Patents by Inventor Patrick Tousignant
Patrick Tousignant 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: 9323780Abstract: Embodiments are directed to implementing locale-based sorting and to creating temporary metadata sorting values. In one scenario, a computer system sends a request for a contact list, where the request includes an indication of the user's locale. The contact list includes contact information for contacts of a specified user. The computer system receives the requested contact list, which includes various portions of appended, locale-specific sorting metadata for at least one of the user's contacts' fields. The computer system then sorts the contacts of the contact list according to the selected sorting criterion using the sorting metadata, where the sorting metadata includes a sorting order specific to the user's locale. After the contacts are sorted, the computer system presents the sorted contacts to the user in a user interface.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2013Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: David Schwartz, Patrick Tousignant
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Publication number: 20160099995Abstract: A cloud service stores and aggregates content that is obtained from different content sources using different protocols. For example, the content may include electronic messages, calendar information, contacts, social network content, feed data, search results, and the like. The cloud service aggregates content for each user based on the user's configuration settings. The cloud service may perform processing on the aggregated content before it is delivered and displayed to the user on the client device. For example, one or more views may be generated and stored by the cloud service before the view is requested from the client. Changes made to the aggregated content on the client may be synchronized with the content source. Searches may be made across all or a portion of the different content sources that are aggregated for a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2015Publication date: April 7, 2016Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jonathan LeCroy, Gurashish Brar, Joe Yap, Victor Wang, Umut Alev, Vamsi Kanamaluru, Dmitri Gavrilov, Tali Roth, Aditi Desai, Mike Borysenko, Ethan Bernstein, Patrick Tousignant, Fernando Garcia
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Patent number: 9268833Abstract: A synchronization window for synchronizing data for a calendar in a client calendar data store on a calendar data client computer system with data for the calendar in a server calendar data store on a calendar data server computer system can be calculated using a current time. A request for synchronization data for calendar items for the calendar with calendar times that are within the synchronization window can be sent to the calendar data server. One or more responses to the request can be received from the calendar data server. The response(s) can include received records for calendar items that are at least partially within the synchronization window. The received records can include a master record of a recurring calendar item and an instance record of an occurrence of the recurring calendar item. The received records for the calendar items can be incorporated in the client calendar data store.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2012Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Sina Hakami, Juan V. Esteve Balducci, Patrick Tousignant
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Patent number: 9219776Abstract: A cloud service stores and aggregates content that is obtained from different content sources using different protocols. For example, the content may include electronic messages, calendar information, contacts, social network content, feed data, search results, and the like. The cloud service aggregates content for each user based on the user's configuration settings. The cloud service may perform processing on the aggregated content before it is delivered and displayed to the user on the client device. For example, one or more views may be generated and stored by the cloud service before the view is requested from the client. Changes made to the aggregated content on the client may be synchronized with the content source. Searches may be made across all or a portion of the different content sources that are aggregated for a user.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2013Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jonathan LeCroy, Gurashish Brar, Joe Yap, Victor Wang, Umut Alev, Vamsi Kanamaluru, Dmitri Gavrilov, Tali Roth, Aditi Desai, Mike Borysenko, Ethan Bernstein, Patrick Tousignant, Fernando Garcia
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Publication number: 20150207681Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for enforcing device settings for mobile devices. Generally, a computer system enforces appropriate mobile device settings (e.g., policy and/or configuration settings) prior to permitting a mobile device to access maintained data. The computer system receives a request from a mobile device. The computer system determines that current mobile device settings are not appropriate for accessing the maintained data. The computer system sends device settings, representing a new mobile device configuration that is appropriate accessing the maintained data, to the mobile device. The computer system receives an indication that the mobile device is configured in accordance with the device settings. The computer system permits the mobile device to access the maintained data in response to receiving the indication that the mobile device is configured in accordance with the device settings.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2015Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: David P. Limont, John Allen Atwood, Massimiliano Ciccotosto, Omar Aftab, Patrick Tousignant, Selvaraj Nalliah, Zhidong Yang
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Patent number: 9014673Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for enforcing device settings for mobile devices. Generally, a computer system enforces appropriate mobile device settings (e.g., policy and/or configuration settings) prior to permitting a mobile device to access maintained data. The computer system receives a request from a mobile device. The computer system determines that current mobile device settings are not appropriate for accessing the maintained data. The computer system sends device settings, representing a new mobile device configuration that is appropriate accessing the maintained data, to the mobile device. The computer system receives an indication that the mobile device is configured in accordance with the device settings. The computer system permits the mobile device to access the maintained data in response to receiving the indication that the mobile device is configured in accordance with the device settings.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2013Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: David P. Limont, John Allen Atwood, Massimiliano Ciccotosto, Omar Aftab, Patrick Tousignant, Selvaraj Nalliah, Zhidong Yang
