Michael L Graves

US Patent:

6561812, May 13, 2003

Filed:

Oct 30, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/699797

Inventors:

Christopher Paul Burmester - Kensington CA
Mary E. Dietz - San Ramon CA
Michael Graves - San Jose CA
Corinne Wayshak - Los Altos CA

Assignee:

LearnCity, Inc. - San Ramon CA

International Classification:

G09B 500

US Classification:

434365, 434307 R

Abstract:

A method of generating a correlation between a plurality of sets of educational requirements and learning activities, and identifying the educational requirements to which a learning component of the learning activities is correlated. Teachers and authors accessing the correlating system are able to author and select learning components to be correlated to the plurality of educational requirements sets. An educational requirements set can be a set of state educational standards, a set of school district educational standards or a set of corporate training or certification requirements. The correlation of educational components to the grouping of educational requirements and of learning components to a set of educational components are generated and stored by a server, preferably accessible over the internet through the public switched telephone network. Using the correlation system of the present invention, teachers and authors have the ability to develop lesson plans which are correlated to standards within the plurality of sets of educational requirements.

US Patent:

D522972, Jun 13, 2006

Filed:

Apr 4, 2005

Appl. No.:

29/226849

Inventors:

William B. Long - Sunnyvale CA, US
Eric Radza - San Jose CA, US
Jimmy Kuo-Wei Chen - Pleasanton CA, US
Michael B. Graves - Los Gatos CA, US

Assignee:

Neoconix, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

1303

US Classification:

D13154

US Patent:

7778934, Aug 17, 2010

Filed:

Mar 26, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/818084

Inventors:

Michael E Graves - Redwood City CA, US
Peter E Frank - Redwood City CA, US
Thane Plambeck - Palo Alto CA, US
Gregory R Whitehead - Menlo Park CA, US

Assignee:

VeriSign, Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06Q 99/00

US Classification:

705 67, 705 64, 705 65, 705 75, 705 76, 705 78, 235382, 713150, 713182

Abstract:

A buyer () wishes to use a payment instrument as part of an online commerce transaction with a seller () and it is desired to authenticate that the buyer () has authority to use the payment instrument. A separate authentication service () determines whether the buyer () has access to certain secret information without revealing the secret information to the seller (). Access to the secret information would verify that the buyer () has authority to use the payment instrument. The authentication service () informs the seller () whether the buyer () is authorized to use the payment instrument.

US Patent:

7983993, Jul 19, 2011

Filed:

Jul 23, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/842270

Inventors:

Michael E. Graves - Redwood City CA, US
Peter E. Frank - Redwood City CA, US
Thane Plambeck - Palo Alto CA, US
Gregory R. Whitehead - Menlo Park CA, US

Assignee:

VeriSign, Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06Q 99/00

US Classification:

705 67, 705 50, 705 64, 705 65, 705 76, 705 78, 713150, 726 26, 380277, 235389

Abstract:

A buyer () wishes to use a payment instrument as part of an online commerce transaction with a seller () and it is desired to authenticate that the buyer () has authority to use the payment instrument. A separate authentication service () determines whether the buyer () has access to certain secret information without revealing the secret information to the seller (). Access to the secret information would verify that the buyer () has authority to use the payment instrument. The authentication service () informs the seller () whether the buyer () is authorized to use the payment instrument.

US Patent:

20070261116, Nov 8, 2007

Filed:

Oct 31, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/591206

Inventors:

Hemma Prafullchandra - Mountain View CA, US
Michael Graves - Chaska MN, US
Emory Lundberg - Providence RI, US
Hans Granqvist - San Jose CA, US
Gary Krall - Saratoga CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 12/14

US Classification:

726 22

Abstract:

A secure content service available through a network comprising a user profile stored in a user profile store and a profile access controller to enforce access rights to the user profile, wherein the user profile is used to provide access rights to other content.

US Patent:

20090282241, Nov 12, 2009

Filed:

May 22, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/471259

Inventors:

Hemma Prafullchandra - Mountain View CA, US
Michael Graves - Chaska MN, US
Ryam Emory Lundberg - Providence RI, US
Gary Krall - Saratoga CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 9/32
G06N 5/02
H04L 9/14

US Classification:

713156, 713155, 706 52

Abstract:

A secure content service available through a network comprising a user profile stored in a user profile store and a profile access controller to enforce access rights to the user profile, wherein the user profile is used to provide access rights to other content.

US Patent:

20120110565, May 3, 2012

Filed:

Oct 29, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/916144

Inventors:

Joseph J. O'Sullivan - Mountain View CA, US
Ricardo Marquez - Mountain View CA, US
Michael J. Graves - Sunnyvale CA, US

Assignee:

INTUIT INC. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 9/445

US Classification:

717174

Abstract:

The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates application usage. During operation, the system obtains a user context associated with a first user, wherein the user context includes at least one of a location of the first user, profile data for the first user, device data associated with a computing device for the first user, and data types associated with existing applications on the computing device. Next, the system obtains a first set of new applications matching the user context. Finally, the system provides the first set of new applications to the first user for installation and use by the first user.

US Patent:

52087484, May 4, 1993

Filed:

Jun 19, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/368179

Inventors:

Carlos F. Flores - Berkeley CA
Juan J. Ludlow - Mexico City, MX
Chauncey F. Bell - Alameda CA
Raul M. Mora - Tlalpan, MX
Terry A. Winograd - Stanford CA
Michael J. Graves - Alameda CA

Assignee:

Action Technologies, Inc. - Alameda CA

International Classification:

G06F 1542

US Classification:

364419

Abstract:

A method for managing communications between individuals utilizing a programmed computer system. The method involves several definitional steps that are critical to achieving a practicable methodology for conversation management. The integrated concepts of "moves in conversations" of two basic types (Conversation for Action and Conversation for Possibilities), conversational roles, types of incompletions, and logical/functional relationships between moves, incompletions, and roles, provide a set of constructs on which a powerful and practicable methodology for conversation management may be built. They provide a basis for defining a meaningful conversation record format which can be integrated into a conversation data base using standard data base building and management tools. A system for managing communications which incorporates the methodology of this invention provides a powerful framework for structuring human conversations. The method further involves creating a body of recommended declarative text for each move which the participant may include in the message as part of the data elements of the move.