Mark Andrew Wagner

US Patent:

6532517, Mar 11, 2003

Filed:

Apr 13, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/291689

Inventors:

Mark Wagner - San Mateo CA
Alan G. Bishop - Campbell CA
Dean J. Blackketter - San Francisco CA

Assignee:

WebTV Networks, Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 1200

US Classification:

711112, 711173

Abstract:

The invention involves storing data on a storage medium without fragmentation. A data conveyance system configures data for delivery to a data storage system and associates a storage instruction with the data. The storage instruction instructs the data storage system to store the data without fragmentation. The data conveyance system then conveys the data and the storage instruction to the data storage system. The data storage system receives the conveyance and a controller reads the storage instruction. The controller stores the data in contiguous storage locations on the storage medium in accordance with the storage instruction. If the storage medium is a disk, the data conveyance system may configure the data for delivery to the data storage system by generating a filesystem and combining the data and the filesystem to form a partition file. The data conveyance system then associates the storage instruction with the partition file and conveys the storage instruction and partition file to the data storage system. The data storage system controller formats the storage disk to include a new disk partition and stores the partition file in the new disk partition.

US Patent:

6614804, Sep 2, 2003

Filed:

Mar 22, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/273697

Inventors:

Andrew T. McFadden - Cupertino CA
Mark Wagner - San Mateo CA
Wei Huang - Mountain View CA
Dean J. Blackketter - San Francisco CA
Michael A. Killianey - San Mateo CA
Alan G. Bishop - Campbell CA

Assignee:

WEBTV Networks, Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

H04J 316

US Classification:

370468, 370316, 709226

Abstract:

The invention involves transmission download of data to plural, mass storage medium-based remote users of content or software upgrades or multiple versions. Optionally provided are pre-download scheduling of one or more future download sessions and post-download remote scripted software execution by the remote clients. For purposes of more efficient use of the transmission link, low-volume scheduling information or content are transmitted within designated narrow-bandwidth sub-channels or trickle streams allocated within the broad bandwidth of the transmission channel and such allocation may be dynamic to vary the allocation based upon relative high-volume, high-speed and low-volume, low-speed demands. The invention is implemented in software residing primarily in the server computer connected with the transmission provider. The software schedules allotted bandwidth within the broadcast band of the transmission link and formats high-volume data for transmission within sub-allocation channels logically devised therein.

US Patent:

7191243, Mar 13, 2007

Filed:

Nov 15, 2001

Appl. No.:

10/002026

Inventors:

Paul J. Roy - Mountain View CA, US
Majd Bakar - Castro Valley CA, US
Jeffrey W. Huth - Corralitos CA, US
Mark Wagner - Mountain View CA, US
Stuart Ozer - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H04N 7/173
H04B 7/212

US Classification:

709231, 709243, 709236, 725 93, 725 94, 725 97, 370342, 370442

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and computer program products for generating a data stream for broadcast to one or more client systems. A source identifier identifies where the data for the data stream may be obtained. Scheduling information associated with the identifier determines when the data should be added to the data stream for broadcast. The data is requested and received from the data source using the identifier and added to the data stream to arrive at the one or more client systems in accordance with the scheduling information. The generated data stream may comprise one or more sub-streams. The scheduling information may be checked or validated to assure consistency and accuracy. Client systems may simultaneously receive data, including real-time data, from multiple sources.

US Patent:

7634652, Dec 15, 2009

Filed:

Jan 12, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/275530

Inventors:

Elizabeth Rose McEnroe - Palo Alto CA, US
Mark Wagner - Seattle WA, US
Peter J. Potrebic - Calistoga CA, US
Thomas H. Taylor - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H04L 9/00

US Classification:

713153, 713163

Abstract:

Embodiments of streaming content management are described herein. For example, techniques may be employed to manage streams received by client devices such that the client devices may receive content and share functionality.