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Publication number: 20150074753Abstract: Described herein are embodiments for managing policies of a mobile device. In embodiments, a mobile device receives policy containers from a plurality of disparate management agents. Each policy container has one or more policies. Each policy corresponds to a particular category that governs various aspects of the device. The policies described herein may be device wide policies corresponding to various features on the device. The policies may also be data specific policies which dictate how data is stored on and transferred to and from the device. Once the policies are received, a determination is made as to which policy in each category is the most secure policy. The most secure policy for each category is merged to create a global policy that is applied to the mobile device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Juan V. Esteve Balducci, Michael K. Higashi, David Paul Limont, John Allen Atwood, Burhan Ateeq, Patrick Tousignant
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Patent number: 8931033Abstract: Described herein are embodiments for managing policies of a mobile device. In embodiments, a mobile device receives policy containers from a plurality of disparate management agents. Each policy container has one or more policies. Each policy corresponds to a particular category that governs various aspects of the device. The policies described herein may be device wide policies corresponding to various features on the device. The policies may also be data specific policies which dictate how data is stored on and transferred to and from the device. Once the policies are received, a determination is made as to which policy in each category is the most secure policy. The most secure policy for each category is merged to create a global policy that is applied to the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2008Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Juan V. Esteve Balducci, Michael K. Higashi, David Paul Limont, John Allen Atwood, Burhan Ateeq, Patrick Tousignant
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Publication number: 20140379851Abstract: A cloud service stores and aggregates content that is obtained from different content sources using different protocols. For example, the content may include electronic messages, calendar information, contacts, social network content, feed data, search results, and the like. The cloud service aggregates content for each user based on the user's configuration settings. The cloud service may perform processing on the aggregated content before it is delivered and displayed to the user on the client device. For example, one or more views may be generated and stored by the cloud service before the view is requested from the client. Changes made to the aggregated content on the client may be synchronized with the content source. Searches may be made across all or a portion of the different content sources that are aggregated for a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2013Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: Jonathan LeCroy, Gurashish Brar, Joe Yap, Victor Wang, Umut Alev, Vamsi Kanamaluru, Dmitri Gavrilov, Tali Roth, Aditi Desai, Mike Borysenko, Ethan Bernstein, Patrick Tousignant, Fernando Garcia
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Publication number: 20140280244Abstract: Embodiments are directed to implementing locale-based sorting and to creating temporary metadata sorting values. In one scenario, a computer system sends a request for a contact list, where the request includes an indication of the user's locale. The contact list includes contact information for contacts of a specified user. The computer system receives the requested contact list, which includes various portions of appended, locale-specific sorting metadata for at least one of the user's contacts' fields. The computer system then sorts the contacts of the contact list according to the selected sorting criterion using the sorting metadata, where the sorting metadata includes a sorting order specific to the user's locale. After the contacts are sorted, the computer system presents the sorted contacts to the user in a user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: David Schwartz, Patrick Tousignant
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Publication number: 20140156597Abstract: A synchronization window for synchronizing data for a calendar in a client calendar data store on a calendar data client computer system with data for the calendar in a server calendar data store on a calendar data server computer system can be calculated using a current time. A request for synchronization data for calendar items for the calendar with calendar times that are within the synchronization window can be sent to the calendar data server. One or more responses to the request can be received from the calendar data server. The response(s) can include received records for calendar items that are at least partially within the synchronization window. The received records can include a master record of a recurring calendar item and an instance record of an occurrence of the recurring calendar item. The received records for the calendar items can be incorporated in the client calendar data store.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2012Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Sina Hakami, Juan V. Esteve Balducci, Patrick Tousignant
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Publication number: 20140149560Abstract: Various techniques of time zone conversion are disclosed in this application. For example, in one embodiment, a computing device can include a synchronizer configured to receive a set of time zone rules from a server. The set of time zone rules individually including a time zone identifier, a start date, and a time offset from a standard time beginning from the start date. The computing device can also include a converter operatively coupled to the synchronizer. The converter is configured to selectively convert time zone sensitive data received at or stored on the computing device to a target time zone based on the set of time zone rules.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2012Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Sina Hakami, Patrick Tousignant, Juan Esteve Balducci, Fabio Pintos, Tom Millett
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Publication number: 20140089475Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for enforcing device settings for mobile devices. Generally, a computer system enforces appropriate mobile device settings (e.g., policy and/or configuration settings) prior to permitting a mobile device to access maintained data. The computer system receives a request from a mobile device. The computer system determines that current mobile device settings are not appropriate for accessing the maintained data. The computer system sends device settings, representing a new mobile device configuration that is appropriate accessing the maintained data, to the mobile device. The computer system receives an indication that the mobile device is configured in accordance with the device settings. The computer system permits the mobile device to access the maintained data in response to receiving the indication that the mobile device is configured in accordance with the device settings.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: David P. Limont, John Allen Atwood, Massimiliano Ciccotosto, Omar Aftab, Patrick Tousignant, Selvaraj Nalliah, Zhidong Yang
