Patents by Inventor Mark E. Hickling

Mark E. Hickling 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: 7383203
    Abstract: The present invention is embodied in a system and method for enabling a user to quickly access personalized data specifically created and updated for the user with network tracking techniques. The tracking techniques provide quick and accurate location and updating of previously generated data associated with a particular user. New and updated data related to the previously generated data and specific to the particular user is regenerated so that the personalized data is automatically and dynamically updated in response to trackable remote user input. Also, portions of the data can be displayed as interactive data with client side processing. This allows real time interaction and manipulation of the personalized data values. Namely, the user can dynamically compute and generate personalized results from a remote location by interacting with displayed data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adam M. Feldstein, Scott W. Semyan, Mark E. Hickling
  • Patent number: 6877015
    Abstract: The present invention is embodied in a system and method for dynamically adjusting data values in response to remote user input to provide the remote user with real time interaction of the data values. First, a user requests information from a remote computer and then results of the requested information are collected at a host computer. Second, the results of the request are transmitted in a hidden format from the host to the remote computer. Third, the results are remotely processed in response to user input. Last, the processed results are dynamically displayed. Client-side processing is preferably used instead of server-side processing to enable the user to quickly access and adjust information dynamically and in real time without server delays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin F. Kilgore, Steven D. Lamb, Loren K. Imes, Mark E. Hickling