Patents by Inventor John D. Fan
John D. Fan 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).
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Patent number: 11553030Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system configured to implement a service worker capable of serving multiple single page applications (SPAs) that are hosted in the same uniform resource locator (URL) space (e.g., a domain within which the SPAs are hosted). Accordingly, the defined scope of the service worker is no longer bound by only one SPA, but rather by a root directory of a web site that hosts multiple SPAs. Since the service worker described herein serves multiple SPAs, the service worker implements an approach to ensure that a correct application controller corresponding to the SPA that hosts a URL is invoked. To do this, the service worker is configured to leverage a router and a routing table to associate a URL included in a request from a browser with the correct application controller corresponding to the SPA that hosts the URL for which the request is sent.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Aninda Ray, Dennis Joel David Myren, Isha Verma, Zhi Liu, Zhenguang Chen, John D. Fan
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Publication number: 20210377332Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system configured to implement a service worker capable of serving multiple single page applications (SPAs) that are hosted in the same uniform resource locator (URL) space (e.g., a domain within which the SPAs are hosted). Accordingly, the defined scope of the service worker is no longer bound by only one SPA, but rather by a root directory of a web site that hosts multiple SPAs. Since the service worker described herein serves multiple SPAs, the service worker implements an approach to ensure that a correct application controller corresponding to the SPA that hosts a URL is invoked. To do this, the service worker is configured to leverage a router and a routing table to associate a URL included in a request from a browser with the correct application controller corresponding to the SPA that hosts the URL for which the request is sent.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2020Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Aninda RAY, Dennis Joel David MYREN, Isha VERMA, Zhi LIU, Zhenguang CHEN, John D. FAN
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Patent number: 11016869Abstract: Collected usage information relating to interaction with content is integrated with operation of a system, such as a content management system. The usage information is collected in response to occurrences of usage events. A user may create, configure and define the usage events according to their needs. The user may also configure/define different values that are associated with the different events. For example, a user may specify: when to count a view (e.g. unique user view or each view); what period of time to collect counts; aggregation of counts (e.g. tenant, site, collection); a weighting for the event; a trim value; when to provide the parameter to a search index of the system such that the value is considered by the search engine of the system; whether or not a parameter is configurable by other users, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Adrian Fanaru, Darrin Hatakeda, Gunnar Ljosdahl Rasmussen, Krister Mikalsen, Dag Steinnes Eidesen, Rune Devik, John D. Fan
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Patent number: 10693947Abstract: The present disclosure provides for improved computational efficiency in systems used to provide content over a network. Hybrid content sourcing is enabled to provide content via a Content Distribution System (CDN) and a centralized service in conjunction with one another via a single URL provided to client devices. Client devices are provided with expiration tokens, which are used to authorize the CDN to request and serve the content to the client devices with the security inherent to the centralized service. Tenants are thereby enabled to use the CDN as an available source via a single Uniform Resource Locator provided to clients with greater security than public CDNs.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Yauhen Shnitko, John D. Fan, Victor Magidson
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Publication number: 20190347182Abstract: Collected usage information relating to interaction with content is integrated with operation of a system, such as a content management system. The usage information is collected in response to occurrences of usage events. A user may create, configure and define the usage events according to their needs. The user may also configure/define different values that are associated with the different events. For example, a user may specify: when to count a view (e.g. unique user view or each view); what period of time to collect counts; aggregation of counts (e.g. tenant, site, collection); a weighting for the event; a trim value; when to provide the parameter to a search index of the system such that the value is considered by the search engine of the system; whether or not a parameter is configurable by other users, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Adrian Fanaru, Darrin Hatakeda, Gunnar Ljosdahl Rasmussen, Krister Mikalsen, Dag Steinnes Eidesen, Rune Devik, John D. Fan
