Thomas F Bergstraesser

US Patent:

7593958, Sep 22, 2009

Filed:

Feb 11, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/056800

Inventors:

Thomas F. Bergstraesser - Kirkland WA, US
Philip A. Bernstein - Bellevue WA, US
Shankar Pal - Redmond WA, US
David R. Shutt - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

707103Y, 707203, 717170

Abstract:

Maintaining versions and workspaces in an object repository is disclosed. The system provides an efficient way to manage versions of objects by only copying objects when absolutely necessary, i. e. when a property value in a particular object has changed. In addition, the system provides a mechanism to control whether or not relationships are propagated to successor versions of an object. A further aspect of the system is that resolution of objects during a relationship traversal can be customized depending on whether or not an application accessing the objects is version-aware. If the application is not version aware, a means for resolving the relationship to a particular object is provided. A still further aspect of the system is that merge behavior is parameterized. When two versions of an object are merged, flags control how conflicts in property values and relationship contents are managed.

US Patent:

7647522, Jan 12, 2010

Filed:

Dec 20, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/613241

Inventors:

Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer - Mercer Island WA, US
Raymond E. Ozzie - Seattle WA, US
Gary W. Flake - Bellevue WA, US
Thomas F. Bergstraesser - Kirkland WA, US
Arnold N. Blinn - Hunts Point WA, US
Christopher W. Brumme - Mercer Island WA, US
Michael Connolly - Seattle WA, US
Dane A. Glasgow - Medina WA, US
Alexander G. Gounares - Kirkland WA, US
Galen C. Hunt - Bellevue WA, US
James R. Larus - Mercer Island WA, US
Matthew B. MacLaurin - Woodinville WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 11/00

US Classification:

714 3

Abstract:

The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates re-locating a web application associated with a network service utilizing a portion of serialized data. The network service can be any collection of resources that are maintained by a party (e. g. , third-party, off-site, etc. ) and accessible by an identified user over a network (e. g. , WAN, Internet, etc. ). A receiver component can receive a request for initiating and execution of a process that is maintained by the network service. A servicing component can analyze representations of multiple processes within the network service and determines whether to enable initiation and execution of the process based at least in part upon the analysis.

US Patent:

7657493, Feb 2, 2010

Filed:

Dec 20, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/613930

Inventors:

Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer - Mercer Island WA, US
Raymond E. Ozzie - Seattle WA, US
Gary W. Flake - Bellevue WA, US
Thomas F. Bergstraesser - Kirkland WA, US
Arnold N. Blinn - Hunts Point WA, US
Christopher W. Brumme - Mercer Island WA, US
Lili Cheng - Bellevue WA, US
Michael Connolly - Seattle WA, US
Nishant V. Dani - Redmond WA, US
Dane A. Glasgow - Medina WA, US
Daniel S. Glasser - Mercer Island WA, US
Alexander G. Gounares - Kirkland WA, US
James R. Larus - Mercer Island WA, US
Matthew B. MacLaurin - Woodinville WA, US
Debi P. Mishra - Bellevue WA, US
Amit Mital - Kirkland WA, US
Chandramohan A. Thekkath - Palo Alto CA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/18
G06F 17/27
G06F 17/30
G06F 17/15

US Classification:

706 12, 706 61, 707 6, 707 10

Abstract:

Personal data mining mechanisms and methods are employed to identify relevant information that otherwise would likely remain undiscovered. Users supply personal data that can be analyzed in conjunction with data associated with a plurality of other users to provide useful information that can improve business operations and/or quality of life. Personal data can be mined alone or in conjunction with third party data to identify correlations amongst the data and associated users. Applications or services can interact with such data and present it to users in a myriad of manners, for instance as notifications of opportunities.

US Patent:

7672909, Mar 2, 2010

Filed:

Dec 20, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/613779

Inventors:

Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer - Mercer Island WA, US
Raymond E. Ozzie - Seattle WA, US
Gary W. Flake - Bellevue WA, US
Thomas F. Bergstraesser - Kirkland WA, US
Arnold N. Blinn - Hunts Point WA, US
Christopher W. Brumme - Mercer Island WA, US
Lili Cheng - Bellevue WA, US
Michael Connolly - Seattle WA, US
Daniel S. Glasser - Mercer Island WA, US
Alexander G. Gounares - Kirkland WA, US
Matthew B. MacLaurin - Woodinville WA, US
Debi P. Mishra - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/18

US Classification:

706 12, 706 20, 706 21

Abstract:

Systems and methods that recognize items based on aggregated tagging behavior of users regarding the items. Individual users can establish relationships among tagged items and the system analyzes aggregate of such established relationships, to recognize the item and/or infer additional information regarding the items (e. g. , wisdom of crowd such as metadata annotations, relevance ranking, and the like). Subsequently, search engine crawlers can be supplied with such additional information (e. g. , extra metadata for reverse link search tables) to facilitate enterprise management and search.

