Patents by Inventor Paul A. Steckler
Paul A. Steckler 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: 11900485Abstract: Making an information retrieval process public, so that it can be followed by others, allows capturing of an interest graph that allows people to learn more about shared interests with other people. This also allows items of interest to a trusted resource (such as an expert) to be identified. These items can then be brought to the attention of other users that share the same interest as the expert. In addition, by keeping track of what particular content a user has already seen, the system can bring items of interest to the user's attention, where the user has not yet seen those items.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: David A. Raskino, Steven W. Ickman, Christopher C. McConnell, Paul A. Steckler, Matthew G. Dyor
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Patent number: 11620719Abstract: Making an information retrieval process public, so that it can be followed by others, allows capturing of an interest graph that allows people to learn more about shared interests with other people. This also allows items of interest to a trusted resource (such as an expert) to be identified. These items can then be brought to the attention of other users that share the same interest as the expert. In addition, by keeping track of what particular content a user has already seen, the system can bring items of interest to the user's attention, where the user has not yet seen those items.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2011Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: David A. Raskino, Steven W. Ickman, Christopher C. McConnell, Paul A. Steckler, Matthew G. Dyor
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Publication number: 20230102834Abstract: Making an information retrieval process public, so that it can be followed by others, allows capturing of an interest graph that allows people to learn more about shared interests with other people. This also allows items of interest to a trusted resource (such as an expert) to be identified. These items can then be brought to the attention of other users that share the same interest as the expert. In addition, by keeping track of what particular content a user has already seen, the system can bring items of interest to the user's attention, where the user has not yet seen those items.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: David A. RASKINO, Steven W. ICKMAN, Christopher C. MCCONNELL, Paul A. STECKLER, Matthew G. DYOR
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Publication number: 20140108960Abstract: Various embodiments provide an ability for users to locate relevant multimedia building blocks for use in adding to posts in a manner which robustly adds to a particular conversation. A thread of conversation can be created across many posts and times. The notion of textual of replies is extended by allowing a multimedia conversation across a series of posts. Multimedia conversation lineages can be tracked and visualized across a series of posts, thus allowing for a non-linear tree of connections among related posts. In addition, an integrated social search engine can be utilized to provide for a shared context for constructing derivative posts.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2012Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Richard Ignacio Zaragoza, Rejeev V. Karunakaran, Steven Wayne Ickman, Paul A. Steckler, William Lawrence Portnoy
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Publication number: 20130066876Abstract: Making an information retrieval process public, so that it can be followed by others, allows capturing of an interest graph that allows people to learn more about shared interests with other people. This also allows items of interest to a trusted resource (such as an expert) to be identified. These items can then be brought to the attention of other users that share the same interest as the expert. In addition, by keeping track of what particular content a user has already seen, the system can bring items of interest to the user's attention, where the user has not yet seen those items.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: David A. Raskino, Steven W. Ickman, Christopher C. McConnell, Paul A. Steckler, Matthew G. Dyor
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Publication number: 20130066700Abstract: A user provides an input to a public stream system indicating that the user desires to conduct a transaction (such as a sale, renting a piece of equipment, etc.). The system identifies a group of other users that may wish to participate in the transaction, and at some point, informs those users of the opportunity to participate in a group transaction. Offers for the group transaction are identified and made available to the users and user acceptance of, and commitment to, the offer is tracked. Incentives can optionally be provided to one or more members of the group.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: William L. Portnoy, Lili Cheng, Paul A. Steckler, David A. Raskino, Matthew G. Dyor
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Patent number: 7613721Abstract: Described is a schema-based notification platform that provides regularized notification handling including user control and normalization of the operation of policies across different information types and contexts. Information-service schemas and services are combined to build a content-sensitive and context-sensitive information service to communicate information to recipient devices of users that subscribe to those services. An information agent service collects the information, and based on various criteria, determines if, when, and how to send and render the information, and to which subscribing client device or devices. The set of schemas include a notification schema that represents the subscription of a service to an information source and details about that information, and a device schema that represents information about user devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2005Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Eric J. Horvitz, Paul A. Steckler, Shaun D. Pierce, Lijiang Fang, Mark H. Lucovsky, Winnie C. Wu
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Patent number: 7613722Abstract: Described is a schema-based notification platform that provides regularized notification handling including user control and normalization of the operation of policies across different information types and contexts. Information-service schemas and services are combined to build a content-sensitive and context-sensitive information service to communicate information to recipient devices of users that subscribe to those services. An information agent service collects the information, and based on various criteria, determines if, when, and how to send and render the information, and to which subscribing client device or devices. The set of schemas include a notification schema that represents the subscription of a service to an information source and details about that information, and a device schema that represents information about user devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2005Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Eric J. Horvitz, Paul A. Steckler, Shaun D. Pierce, Lijiang Fang, Mark H. Lucovsky, Winnie C. Wu