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Patent number: 10402299Abstract: Collected usage information relating to interaction with content is integrated with operation of a system, such as a content management system. The usage information is collected in response to occurrences of usage events. A user may create, configure and define the usage events according to their needs. The user may also configure/define different values that are associated with the different events. For example, a user may specify: when to count a view (e.g. unique user view or each view); what period of time to collect counts; aggregation of counts (e.g. tenant, site, collection); a weighting for the event; a trim value; when to provide the parameter to a search index of the system such that the value is considered by the search engine of the system; whether or not a parameter is configurable by other users, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2011Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Adrian Fanaru, Darrin Hatakeda, Gunnar Ljosdahl Rasmussen, Krister Mikalsen, Dag Steinnes Eidesen, Rune Devik, John D. Fan
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Patent number: 10089311Abstract: Search results returned by ad hoc queries integrate search results with usage analytics calculated from collected usage information for a system, such as a content management system. In response to receiving a query, the query is submitted to the system to obtain search results. Information from the usage analytics is integrated with the obtained search results. A search index of the system may include all/portion of the usage analytics such that the obtained results from the system may already be integrated with the usage analytics. The system is configurable such that users of the system may configure the usage events that are used to collect the usage information. The users may also configure parameters relating to the usage events and when/how the collected information is stored. The usage analytics may also be used to filter, collapse and boost different items in the search results.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Dag Steinnes Eidesen, Adrian Fanaru, Darrin Hatakeda, John D. Fan, Vegar Wang, Krister Mikalsen, Magnus Mortensen
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Patent number: 9996618Abstract: Technologies are described herein for locating relevant content items across multiple disparate content sources. Query parameters are received from a user interface for defining a query for searching a number of content sources located on multiple, disparate content servers. A native search is executed on each of the content servers based on the received query parameters, and query statistics and other data regarding content items in the content sources matching the query parameters are received. The query statistics are aggregated across the content servers and presented in the user interface. The presentation of the query statistics may be broken out by each content source, by each query phrase segmented from the query, and the like. In addition, a preview of a number of content items matching the query parameters is presented based on the data received.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Bradley Stevenson, Adam David Harmetz, Quentin Gary Christensen, Julian Zbogar Smith, Anupama Janardhan, Carlos David Argott Hernandez, Ramanathan Somasundaram, Benjamin Joseph Rinaca, Fan Mao, Graham Lee McMynn, Jessica Anne Alspaugh, Michal Piaseczny, Tudor Baraboi, Ashish Shrikrishna Malgi, Thottam R. Sriram, Zainal Arifin, John D. Fan, Kameshwar Jayaraman
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Publication number: 20180077222Abstract: The present disclosure provides for improved computational efficiency in systems used to provide content over a network. Hybrid content sourcing is enabled to provide content via a Content Distribution System (CDN) and a centralized service in conjunction with one another via a single URL provided to client devices. Client devices are provided with expiration tokens, which are used to authorize the CDN to request and serve the content to the client devices with the security inherent to the centralized service. Tenants are thereby enabled to use the CDN as an available source via a single Uniform Resource Locator provided to clients with greater security than public CDNs.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Yauhen Shnitko, John D. Fan, Victor Magidson
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Patent number: 9817898Abstract: Technologies are described herein for locating relevant content items across multiple disparate content sources. Query parameters are received from a user interface for defining a query for searching a number of content sources located on multiple, disparate content servers. A native search is executed on each of the content servers based on the received query parameters, and query statistics and other data regarding content items in the content sources matching the query parameters are received. The query statistics are aggregated across the content servers and presented in the user interface. The presentation of the query statistics may be broken out by each content source, by each query phrase segmented from the query, and the like. In addition, a preview of a number of content items matching the query parameters is presented based on the data received.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2011Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Bradley Stevenson, Adam David Harmetz, Quentin Gary Christensen, Julian Zbogar Smith, Anupama Janardhan, Carlos David Argott Hernandez, Ramanathan Somasundaram, Benjamin Joseph Rinaca, Fan Mao, Graham Lee McMynn, Jessica Anne Alspaugh, Michal Piaseczny, Tudor Baraboi, Ashish Shrikrishna Malgi, Thottam R. Sriram, Zainal Arifin, John D. Fan, Kameshwar Jayaraman
