Patents by Inventor Chad Mills

Chad Mills 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).

  • Publication number: 20170358036
    Abstract: An Activity Management System, according to particular embodiments, is configured to provide a platform in which viewers may access multimedia content (e.g., one or more videos files, audio files, document files, image files, etc.). The Activity Management System is operable to present viewers with multimedia content where the multimedia content is divided in to segments. While a user is viewing or interacting with multimedia content, the user can provide one or more activities (e.g., comments, questions, replies, reactions, etc.) within a conversation area of a graphical user interface. The Activity Management System is operable to electronically link the activity provided by (e.g., submitted by, or associated with) the user with the particular segment of multimedia content in which the activity was captured by the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Andrew Kimball, Taylor Jones, Chad Mills, Ahmad Aslami, Steve Benfield, Jonathan Cutrell, Taylor Dolan
  • Publication number: 20170358035
    Abstract: An activity Management System, according to particular embodiments, is configured to provide a platform in which viewers may access multimedia content. The system is operable to present viewers with multimedia content where the multimedia content is divided in to segments. While a user is viewing or interacting with multimedia content, the user can submit one or more activities (e.g., comments, questions, replies, or reactions) using a graphical user interface. The system is operable to electronically link the activity provided by (e.g., submitted by, or associated with) the user with the particular segment of multimedia content in which the activity was captured by the system. The system is also configured to determine a sentiment score for particular multimedia content, one or more segments of the multimedia content, a viewer, a group, or an organization. The sentiment score may be related to a general mood (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Steve Benfield, Ahmad Aslami, Taylor Jones, Jonathan Cutrell, Taylor Dolan, Andrew Kimball, Chad Mills
  • Publication number: 20170134376
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a human interactive proof portal 140 may use a biometric input to determine whether a user is a standard user or a malicious actor. The human interactive proof portal 140 may receive an access request 302 for an online data service 122 from a user device 110. The human interactive proof portal 140 may send a proof challenge 304 to the user device 110 for presentation to a user. The human interactive proof portal 140 may receive from the user device 110 a proof response 306 having a biometric metadata description 430 based on a biometric input from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chad Mills, Robert Sim, Scott Lauter, Sung Chung
  • Patent number: 9390245
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a human interactive proof portal 140 may use a biometric input to determine whether a user is a standard user or a malicious actor. The human interactive proof portal 140 may receive an access request 302 for an online data service 122 from a user device 110. The human interactive proof portal 140 may send a proof challenge 304 to the user device 110 for presentation to a user. The human interactive proof portal 140 may receive from the user device 110 a proof response 306 having a biometric metadata description 430 based on a biometric input from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chad Mills, Robert Sim, Scott Laufer, Sung Chung
  • Publication number: 20140039892
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a human interactive proof portal 140 may use a biometric input to determine whether a user is a standard user or a malicious actor. The human interactive proof portal 140 may receive an access request 302 for an online data service 122 from a user device 110. The human interactive proof portal 140 may send a proof challenge 304 to the user device 110 for presentation to a user. The human interactive proof portal 140 may receive from the user device 110 a proof response 306 having a biometric metadata description 430 based on a biometric input from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chad Mills, Robert Sim, Scott Laufer, Sung Chung
  • Patent number: 8370930
    Abstract: Detecting spam from metafeatures of an email message. As a part of detecting spam, the email message is accessed and a distribution of numerical values is accorded to a set of features of the email message. It is determined whether the distribution of numerical values accorded the set of features of the email message is consistent with that of spam. Access is provided to the determination of whether the email message has a distribution of numerical values accorded the set of features that is consistent with that of spam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chad Mills, Ryan Colvin, Kevin Chan, Robert McCann, Aleksander Kolcz
  • Patent number: 8028031
    Abstract: Determining email filtering type based on sender classification. Incoming email is accessed and a sender of the incoming email is identified. The reputation of the sender of the incoming email is determined. An email sender classification is made based on the reputation of the sender. A determination of the type of filtering operations to be performed by an email filter on the email is made based on the classification. The parameters of the type of filtering operations to be performed are determined. The parameters of the type of filtering operations to be performed are provided to the email filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan Colvin, Chad Mills, Robert McCann, Geoff Hulten, Harry Katz, Eriola Kruja, Xin Huang, Joshua Korb
  • Publication number: 20100175103
    Abstract: A method for throttling inbound email messages in an enterprise email system including a plurality of inbound mail servers and at least one management server is provided. Policies defining message event limits for each unique sender are applied to messaging events from the unique sender at each inbound server. Feedback from each of the inbound mail servers to the management server is provided. When events from a unique sender exceed a threshold, as determined by the management server using the feedback, an alert is generated and a new, more restrictive policy for the unique sender is created. The more restrictive policy is broadcast the more restrictive policy to each of the inbound mail servers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jason D. Walter, Eliot C. Gillum, Krishna C. Vitaldevara, Ryan Charles Colvin, Mehrdad Bidgoli, Chad Mills, Joshua David Korb
  • Publication number: 20090327430
    Abstract: Determining email filtering type based on sender classification. Incoming email is accessed and a sender of the incoming email is identified. The reputation of the sender of the incoming email is determined. An email sender classification is made based on the reputation of the sender. A determination of the type of filtering operations to be performed by an email filter on the email is made based on the classification. The parameters of the type of filtering operations to be performed are determined. The parameters of the type of filtering operations to be performed are provided to the email filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryan COLVIN, Chad MILLS, Robert McCANN, Geoff HULTEN, Harry Katz, Eriola KRUJA, Xin HUANG, Joshua KORB
  • Publication number: 20090222917
    Abstract: Detecting spam from metafeatures of an email message. As a part of detecting spam, the email message is accessed and a distribution of numerical values is accorded to a set of features of the email message. It is determined whether the distribution of numerical values accorded the set of features of the email message is consistent with that of spam. Access is provided to the determination of whether the email message has a distribution of numerical values accorded the set of features that is consistent with that of spam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chad Mills, Ryan Colvin, Kevin Chan, Robert McCann, Aleksander Kolcz