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Patent number: 7613702Abstract: Described is a schema-based notification platform that provides regularized notification handling including user control and normalization of the operation of policies across different information types and contexts. Information-service schemas and services are combined to build a content-sensitive and context-sensitive information service to communicate information to recipient devices of users that subscribe to those services. An information agent service collects the information, and based on various criteria, determines if, when, and how to send and render the information, and to which subscribing client device or devices. The set of schemas include a notification schema that represents the subscription of a service to an information source and details about that information, and a device schema that represents information about user devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2005Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Eric J. Horvitz, Paul A. Steckler, Shaun D. Pierce, Lijiang Fang, Mark H. Lucovsky, Winnie C. Wu
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Patent number: 7548932Abstract: Described is a schema-based notification platform that provides regularized notification handling including user control and normalization of the operation of policies across different information types and contexts. Information-service schemas and services are combined to build a content-sensitive and context-sensitive information service to communicate information to recipient devices of users that subscribe to those services. An information agent service collects the information, and based on various criteria, determines if, when, and how to send and render the information, and to which subscribing client device or devices. The set of schemas include a notification schema that represents the subscription of a service to an information source and details about that information, and a device schema that represents information about user devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2005Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Eric J. Horvitz, Paul A. Steckler, Shaun D. Pierce, Lijiang Fang, Mark H. Lucovsky, Winnie C. Wu
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Patent number: 7206788Abstract: A schema-based device service that provides centralized access to per-user device data, wherein access to the device data is based on each user's identity. The device service includes a schema that defines rules and a structure for each user's data, and also includes methods that provide access to the data in a defined way. The device schema thus corresponds to a logical document containing the data for each user. A service such as a notification/alerts service accesses data in the logical document by data access requests through defined methods, such as in order to customize or modify a notification for a device based on the device characteristics. In one implementation, the device schemas are arranged as XML documents, and the services provide methods that control access to the data based on the requesting user's identification, defined role and scope for that role.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2002Date of Patent: April 17, 2007Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Eric J. Horvitz, Paul A. Steckler, Shaun D. Pierce, Lijiang Fang, Mark H. Lucovsky, Winnie C. Wu, Rhae-Christie Shaw, George M. Moore, John M. Gehlsen, David M. Sauntry
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Publication number: 20060161554Abstract: A schema-based service for Internet access to per-user services data, wherein access to data is based on each user's identity. The service includes a schema that defines rules and a structure for each user's data, and also includes methods that provide access to the data in a defined way. The services schema thus corresponds to a logical document containing the data for each user. The user manipulates (e.g., reads or writes) data in the logical document by data access requests through defined methods. In one implementation, the services schemas are arranged as XML documents, and the services provide methods that control access to the data based on the requesting user's identification, defined role and scope for that role. In this way, data can be accessed by its owner, and shared to an extent determined by the owner.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2006Publication date: July 20, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Mark Lucovsky, Shaun Pierce, Ramu Movva, Jagadeesh Kalki, David Auerbach, Peter Ford, Yun-Qi Yuan, Yi-Wen Guu, Samuel George, William Hoffman, Jay Jacobs, Paul Steckler, Walter Hsueh, Kendall Keil, Burra Gopal, Steven White, Paul Leach, Richard Ward, Philip Smoot, Lijiang Fang, Michael Taylor, Suresh Kannan, Winnie Wu
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Publication number: 20060036642Abstract: Described is a schema-based notification platform that provides regularized notification handling including user control and normalization of the operation of policies across different information types and contexts. Information-service schemas and services are combined to build a content-sensitive and context-sensitive information service to communicate information to recipient devices of users that subscribe to those services. An information agent service collects the information, and based on various criteria, determines if, when, and how to send and render the information, and to which subscribing client device or devices. The set of schemas include a notification schema that represents the subscription of a service to an information source and details about that information, and a device schema that represents information about user devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2005Publication date: February 16, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Eric Horvitz, Paul Steckler, Shaun Pierce, Lijiang Fang, Mark Lucovsky, Winnie Wu
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Patent number: 6980993Abstract: Described is a schema-based notification platform that provides regularized notification handling including user control and normalization of the operation of policies across different information types and contexts. Information-service schemas and services are combined to build a content-sensitive and context-sensitive information service to communicate information to recipient devices of users that subscribe to those services. An information agent service collects the information, and based on various criteria, determines if, when, and how to send and render the information, and to which subscribing client device or devices. The set of schemas include a notification schema that represents the subscription of a service to an information source and details about that information, and a device schema that represents information about user devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2002Date of Patent: December 27, 2005Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Eric J. Horvitz, Paul A. Steckler, Shaun D. Pierce, Lijiang Fang, Mark H. Lucovsky, Winnie C. Wu
