Richard G Mcdowell

US Patent:

7546291, Jun 9, 2009

Filed:

Dec 22, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/317648

Inventors:

Vitore Selca - Seattle WA, US
Christopher W. Bryant - Seattle WA, US
Richard L. Dickinson - Seattle WA, US
Richard Shawn McDowell - North Bend WA, US
Zachary P. Woodall - Issaquah WA, US
Michael J. McCormack - Snohomish WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707 3, 707101, 707102

Abstract:

A user interface is provided that allows users to create queries interactively. The user interface operates by creating a source query (or, for example, SQL commands) for the user while they select fields from a data source. This provides users with an alternative to using conventional designers, wizards, or other tools to manually generate a query.

US Patent:

7734670, Jun 8, 2010

Filed:

Dec 15, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/012866

Inventors:

Suraj T Poozhiyil - Seattle WA, US
Cyrus R Balsara - Sammamish WA, US
Jason A Bould - Bellevue WA, US
Mark H. Lucovsky - Montecito CA, US
Richard Shawn McDowell - North Bend WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707999102, 709206, 715225

Abstract:

A received reply email document enables some action to be effectuated using data included in the email document responsive to field identifiers associated with the data and corresponding to fields of metadata. The associated field identifiers that correspond to known fields of the metadata provide some expectation as to the semantic meaning and/or syntactic constraints of the data to which the field identifiers are associated. In a described implementation, an actionable email documents module creates an email document having blocks that are mapped to fields of metadata. The email document is transmitted to one or more recipients. Each recipient adds data to the blocks so that the data becomes mapped to the fields of the metadata. The recipients return a reply email document having the field-mapped data. Upon receipt, the module can effectuate some action using the field-mapped data responsive to the mappings.

US Patent:

7836100, Nov 16, 2010

Filed:

Oct 26, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/924838

Inventors:

Abigail Elisabeth Short - Redmond WA, US
Daniel J. Cole - Redmond WA, US
Matthew Pohle - Bellevue WA, US
Michael Allen Brotherton - Mooresville NC, US
Vitore Selca - Bellevue WA, US
Sumit Chauhan - Sammamish WA, US
Richard Shawn McDowell - North Bend WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707803, 707809, 707796

Abstract:

Embodiments are provided to calculate and provide information based in part on a defined expression. In an embodiment, a database system can be configured to include a number of calculated columns as part of a database table structure. The database system can be configured to present a calculated result based in part on a determined result type. In one embodiment, a database system can be configured to enable calculated columns to be defined on a table of a database, wherein a component can be used to evaluate an expression associated with a column calculation to determine a proper result type. The proper result type can be stored and used when presenting a result of the calculation. Other embodiments are available.

US Patent:

20100205269, Aug 12, 2010

Filed:

Apr 22, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/765448

Inventors:

Suraj T. Poozhiyil - Seattle WA, US
Cyrus R. Balsara - Sammamish WA, US
Jason A. Bould - Bellevue WA, US
Mark H. Lucovsky - Montecito CA, US
Richard Shawn McDowell - North Bend WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
G06F 17/00
G06F 17/21

US Classification:

709206, 715212

Abstract:

A received reply email document enables some action to be effectuated using data included in the email document responsive to field identifiers associated with the data and corresponding to fields of metadata. The associated field identifiers that correspond to known fields of the metadata provide some expectation as to the semantic meaning and/or syntactic constraints of the data to which the field identifiers are associated. In a described implementation, an actionable email documents module creates an email document having blocks that are mapped to fields of metadata. The email document is transmitted to one or more recipients. Each recipient adds data to the blocks so that the data becomes mapped to the fields of the metadata. The recipients return a reply email document having the field-mapped data. Upon receipt, the module can effectuate some action using the field-mapped data responsive to the mappings.