Patents by Inventor Roy Hirst

Roy Hirst 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: 7987170
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and methodology to facilitate automated retrieval and classification of information. A system and associated methods are provided that facilitate generation of code and/or documents. The system includes a component that receives data relating to at least one of a user's request for desired code functionality and one or more desired documents. A mapping component correlates parsed subsets of the data to specific functional objects respectively located remote from the user, wherein a generator employs the functional objects to form at least one of the desired code and the documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Roy Hirst
  • Patent number: 7900260
    Abstract: A method of storing and tracking digitally-encoded material includes associating a unique identifier with the digitally-encoded material, associating one or more built-in functions with the digitally-encoded material so that the unique identifier and the built-in functions are coupled to the digitally-encoded material. The built-in functions can govern transforms and rendering of the digitally-encoded material. The tracking is performed by associating a history of the digitally-encoded material with the digitally-encoded material. The history can be associated with the digitally-encoded material or kept in a database that communicates with the digitally-encoded material via the identifier. The built-in functions enable the digitally-encoded material to be stored in RAM in an encrypted form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Roy Hirst
  • Patent number: 7620888
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and methodology to facilitate automated quality management and controls for one or more items appearing in a documentation set. Respective items are analyzed in accordance with a plurality of quality metrics that can be tracked according to an automated identification process. A system is provided that facilitates quality measurements of data and/or documents appearing in a documentation set, collection or database. A quality component tracks one or more quality metrics associated with the items, wherein the items can include topics, subtopics, or other categories. A rules engine automatically applies the quality metrics to the items to facilitate interactive quality assessments of the items, wherein a scoring component automatically ranks the items based at least in part on the interactive quality assessments of the items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Roy Hirst
  • Publication number: 20090089271
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and methodology to facilitate automated retrieval and classification of information. A system and associated methods are provided that facilitate generation of code and/or documents. The system includes a component that receives data relating to at least one of a user's request for desired code functionality and one or more desired documents. A mapping component correlates parsed subsets of the data to specific functional objects respectively located remote from the user, wherein a generator employs the functional objects to form at least one of the desired code and the documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Roy Hirst
  • Patent number: 7472118
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and methodology to facilitate automated retrieval and classification of information. A system and associated methods are provided that facilitate generation of code and/or documents. The system includes a component that receives data relating to at least one of a user's request for desired code functionality and one or more desired documents. A mapping component correlates parsed subsets of the data to specific functional objects respectively located remote from the user, wherein a generator employs the functional objects to form at least one of the desired code and the documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Roy Hirst
  • Publication number: 20050125440
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and methodology to facilitate automated retrieval and classification of information. A system and associated methods are provided that facilitate generation of code and/or documents. The system includes a component that receives data relating to at least one of a user's request for desired code functionality and one or more desired documents. A mapping component correlates parsed subsets of the data to specific functional objects respectively located remote from the user, wherein a generator employs the functional objects to form at least one of the desired code and the documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventor: Roy Hirst
  • Publication number: 20050125352
    Abstract: A method of storing and tracking digitally-encoded material includes associating a unique identifier with the digitally-encoded material, associating one or more built-in functions with the digitally-encoded material so that the unique identifier and the built-in functions are coupled to the digitally-encoded material. The built-in functions can govern transforms and rendering of the digitally-encoded material. The tracking is performed by associating a history of the digitally-encoded material with the digitally-encoded material. The history can be associated with the digitally-encoded material or kept in a database that communicates with the digitally-encoded material via the identifier. The built-in functions enable the digitally-encoded material to be stored in RAM in an encrypted form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Roy Hirst
  • Publication number: 20050125422
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and methodology to facilitate automated quality management and controls for one or more items appearing in a documentation set. Respective items are analyzed in accordance with a plurality of quality metrics that can be tracked according to an automated identification process. A system is provided that facilitates quality measurements of data and/or documents appearing in a documentation set, collection or database. A quality component tracks one or more quality metrics associated with the items, wherein the items can include topics, subtopics, or other categories. A rules engine automatically applies the quality metrics to the items to facilitate interactive quality assessments of the items, wherein a scoring component automatically ranks the items based at least in part on the interactive quality assessments of the items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2003
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventor: Roy Hirst