US Patent:

7689524, Mar 30, 2010

Filed:

Sep 28, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/536488

Inventors:

Raymond E. Ozzie - Seattle WA, US
Gary W. Flake - Bellevue WA, US
Thomas F. Bergstraesser - Kirkland WA, US
Arnold N. Blinn - Hunts Point WA, US
William J. Bolosky - Issaquah WA, US
Christopher W. Brumme - Mercer Island WA, US
Lili Cheng - Bellevue WA, US
Michael Connolly - Seattle WA, US
Dane A. Glasgow - Medina WA, US
Daniel S. Glasser - Mercer Island WA, US
Alexander G. Gounares - Kirkland WA, US
James R. Larus - Mercer Island WA, US
Matthew B. MacLaurin - Woodinville WA, US
Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer - Mercer Island WA, US
Debi P. Mishra - Bellevue WA, US
Amit Mital - Kirkland WA, US
Chandramohan A. Thekkath - Palo Alto CA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/18
G06F 17/00
G06F 5/00
G06F 9/44
G06F 15/16
G06N 7/02
G06N 7/06

US Classification:

706 45, 706 12, 706 52, 709206, 709207

Abstract:

An intelligent personalized agent monitors, regulates, and advises a user in decision-making processes for efficiency or safety concerns. The agent monitors an environment and present characteristics of a user and analyzes such information in view of stored preferences specific to one of multiple profiles of the user. Based on the analysis, the agent can suggest or automatically implement a solution to a given issue or problem. In addition, the agent can identify another potential issue that requires attention and suggests or implements action accordingly. Furthermore, the agent can communicate with other users or devices by providing and acquiring information to assist in future decisions. All aspects of environment observation, decision assistance, and external communication can be flexibly limited or allowed as desired by the user.

US Patent:

7693901, Apr 6, 2010

Filed:

Aug 10, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/200615

Inventors:

Chong I. Ka - Redmond WA, US
Helen Jean Cuncannan - Seattle WA, US
Mackenzie Steele - Bellevue WA, US
Michael P. Gordon - Redmond WA, US
Shailesh Prakash - Redmond WA, US
Thomas F. Bergstraesser - Kirkland WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707723, 707727, 707728

Abstract:

A vertical search engine may rank items based on both the quality of data associated with each item and the popularity of each item. The vertical search engine may access data associated with items from a variety of different sources, including feed sources and crawl sources. Data quality inputs are determined for each item based on the quality of the data associated with each respective item. In addition, popularity inputs are determined for each item based on user interest in each respective item. A global rankings score is then calculated for each item based on the data quality inputs and popularity inputs for each respective item. The global ranking score may be used to order search results for search queries in such a way that items from feed data and items from crawl data may be displayed in a unified manner, rather than being segregated by data source.

US Patent:

7711708, May 4, 2010

Filed:

Aug 13, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/639976

Inventors:

Thomas F. Bergstraesser - Kirkland WA, US
Philip A. Bernstein - Bellevue WA, US
Shankar Pal - Redmond WA, US
David R. Shutt - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707638, 717170, 715229

Abstract:

Maintaining versions and workspaces in an object repository is disclosed. The system provides an efficient way to manage versions of objects by only copying objects when absolutely necessary, i. e. when a property value in a particular object has changed. In addition, the system provides a mechanism to control whether or not relationships are propagated to successor versions of an object. A further aspect of the system is that resolution of objects during a relationship traversal can be customized depending on whether or not an application accessing the objects is version-aware. If the application is not version aware, a means for resolving the relationship to a particular object is provided. A still further aspect of the system is that merge behavior is parameterized. When two versions of an object are merged, flags control how conflicts in property values and relationship contents are managed.

US Patent:

7716150, May 11, 2010

Filed:

Sep 28, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/536462

Inventors:

Lili Cheng - Bellevue WA, US
Gary W. Flake - Bellevue WA, US
Alexander G. Gounares - Kirkland WA, US
James R. Larus - Mercer Island WA, US
Matthew B. MacLaurin - Woodinville WA, US
Raymond E. Ozzie - Seattle WA, US
Thomas F. Bergstraesser - Kirkland WA, US
Arnold N. Blinn - Hunts Point WA, US
Christopher W. Brumme - Mercer Island WA, US
Michael Connolly - Seattle WA, US
Daniel S. Glasser - Mercer Island WA, US
Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer - Mercer Island WA, US
Debi P. Mishra - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00
G06N 5/00

US Classification:

706 45

Abstract:

Systems and methods that analyze aggregated tagging behavior of users, and evaluate such tagging trends to identify criteria for taxonomy applications. Initially, existence of a possible trend of tagging data based on collective user behavior is determined. Subsequently, tagging trends can be examined to identify that a predetermined convergence criteria has in fact been met, and/or establish such criteria for taxonomy applications. Machine learning systems (implicitly as well as explicitly trained) can be supplied to facilitate determining the trends and the convergence criteria.