Patents by Inventor Matthew Steven GEIMER

Matthew Steven GEIMER 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).

  • Automatic acquisition and integration of supplemental software programs
    Patent number: 11797315
    Abstract: A method and system for automatically retrieving and integrating one or more supplemental software programs into at least one of an existing software program may include receiving a request to open a document via the existing software program, retrieving a list of supplemental software programs for the document, the list of supplemental software programs including an identification for each of the supplemental software programs and an application source from which the supplemental software programs can be retrieved, embedding the list of supplemental software programs into a data structure for the document, embedding a program for processing the list of supplemental software programs into a data structure for the document, and transmitting the data structure to a component for processing. The program is configured to retrieve the supplemental software programs from the application source and automatically integrate the supplemental software programs into the data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Steven Geimer, Jiajun Hua, Junyao Lai, Jose Julian Argil Torres, Keyur Rahul Patel
  • AUTOMATIC ACQUISITION AND INTEGRATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL SOFTWARE PROGRAMS
    Publication number: 20220318031
    Abstract: A method and system for automatically retrieving and integrating one or more supplemental software programs into at least one of an existing software program may include receiving a request to open a document via the existing software program, retrieving a list of supplemental software programs for the document, the list of supplemental software programs including an identification for each of the supplemental software programs and an application source from which the supplemental software programs can be retrieved, embedding the list of supplemental software programs into a data structure for the document, embedding a program for processing the list of supplemental software programs into a data structure for the document, and transmitting the data structure to a component for processing. The program is configured to retrieve the supplemental software programs from the application source and automatically integrate the supplemental software programs into the data structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Steven GEIMER, Jiajun HUA, Junyao LAI, Jose Julian ARGIL TORRES, Keyur Rahul PATEL