Charles D Fitzgerald

US Patent:

6990513, Jan 24, 2006

Filed:

Jun 22, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/887847

Inventors:

Joseph Belfiore - Seattle WA, US
David Campbell - Sammamish WA, US
Steve Capps - San Carlos CA, US
Steven Cellini - Seattle WA, US
Charles Fitzgerald - Seattle WA, US
Vivek Gundotra - Tustin CA, US
Mark Lucovsky - Sammamish WA, US
Paul Maritz - Bellevue WA, US
Amit Mital - Kirkland WA, US
Eric Rudder - Mercer Island WA, US
Keith Short - Redmond WA, US
Kaviraj Singh - Redmond WA, US
Peter Spiro - Mercer Island WA, US
Tandy Trower - Woodinville WA, US
David Vaskevitch - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709203, 709217, 709206

Abstract:

A server federation cooperatively interacts to fulfill service requests by communicating using data structures that follow a schema in which the meaning of the communicated data is implied by the schema. Thus, in addition to the data being communicated, the meaning of the data is also communication allowing for intelligent decisions and inferences to be made based on the meaning of the data. Cooperative interaction is facilitated over a wide variety of networks by messaging through a common API that supports multiple transport mechanisms. Also, mid-session transfer between client devices is facilitated by schema and the transport-independent messaging structure. The user interfaces of the client devices will appear consistent even if the client devices have different user interface capabilities.

US Patent:

7454462, Nov 18, 2008

Filed:

Jan 31, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/047209

Inventors:

Joseph D. Belfiore - Seattle WA, US
David G. Campbell - Sammamish WA, US
Steve Capps - San Carlos CA, US
Steven M. Cellini - Seattle WA, US
Charles T. Fitzgerald - Seattle WA, US
Vivek Gundotra - Tustin CA, US
Mark H. Lucovsky - Sammamish WA, US
Paul A. Maritz - Bellevue WA, US
Amit Mital - Kirkland WA, US
Eric D. Rudder - Mercer Island WA, US
Keith W. Short - Redmond WA, US
Kaviraj Singh - Redmond WA, US
Peter M. Spiro - Mercer Island WA, US
Tandy W. Trower - Woodinville WA, US
David Vaskevitch - Meidna WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709203, 709201, 709217

Abstract:

A server federation cooperatively interacts to fulfill service requests by communicating using data structures that follow a schema in which the meaning of the communicated data is implied by the schema. Thus, in addition to the data being communicated, the meaning of the data is also communication allowing for intelligent decisions and inferences to be made based on the meaning of the data. Cooperative interaction is facilitated over a wide variety of networks by messaging through a common API that supports multiple transport mechanisms. Also, mid-session transfer between client devices is facilitated by schema and the transport-independent messaging structure. The user interfaces of the client devices will appear consistent even if the client devices have different user interface capabilities.

US Patent:

7263551, Aug 28, 2007

Filed:

Dec 9, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/299206

Inventors:

Joseph Belfiore - Seattle WA, US
David Campbell - Sammamish WA, US
Steve Capps - San Carlos CA, US
Steven Cellini - Seattle WA, US
Charles Fitzgerald - Seattle WA, US
Vivek Gundotra - Tustin CA, US
Mark Lucovsky - Sammamish WA, US
Paul Martiz - Bellevue WA, US
Amit Mital - Kirkland WA, US
Eric Rudder - Mercer Island WA, US
Keith Short - Redmond WA, US
Kaviraj Singh - Redmond WA, US
Peter Spiro - Mercer Island WA, US
Tandy Trower - Woodinville WA, US
David Vaskevitch - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

709219, 709205, 709249, 707 10

Abstract:

A server federation cooperatively interacts to fulfill service requests by communicating using data structures that follow a schema in which the meaning of the communicated data is implied by the schema. Thus, in addition to the data being communicated, the meaning of the data is also communication allowing for intelligent decisions and inferences to be made based on the meaning of the data. Cooperative interaction is facilitated over a wide variety of networks by messaging through a common API that supports multiple transport mechanisms. Also, mid-session transfer between client devices is facilitated by schema and the transport-independent messaging structure. The user interfaces of the client devices will appear consistent even if the client devices have different user interface capabilities.