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Patent number: 8626128Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for enforcing device settings for mobile devices. Generally, a computer system enforces appropriate mobile device settings (e.g., policy and/or configuration settings) prior to permitting a mobile device to access maintained data. The computer system receives a request from a mobile device. The computer system determines that current mobile device settings are not appropriate for accessing the maintained data. The computer system sends device settings, representing a new mobile device configuration that is appropriate accessing the maintained data, to the mobile device. The computer system receives an indication that the mobile device is configured in accordance with the device settings. The computer system permits the mobile device to access the maintained data in response to receiving the indication that the mobile device is configured in accordance with the device settings.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2011Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: David P. Limont, John Allen Atwood, Massimiliano Ciccotosto, Omar Aftab, Patrick Tousignant, Selvaraj Nalliah, Zhidong Yang
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Publication number: 20130332547Abstract: Web-based email systems are enabled to synchronize conversations and conversation properties. Conversations are enumerated to new clients providing folder-specific and global conversation information. After receiving the initial conversation information, clients maintain a conversation state, which is used in updating clients from a web service store through a conversation synchronization command employing an internal application programming interface within the email service.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2013Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Patrick Tousignant, Manish Garg, Sridhar Sundararaman
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Patent number: 8533275Abstract: Web-based email systems are enabled to synchronize conversations and conversation properties. Conversations are enumerated to new clients providing folder-specific and global conversation information. After receiving the initial conversation information, clients maintain a conversation state, which is used in updating clients from a web service store through a conversation synchronization command employing an internal application programming interface within the email service.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2011Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Patrick Tousignant, Manish Garg, Sridhar Sundararaman
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Patent number: 8499052Abstract: In embodiments, mobile devices request and utilize recipient caches. Recipient caches store information regarding previous recipients of communications. The information on recipients includes when the recipient was last contacted and the frequency with which a recipient is contacted. In embodiments, a mobile device requests a recipient cache from a server. When a user types a string of text, the mobile device then uses the recipient cache as well as the contacts and emails on the mobile device and resolves a recipient list. In other embodiments, a recipient cache on a server is updated when a mobile device sends a message with new recipient information. In another embodiment, a server resolves conflicting messages by using recipient information.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2012Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Patrick Tousignant, Selvaraj Nalliah, Shivakumar Seetharaman, Salman Zafar, John Allen Atwood, Gregory Bolles, Juan Vicente Esteve Balducci, Kevin Resnick
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Publication number: 20130046836Abstract: Web-based email systems are enabled to synchronize conversations and conversation properties. Conversations are enumerated to new clients providing folder-specific and global conversation information. After receiving the initial conversation information, clients maintain a conversation state, which is used in updating clients from a web service store through a conversation synchronization command employing an internal application programming interface within the email service.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2011Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Patrick Tousignant, Manish Garg, Sridhar Sundararaman
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Publication number: 20120258687Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for enforcing device settings for mobile devices. Generally, a computer system enforces appropriate mobile device settings (e.g., policy and/or configuration settings) prior to permitting a mobile device to access maintained data. The computer system receives a request from a mobile device. The computer system determines that current mobile device settings are not appropriate for accessing the maintained data. The computer system sends device settings, representing a new mobile device configuration that is appropriate accessing the maintained data, to the mobile device. The computer system receives an indication that the mobile device is configured in accordance with the device settings. The computer system permits the mobile device to access the maintained data in response to receiving the indication that the mobile device is configured in accordance with the device settings.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2011Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: David P. Limont, John Allen Atwood, Massimiliano Ciccotosto, Omar Aftab, Patrick Tousignant, Selvaraj Nalliah, Zhidong Yang
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Publication number: 20120150983Abstract: In embodiments, mobile devices request and utilize recipient caches. Recipient caches store information regarding previous recipients of communications. The information on recipients includes when the recipient was last contacted and the frequency with which a recipient is contacted. In embodiments, a mobile device requests a recipient cache from a server. When a user types a string of text, the mobile device then uses the recipient cache as well as the contacts and emails on the mobile device and resolves a recipient list. In other embodiments, a recipient cache on a server is updated when a mobile device sends a message with new recipient information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2012Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Patrick Tousignant, Selvaraj Nalliah, Shivakumar Seetharaman, Salman Zafar, John Allen Atwood, Gregory Bolles, Juan Vicente Esteve Balducci, Kevin Resnick