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Publication number: 20050278344Abstract: Described is a schema-based notification platform that provides regularized notification handling including user control and normalization of the operation of policies across different information types and contexts. Information-service schemas and services are combined to build a content-sensitive and context-sensitive information service to communicate information to recipient devices of users that subscribe to those services. An information agent service collects the information, and based on various criteria, determines if, when, and how to send and render the information, and to which subscribing client device or devices. The set of schemas include a notification schema that represents the subscription of a service to an information source and details about that information, and a device schema that represents information about user devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2005Publication date: December 15, 2005Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Eric Horvitz, Paul Steckler, Shaun Pierce, Lijiang Fang, Mark Lucovsky, Winnie Wu
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Publication number: 20050278366Abstract: Described is a schema-based notification platform that provides regularized notification handling including user control and normalization of the operation of policies across different information types and contexts. Information-service schemas and services are combined to build a content-sensitive and context-sensitive information service to communicate information to recipient devices of users that subscribe to those services. An information agent service collects the information, and based on various criteria, determines if, when, and how to send and render the information, and to which subscribing client device or devices. The set of schemas include a notification schema that represents the subscription of a service to an information source and details about that information, and a device schema that represents information about user devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2005Publication date: December 15, 2005Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Eric Horvitz, Paul Steckler, Shaun Pierce, Lijiang Fang, Mark Lucovsky, Winnie Wu
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Publication number: 20050273692Abstract: Described is a schema-based notification platform that provides regularized notification handling including user control and normalization of the operation of policies across different information types and contexts. Information-service schemas and services are combined to build a content-sensitive and context-sensitive information service to communicate information to recipient devices of users that subscribe to those services. An information agent service collects the information, and based on various criteria, determines if, when, and how to send and render the information, and to which subscribing client device or devices. The set of schemas include a notification schema that represents the subscription of a service to an information source and details about that information, and a device schema that represents information about user devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2005Publication date: December 8, 2005Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Eric Horvitz, Paul Steckler, Shaun Pierce, Lijiang Fang, Mark Lucovsky, Winnie Wu
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Publication number: 20040024875Abstract: A schema-based device service that provides centralized access to per-user device data, wherein access to the device data is based on each user's identity. The device service includes a schema that defines rules and a structure for each user's data, and also includes methods that provide access to the data in a defined way. The device schema thus corresponds to a logical document containing the data for each user. A service such as a notification/alerts service accesses data in the logical document by data access requests through defined methods, such as in order to customize or modify a notification for a device based on the device characteristics. In one implementation, the device schemas are arranged as XML documents, and the services provide methods that control access to the data based on the requesting user's identification, defined role and scope for that role.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2002Publication date: February 5, 2004Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Eric J. Horvitz, Paul A. Steckler, Shaun D. Pierce, Lijiang Fang, Mark H. Lucovsky, Winnie C. Wu, Rhae-Christie Shaw, George M. Moore, John M. Gehlsen, David M. Sauntry
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Publication number: 20040006564Abstract: A schema-based Categories service for centralized access to per-user categories, wherein access to data is based on each user's identity. The Categories service includes a schema that defines rules and a structure for each user's data, and also includes methods that provide access to the data in a defined way. The Categories schema thus corresponds to a logical document containing the data for each user. The user manipulates (e.g., reads or writes) data in the logical document by data access requests through defined methods. In one implementation, the Categories schemas are arranged to provide XML documents, and the services provide methods that control access to the data based on the requesting user's identification, defined role and scope for that role. In this way, document data can be accessed by its owner, and shared to an extent determined by the owner.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2002Publication date: January 8, 2004Inventors: Mark H. Lucovsky, Christopher C. McConnell, Paul A Steckler
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Publication number: 20030131142Abstract: Described is an information preferences schema for controlling the sending of data to a user, such as a notification, in accordance with the user's information preference settings. The information preference schema provides structure for conditions as to whether a notification will be send to a user, and if so how, such as how a notification sent to a device will alert a user, how a notification sent to a device will be rendered, and an action to take (e.g., send to another device, discard, journal) if a notification sent to a device is not received by the device. An information agent accesses the preference settings when a notification is received to handle the notification in accordance with the preference settings data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2002Publication date: July 10, 2003Inventors: Eric J. Horvitz, Paul A. Steckler, Shaun D. Pierce, Lijiang Fang, Mark H. Lucovsky