Patents by Inventor Dana B. Birkby

Dana B. Birkby 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).

  • Storage model for maintaining structured document fidelity
    Patent number: 8412784
    Abstract: Architecture that introduces storage of an extra (skeleton) property of a document as well as default document properties on a server. In a specific messaging implementation, a MIME skeleton property is stamped on an arriving MIME messages. An incoming MIME message is shredded and all content that is currently saved to MAPI properties continues to be saved. The remaining message content that is not saved to the MAPI properties is stored in the skeleton property. The skeleton property includes all body part headers and any body part content that was not saved as a property on the item by the server. On retrieval of this message by a MIME client, the MIME message is regenerated in full fidelity by using the default set of properties in combination with the skeleton (or extra) property and the stored body content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Dana B. Birkby, Alexey Galata, Naresh Sundaram, Karim M. Batthish, Vinayak Morada
  • STORAGE MODEL FOR MAINTAINING STRUCTURED DOCUMENT FIDELITY
    Publication number: 20100228827
    Abstract: Architecture that introduces storage of an extra (skeleton) property of a document as well as default document properties on a server. In a specific messaging implementation, a MIME skeleton property is stamped on an arriving MIME messages. An incoming MIME message is shredded and all content that is currently saved to MAPI properties continues to be saved. The remaining message content that is not saved to the MAPI properties is stored in the skeleton property. The skeleton property includes all body part headers and any body part content that was not saved as a property on the item by the server. On retrieval of this message by a MIME client, the MIME message is regenerated in full fidelity by using the default set of properties in combination with the skeleton (or extra) property and the stored body content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Dana B. Birkby, Alexey Galata, Naresh Sundaram, Karim M. Batthish, Vinayak Morada