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Publication number: 20170032039Abstract: Technologies are described herein for locating relevant content items across multiple disparate content sources. Query parameters are received from a user interface for defining a query for searching a number of content sources located on multiple, disparate content servers. A native search is executed on each of the content servers based on the received query parameters, and query statistics and other data regarding content items in the content sources matching the query parameters are received. The query statistics are aggregated across the content servers and presented in the user interface. The presentation of the query statistics may be broken out by each content source, by each query phrase segmented from the query, and the like. In addition, a preview of a number of content items matching the query parameters is presented based on the data received.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2016Publication date: February 2, 2017Inventors: Bradley Stevenson, Adam David Harmetz, Quentin Gary Christensen, Julian Zbogar Smith, Anupama Janardhan, Carlos David Argott Hernandez, Ramanathan Somasundaram, Benjamin Joseph Rinaca, Fan Mao, Graham Lee McMynn, Jessica Anne Alspaugh, Michal Piaseczny, Tudor Baraboi, Ashish Shrikrishna Malgi, Thottam R. Sriram, Zainal Arifin, John D. Fan, Kameshwar Jayaraman
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Patent number: 9466065Abstract: Usage information relating to interaction with content is integrated with operation of a system, such as a content management system. The usage information is collected, stored and provided to the system. The usage information may be integrated with the operation of the system in many different ways (e.g. recommendations for other content, most viewed content, most “liked” content, content viewed by a type of user, and the like). The usage information may also be used to adjust different operations of the service. For example, the usage information may be used to adjust: a retention time of content (e.g. don't delete a recently viewed document), a crawl policy of content; a backup policy of content; restore schedules; identification of storage tier levels; and the like.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2011Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Darrin Hatakeda, Gunnar Ljosdahl Rasmussen, Krister Mikalsen, Dag Steinnes Eidesen, John D. Fan, Adrian Fanaru
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Publication number: 20160140139Abstract: A mount point folder in a collaborative service library may reference contents of a mounted folder that resides elsewhere and includes actual files. File operations may be performed on files inside the mounted folder that may actually live across domains and changes to the contents of either folder may appear in the other. The mount point folder may be represented on the server as a file with .url extensions but in the client user experience, it may be represented as a folder. Mount point folders may be created at a root of a document library or within any other folder of the document library.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2014Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventors: Melissa Torres, Zhenguang Chen, Carlos Perez, Qinjia Hackett, John D. Fan, William David Taylor, Shilong Yao, Trung Duc Nguyen, David Harrison Goff, Dana Zircher, John L. DeMaris
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Publication number: 20160103832Abstract: Search results returned by ad hoc queries integrate search results with usage analytics calculated from collected usage information for a system, such as a content management system. In response to receiving a query, the query is submitted to the system to obtain search results. Information from the usage analytics is integrated with the obtained search results. A search index of the system may include all/portion of the usage analytics such that the obtained results from the system may already be integrated with the usage analytics. The system is configurable such that users of the system may configure the usage events that are used to collect the usage information. The users may also configure parameters relating to the usage events and when/how the collected information is stored. The usage analytics may also be used to filter, collapse and boost different items in the search results.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2015Publication date: April 14, 2016Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Dag Steinnes Eidesen, Adrian Fanaru, Darrin Hatakeda, John D. Fan, Vegar Wang, Krister Mikalsen, Magnus Mortensen
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Patent number: 9218417Abstract: Search results returned by ad hoc queries integrate search results with usage analytics calculated from collected usage information for a system, such as a content management system. In response to receiving a query, the query is submitted to the system to obtain search results. Information from the usage analytics is integrated with the obtained search results. A search index of the system may include all/portion of the usage analytics such that the obtained results from the system may already be integrated with the usage analytics. The system is configurable such that users of the system may configure the usage events that are used to collect the usage information. The users may also configure parameters relating to the usage events and when/how the collected information is stored. The usage analytics may also be used to filter, collapse and boost different items in the search results.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2011Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Dag Steinnes Eidesen, Adrian Fanaru, Darrin Hatakeda, John D. Fan, Vegar Wang, Krister Mikalsen, Magnus Mortensen
