Wei C Zeng

US Patent:

8433697, Apr 30, 2013

Filed:

Sep 10, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/229697

Inventors:

Lawrence W. Osterman - Woodinville WA, US
Harold L. Pierson - Redmond WA, US
Elliot H. Omiya - Kirkland WA, US
Martyn S. Lovell - Seattle WA, US
Mahesh Prakriya - Redmond WA, US
Stephen C. Rowe - Bellevue WA, US
Tassaduq H. Basu - Redmond WA, US
Robert A. Wlodarczyk - Issaquah WA, US
Wei Zeng - Sammamish WA, US
Neeraj N. Wadhwa - Kirkland WA, US
Shakeel I. Solkar - Sammamish WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707706, 707769

Abstract:

Various embodiments provide an ability to abstract type resolution between multiple type systems. At least one type can be described in one or more programmatically accessible file(s). In some embodiments, an application using a different type system can programmatically access and resolve a type of the at least one type system without knowledge of a location of where a description of the type resides. Alternately or additionally, type descriptions contained in the one or more programmatically accessible file(s) can be analyzed and restructured into one or more new programmatically accessible file(s) based, at least in part, upon the type descriptions.

US Patent:

20050091578, Apr 28, 2005

Filed:

Oct 24, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/692017

Inventors:

Vikram Madan - Bellevue WA, US
Gerhard Schobbe - Bellevue WA, US
Issa Khoury - Redmond WA, US
Richard Swaney - Sammamish WA, US
Ryan Cukierman - Redmond WA, US
Wei Zeng - Sammamish WA, US
Niels Van Dongen - Seattle WA, US
Matt Lerner - Seattle WA, US
Michael Williams - Langley WA, US
Joon Kim - Lynwood WA, US
Wayne Finlay - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F017/21

US Classification:

715512000

Abstract:

An electronic version of physical paper sticky notes is defined. The electronic sticky notes may be attached to or embedded in items such as files and folders. The icons representing the items may include indications as to whether an electronic sticky note is attached thereto. The electronic sticky notes may be seamlessly moved between various attachment states and between various locations on a computer screen.

US Patent:

20130019254, Jan 17, 2013

Filed:

Jul 15, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/183458

Inventors:

Benjamin Kuhn - Bellevue WA, US
Stephan T. Lavavej - Redmond WA, US
Wei Zeng - Sammamish WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

719328

Abstract:

In one embodiment, a memory resource manager may pass data memory structures between application components on a computing device. A memory resource may store a data memory structure for a holding application component . A processor may pass a handle representing the data memory structure to a calling application component upon access by the calling application component

US Patent:

20130055291, Feb 28, 2013

Filed:

Aug 31, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/223291

Inventors:

Harold Pierson - Redmond WA, US
Brent Rector - Redmond WA, US
Martyn Lovell - Seattle WA, US
Mahesh Prakriya - Redmond WA, US
Stephen Rowe - Bellevue WA, US
Tassaduq Basu - Redmond WA, US
Robert A. Wlodarczyk - Issaquah WA, US
Elliot H. Omiya - Kirkland WA, US
Jerry Dunietz - Seattle WA, US
Ales Holecek - Kirkland WA, US
Lawrence W. Osterman - Woodinville WA, US
Wei Zeng - Sammamish WA, US
Neeraj Wadhwa - Kirkland WA, US
Shakeel Solkar - Sammamish WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

719328

Abstract:

Native operating system application programming interfaces (API's) are described using metadata and such descriptions are stored in a standard file format in a known location. By storing API definitions using such metadata, other applications can readily identify and use the APIs. To create such API representations, during development, a developer describes the shape of the API, including (but not limited to) the classes, interfaces, methods, properties, events, parameters, structures and enumerated types defined by the API. This API description is processed by a tool which generates a machine-readable metadata file. The machine-readable metadata file contains the same information as the API description, however in a format designed to be machine read rather than human authored.

US Patent:

20130055292, Feb 28, 2013

Filed:

Aug 31, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/223296

Inventors:

Harold Pierson - Redmond WA, US
Brent Rector - Redmond WA, US
Martyn Lovell - Seattle WA, US
Mahesh Prakriya - Redmond WA, US
Stephen Rowe - Bellevue WA, US
Tassaduq Basu - Redmond WA, US
Robert A. Wlodarczyk - Issaquah WA, US
Elliot H. Omiya - Kirkland WA, US
Jerry Dunietz - Seattle WA, US
Ales Holecek - Kirkland WA, US
Lawrence W. Osterman - Woodinville WA, US
Wei Zeng - Sammamish WA, US
Neeraj Wadhwa - Kirkland WA, US
Shakeel Solkar - Sammamish WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/54

US Classification:

719328

Abstract:

Information about the operating system application programming interfaces is stored in a known format in a known location. This information fully describes the APIs exposed by the operating system and is stored in API metadata files. A language compiler or interpreter uses this API information to build a natural and familiar representation of the native system API in the target language. The language compiler or interpreter can read the API information at compile time and/or runtime. The metadata is used to allow an application to refer to named elements in the API. Projections are built that use the metadata to map named elements in the API to named elements in the target language, and to define wrappers that marshal data of those elements between the target representation and the native operating system representation.

US Patent:

20140047308, Feb 13, 2014

Filed:

Nov 21, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/684011

Inventors:

Raman Narayanan - Seattle WA, US
Ming Liu - Bellevue WA, US
Radoslav Nickolov - Seattle WA, US
Wei Zeng - Sammamish WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/24

US Classification:

715201, 715230

Abstract:

An e-reader application provides a note based annotation of content in an e-reader. A user action to annotate the content initiates a note pane to capture a note. The note includes variety of types including text, ink, snippet, audio recording, and photo. The note is captured in the note pane which is configured according to the note type. The note is stored in a platform-agnostic in a cloud storage. A local cache also maintains the note for offline usage. The note is anchored to the content using an anchor marker placed within proximity to a selection associated with the note in the content.

US Patent:

20140047332, Feb 13, 2014

Filed:

Nov 15, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/677760

Inventors:

Wei Zeng - Redmond WA, US
Raman Narayanan - Redmond WA, US
Sergey Chub - Redmond WA, US
Radoslav Petrov Nickolov - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/21

US Classification:

715273

Abstract:

E-reader architecture with rich service infrastructure for identity, storage, protection, commercial exchange, and sharing of content is provided. The architecture may enable consumption of content through a set of compatible cross-platform consumption experiences that provide easy access to professional, institutional, collaborative or personal content with auxiliary capabilities such as search, commenting, posting, and similar ones.

US Patent:

20210050601, Feb 18, 2021

Filed:

Apr 13, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/614067

Inventors:

- Scottsdale AZ, US
Wei Zeng - Mesa AZ, US
Xu Wang - Tempe AZ, US

International Classification:

H01M 4/80
H01M 4/38
H01M 4/66
H01M 4/1395
H01M 4/134

Abstract:

An electrode includes a soft substrate, a metal layer in direct contact with the soft substrate, and a lithium layer formed directly on the metal layer, wherein the metal layer comprises wrinkles. The wrinkles are of a substantially uniform height, and the height is in a range of 100 nm to 20 μm. The wrinkles are typically separated by a substantially uniform distance, and the distance is in a range of 100 nm to 1000 μm. The wrinkles may be one dimensional or two dimensional. Fabricating an electrode includes forming a metal layer on a soft substrate, and forming a lithium layer on the metal layer. Forming the lithium layer on the metal layer yields uniform wrinkles in the metal layer. A battery may include the electrode as described.