Patents by Inventor Cedric Dussud

Cedric Dussud has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9239861
    Abstract: Techniques for hierarchy visualization for organizations are described. An apparatus may comprise an information retrieval component and a profile construction component. The information retrieval component may be generally operative to retrieve information regarding a plurality of individuals from a plurality of data repositories. The profile construction component may be generally operative to create a plurality of profiles from the retrieved information, wherein each profile combines information regarding an individual from the plurality of data repositories. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TENCHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Arnott, Jeffrey Kohler, Hazem Abolrous, Bradley Van Ee, Phillip Su, Cedric Dussud
  • Patent number: 8996648
    Abstract: Social networking feed extensibility based on data types is described. An apparatus may comprise a custom feed system that when executed by a processor is operative to customize a social networking feed for a social networking system. The custom feed system may comprise a message reception component operative to receive a message from a client device, a message analysis component operative to determine a message type of the message based on a syntax of the message, and a message display component operative to display the message with a message display style specific to the message type of the message. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anne Archambault, Cedric Dussud, Jeremy Santy, Ellen Steele
  • Publication number: 20130198179
    Abstract: Techniques for hierarchy visualization for organizations are described. An apparatus may comprise an information retrieval component and a profile construction component. The information retrieval component may be generally operative to retrieve information regarding a plurality of individuals from a plurality of data repositories. The profile construction component may be generally operative to create a plurality of profiles from the retrieved information, wherein each profile combines information regarding an individual from the plurality of data repositories. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: ANDREW ARNOTT, JEFFREY KOHLER, HAZEM ABOLROUS, BRADLEY VAN EE, PHILLIP SU, CEDRIC DUSSUD
  • Publication number: 20120143948
    Abstract: Social networking feed extensibility based on data types is described. An apparatus may comprise a custom feed system that when executed by a processor is operative to customize a social networking feed for a social networking system. The custom feed system may comprise a message reception component operative to receive a message from a client device, a message analysis component operative to determine a message type of the message based on a syntax of the message, and a message display component operative to display the message with a message display style specific to the message type of the message. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anne Archambault, Cedric Dussud, Jeremy Santy, Ellen Steele
  • Publication number: 20060259528
    Abstract: A method and system for garbage collecting managed and unmanaged memory that is no longer referenced. The time between allocations is compared with a threshold to determine if the garbage collector needs to collect unused memory. Unmanaged memory referenced by objects in the unused managed memory may be freed during the collection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Cedric Dussud, Yin Xie