US Patent:

7669222, Feb 23, 2010

Filed:

Jan 17, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/275577

Inventors:

Elizabeth Rose McEnroe - Palo Alto CA, US
Mark Wagner - Seattle WA, US
Peter J. Potrebic - Calistoga CA, US
Thomas H. Taylor - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H04N 7/173
H04N 7/16
H04N 7/18
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

725110, 725 80, 725132, 725140, 725152, 709217

Abstract:

Embodiments of virtual tuner management are described. A viewing system, for instance, may include a plurality of client devices that are configured to render content, such as television programs. The viewing system may pool the resources available from the client devices such that each client device is not limited to functionality that is provided locally by the client device. To manage content consumption in the viewing system, virtual tuners may be employed, each of which represent an ability of the viewing system to consume a single stream of content (e. g. , a television program) provided by a content provider.

US Patent:

7685306, Mar 23, 2010

Filed:

Jan 20, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/275649

Inventors:

Elizabeth Rose McEnroe - Palo Alto CA, US
Thomas H. Taylor - Redmond WA, US
Mark Wagner - Seattle WA, US
Peter J. Potrebic - Calistoga CA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709231, 709232, 370477

Abstract:

Streaming content navigation techniques are described. In an implementation, techniques are described to provide a non-modal message when navigation is attempted to a stream of content that is not permitted for consumption by a client device. In another implementation, techniques are described to provide an alternate content stream when sequential navigation between streams of content is attempted.

US Patent:

8205230, Jun 19, 2012

Filed:

Dec 29, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/618653

Inventors:

Marisa Bauer - Fremont CA, US
John Wayne Blackburn - Newcastle WA, US
David A. Brown - Mountain View CA, US
Neha Gupta - San Jose CA, US
Timothy Dharma Heilman - Palo Alto CA, US
Manish Gordhan Patel - Mountain View CA, US
David Scott Reiss - Manhattan Beach CA, US
Mehran Sahami - Palo Alto CA, US
Maricia Scott - Mountain View CA, US
Thomas H. Taylor - Redmond WA, US
Alice Tull - Cupertino CA, US
Mark Wagner - Clyde Hill WA, US
Lucy Congyun Zhang - Union City CA, US
Daniel John Zigmond - Menlo Park CA, US

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

725 39, 725131

Abstract:

A system for displaying information may include memory, one or more processors, and one or more modules stored in memory. The one or more modules are configured for execution by the one or more processors and may include instructions for: presenting a subset of a collection of data on a first grid having a first axis corresponding to units of time and a second axis, the collection of data comprising data representing time-bounded events; presenting a second grid having, first and second axes corresponding to the first and second axes of the first grid, the second grid corresponding to a larger portion of the collection of data than the subset presented on the first grid; and presenting a user moveable window for selecting a portion of the second grid, and selecting the subset presented on the first grid in accordance with a current position of the window.

US Patent:

8291454, Oct 16, 2012

Filed:

Dec 29, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/618648

Inventors:

Marisa Bauer - Fremont CA, US
John Wayne Blackburn - Newcastle WA, US
David A. Brown - Mountain View CA, US
Neha Gupta - San Jose CA, US
Timothy Dharma Heilman - Palo Alto CA, US
Manish Gordhan Patel - Mountain View CA, US
David Scott Reiss - Manhattan Beach CA, US
Mehran Sahami - Palo Alto CA, US
Maricia Scott - Mountain View CA, US
Thomas H. Taylor - Redmond WA, US
Alice Tull - Cupertino CA, US
Mark Wagner - Clyde Hill WA, US
Lucy Congyun Zhang - Union City CA, US
Daniel John Zigmond - Menlo Park CA, US

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

H04N 5/445

US Classification:

725 43, 725 40, 725 52, 725 53

Abstract:

A system for displaying information may include memory, one or more processors, and one or more modules stored in memory. The one or more modules are configured for execution by the one or more processors and may include instructions for: presenting a subset of a collection of data on a first grid having a first axis corresponding to units of time and a second axis, the collection of data comprising data representing time-bounded events; presenting a second grid having, first and second axes corresponding to the first and second axes of the first grid, the second grid corresponding to a larger portion of the collection of data than the subset presented on the first grid; and presenting a user moveable window for selecting a portion of the second grid, and selecting the subset presented on the first grid in accordance with a current position of the window.