Patents by Inventor Jeff Staiman

Jeff Staiman 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: 8694895
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein generally relate to systems and methods for providing human interaction with a business application from an email client. To complete a business process, individuals often must provide information to a business application. However, it may be difficult for the individual to interact with the application if the user is not familiar with the application's user interface (UI) or if it is necessary to navigate to the application's UI. Accordingly, it may be more efficient to interact with the application using a UI within an email client. User input for an automated business process can be submitted from a general-purpose email client. Benefits from such include providing input to a business application while working within the familiar email interface; not needing to switch contexts to complete work for the application; and completing work for the application while being offline or having limited corporate network connectivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence Sanchez, Jeff Staiman, Zoltan Pekic
  • Publication number: 20080189622
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein generally relate to systems and methods for providing human interaction with a business application from an email client. To complete a business process, individuals often must provide information to a business application. However, it may be difficult for the individual to interact with the application if the user is not familiar with the application's user interface (UI) or if it is necessary to navigate to the application's UI. Accordingly, it may be more efficient to interact with the application using a UI within an email client. User input for an automated business process can be submitted from a general-purpose email client. Benefits from such include providing input to a business application while working within the familiar email interface; not needing to switch contexts to complete work for the application; and completing work for the application while being offline or having limited corporate network connectivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence Sanchez, Jeff Staiman, Zoltan Pekic