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Patent number: 8788463Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques of managing electronic documents as electronic records that do not require moving the electronic documents to a different repository. As described herein, an electronic document is stored at a first repository prior to a time when the electronic document is declared to be an electronic record. An administrator is able to configure a document management system (DMS) to manage the electronic document as an electronic record after the electronic document is declared to be an electronic record. In addition, the administrator is able to configure the DMS to store a copy of the electronic document at a second repository after the electronic document is declared to be an electronic record and to manage the copy of the electronic document as an electronic record.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2008Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Dustin Friesenhahn, Sterling J. Crockett, John D. Fan, Adam Harmetz, Savitha Krishnamoorthy
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Publication number: 20130297576Abstract: Technologies are described herein for providing efficient in-place preservation of content in multiple, disparate content sources without disrupting end-users' access to the content or content sources. A preservation request comprising a specification of a content source and a filter specification is received and the content source is marked as “on hold.” If a content item in the content source is modified or deleted, a copy of the current version of the content item is placed in a preservation storage area. A trim job may be run periodically that removes content items from the preservation storage area that do not match the filter specification.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2012Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Quentin Gary Christensen, Michal Piaseczny, John D. Fan, Julian Zbogar Smith, Benjamin Joseph Rinaca, Ramanathan Somasundaram, Graham Lee McMynn, Adam David Harmetz, Jessica Anne Alspaugh, Bradley Stevenson, Sridharan Ramanathan, Tudor Baraboi, Thottam R. Sriram, Zainal Arifin, Yingtao Dong, Sarosh Anwar, Anupama Janardhan, Ashish Shrikrishna Malgi, Khoj M. Ladha
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Publication number: 20130124552Abstract: Technologies are described herein for locating relevant content items across multiple disparate content sources. Query parameters are received from a user interface for defining a query for searching a number of content sources located on multiple, disparate content servers. A native search is executed on each of the content servers based on the received query parameters, and query statistics and other data regarding content items in the content sources matching the query parameters are received. The query statistics are aggregated across the content servers and presented in the user interface. The presentation of the query statistics may be broken out by each content source, by each query phrase segmented from the query, and the like. In addition, a preview of a number of content items matching the query parameters is presented based on the data received.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Bradley Stevenson, Adam David Harmetz, Quentin Gary Christensen, Julian Zbogar Smith, Anupama Janardhan, Carlos David Argott Hernandez, Ramanathan Somasundaram, Benjamin Joseph Rinaca, Fan Mao, Graham Lee McMynn, Jessica Anne Alspaugh, Michal Piaseczny, Tudor Baraboi, Ashish Shrikrishna Malgi, Thottam R. Sriram, Zainal Arifin, John D. Fan, Kameshwar Jayaraman
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Publication number: 20130124562Abstract: Technologies are described herein for exporting content items from multiple disparate content sources to a single repository. Query parameters are received for locating content items hosted by one or more content servers of different types for export. Native search queries are generated for each content server from the query parameters and are executed on each content server. An export manifest listing the content items for export is built from query results received from the content servers. Each content item listed in the export manifest is then retrieved from the corresponding content server and stored in a single export repository.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Quentin Gary Christensen, Adam David Harmetz, Ryan Thomas Wilhelm, Julian Zbogar Smith, Yingtao Dong, John D. Fan, Thottam R. Sriram, Radhakrishnan Sundaresan, Anupama Janardhan, Graham Lee McMynn, Ramanathan Somasundaram, Jessica Anne Alspaugh, Bradley Stevenson
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Publication number: 20130117218Abstract: An electronic discovery (eDiscovery) application is used in managing an electronic discovery process across different electronic data sources using a central interface. The eDiscovery application assists in managing: authentication support for the different data sources; accessing the different data sources; placing holds on content across the different data sources; searching and filtering content across the different data sources; gathering data across the data sources; and the like. The eDiscovery application may be configured as an application on premise, a cloud based service and/or a combination of a cloud based service and an application.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: John D. Fan, Adam David Harmetz, Sridharan Venkatramani Ramanathan, Julian Zbogar-Smith, Thottam R. Sriram, Zainal Arifin, Anupama Janardhan, Ramanathan Somasundaram, Jessica Anne Alspaugh, Bradley Stevenson, Michal Piaseczny, Quentin Christensen