file may be resaved. In response to resaving of the native data, the publish object is examined to determine whether the native data is to be automatically republished.

US Patent:

7340483, Mar 4, 2008

Filed:

May 2, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/429110

Inventors:

Matthew Charles Gauthier - Kirkland WA, US
Eric Lawrence - Sammamish WA, US
Jennifer Jones - Seattle WA, US
Bogdan Farcasanu - Bellevue WA, US
Vamshidar Rawal - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

7071041, 709203

Abstract:

The present invention provides a system, method, and computer readable medium for retrieving full media resources in an online environment by manipulating media resource summaries. Media resource summary copy requests are intercepted and instructions to retrieve a corresponding full media resource substituted. The full media resource, rather than the summary, is placed on a computer clipboard, which allows the full media resource to be inserted by a software application into a document. In varied aspects of the present invention, the types of copy events that may be intercepted include keystroke events, copy events, menu copy events, and “drag and drop” copy events.

US Patent:

7437365, Oct 14, 2008

Filed:

Oct 29, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/977032

Inventors:

Matthew Charles Gauthier - Redmond WA, US
Robert Hawking - Seattle WA, US
Tyson Murray - Maple Valley WA, US
Wentao Chen - Sammamish WA, US
Hein Anh Bui - Sammamish WA, US
Anna Timasheva - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06F 17/00
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

707 10, 707 1, 707100, 707200, 715205, 715212, 715234, 709203

Abstract:

The invention is a method for Web authors to include a redirection tag in an HTML data object tag that redirects an application program to an alternative source file that stores underlying data associated with an HTML data object that a user has selected to import into the application program. Typically, HTML data objects in Web page are stored in HTML format. However, when a user selects an HTML object to import, they generally expect to import the data in the format that it was originally created in, such as XML. The redirection tag “redirects” the application program to an alternative source file where the underlying data is stored in a rich format, such as XML. The application program then imports the underlying data of the HTML data object from the alternative source file.

US Patent:

7454471, Nov 18, 2008

Filed:

Jul 13, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/181683

Inventors:

Terri Sorge - Kirkland WA, US
Matthew Gauthier - Redmond WA, US
Carol Liu - Sammamish WA, US
Margaret Hudson - North Bend WA, US
Robert McCaughey - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709206, 715752

Abstract:

The invention is a software module configured for sending a pre-selected portion of an electronic spreadsheet document to a mail client or recipient via e-mail. The module includes a publish engine for receiving a sender's pre-selected portion of a spreadsheet document from an application program. The publish engine determines content in the pre-selected portion of the document, and in response to the content of the pre-selected portion, the publish engine changes a user interface to correspond with the content. When the publish engine receives a command through the user interface to send the pre-selected portion to a mail client via electronic mail, the publish engine codes the pre-selected portion for transmission via electronic mail. The publish engine launches an electronic mail application program, and inserts the coded pre-selected portion into an e-mail message. If the publish engine detects a user command through the user interface to apply an interactive control to the pre-selected portion, the publish engine codes an interactive control for the pre-selected portion.

US Patent:

7467148, Dec 16, 2008

Filed:

Dec 8, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/006980

Inventors:

Jesse Raymond Bedford - Renton WA, US
Matthew C. Gauthier - Redmond WA, US
Tuan E. Huynh - Seattle WA, US
Ramakrishnan NataraJan - Bellevue WA, US
Marcella C. S. Rader - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707101, 707102, 707 10

Abstract:

The invention, in one embodiment, is a method and system for reporting the status of external references, or links, of a spreadsheet workbook. In an Edit Links dialog box, the user may view a list of links and their status. The user may select a Check Status button in the Edit Links dialog box to check the status of the links without updating the links because updating the links may require considerable time. A textual status message is displayed for each link in the Edit Links dialog box. The textual status message indicates to the user whether there is s possible problem with the link. As part of checking the status of a link, an analysis is made to determine whether any problems with the source file exist. For instance, it is determined whether the source file is open and whether it is valid. The results of this analysis determine what is displayed in the status column of the Edit Links dialog box.