Patents by Inventor Seth M. Demsey

Seth M. Demsey 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).

  • Systems and methods for accessing first party cookies
    Patent number: 11961120
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for accessing first party Internet cookies. One method includes receiving, over an electronic network, a request for an electronic advertisement or an Internet cookie, wherein the request is received in response to a user requesting content from a subdomain of an advertising entity domain; and sending, to a device associated with the user, an Internet cookie having the subdomain of the advertising entity domain. The method further includes receiving, from the device associated with the user, a request for content from the subdomain of the advertising entity domain, wherein the request is received in response to the user requesting content from a domain of an online publisher; and accessing data stored in the Internet cookie sent to the device associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Yahoo Ad Tech LLC
    Inventors: Matthew M. Patton, Seth Mitchell Demsey
  • Systems and methods for managing secure sharing of online data
    Patent number: 11949671
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for managing online advertising data secure sharing. One method includes receiving, at a server, a request for proprietary data from a data consumer, the request including a data consumer identifier; retrieving, from a database of proprietary data, proprietary data based on the request; determining, by the server, whether the retrieved proprietary data is at least one of: designated to be processed and designated to have privileges set; processing, by the server, the proprietary data when the server determines the proprietary data is designated to be processed; setting one or more privileges to the proprietary data using the certificate associated with the data consumer identifier when the server determines the proprietary data is designated to have privileges set; encrypting the proprietary data using the certificate associated with the data consumer identifier; and transmitting the encrypted proprietary data to the data consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Yahoo Ad Tech LLC
    Inventors: Matthew M. Patton, Seth Mitchell Demsey
  • Event filtering at a performance-based interface
    Patent number: 8296779
    Abstract: Architecture that facilitates performance enhancement in message-based computing across a performance-based interface. When a request from a source is transmitted across the interface to a destination, a filter component in communication with the destination dynamically allows only one or more relevant responses from the destination to transition the interface to the source. This mechanism achieves an even tighter filtering of events while at the same time giving developers more flexibility over the events they choose to register, thereby enhancing the performance of message-based computing architectures by reducing unnecessary computation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Seth M. Demsey, Christopher W. Lorton, Jamie A. de Guerre, David C. Wrighton, Katrina Schaeffer, Michael G. Boilen
  • Drawing resources
    Patent number: 8024729
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to drawing within a computer environment using a drawing resource. The computer environment includes a managed code portion and a native code portion. The computer environment compares a draw parameter call value being passed from the managed code portion to the native code portion with a stored drawing resource value stored in the native code portion. If the draw parameter call value is the same as the stored drawing resource value, then the computer environment is configured to draw onto a native drawing surface using the stored drawing resource. If the draw parameter call value is not the same as the drawing resource value, then a new drawing resource is created in the managed code portion. In another aspect, a portion of the drawing resource feature portion that contains data that describes at least one or more parameter of the drawing resource is transmitted between the managed code portion and the native code portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Seth M. Demsey, Tuan Huynh, Christopher W. Lorton
  • Performing draw operations in a native code portion using cached drawing resources
    Patent number: 7913253
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to drawing within a computer environment using a drawing resource. The computer environment includes a managed code portion and a native code portion. The computer environment compares a draw parameter call value being passed from the managed code portion to the native code portion with a stored drawing resource value stored in the native code portion. If the draw parameter call value is the same as the stored drawing resource value, then the computer environment is configured to draw onto a native drawing surface using the stored drawing resource. If the draw parameter call value is not the same as the drawing resource value, then a new drawing resource is created in the managed code portion. In another aspect, a portion of the drawing resource feature portion that contains data that describes at least one or more parameter of the drawing resource is transmitted between the managed code portion and the native code portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Seth M. Demsey, Tuan Huynh, Christopher W. Lorton
  • Management of drawing resources in a native code portion using cached drawing parameters
    Patent number: 7802056
    Abstract: Techniques for management of drawing resources are described. In an implementation, a reference count numeral may be associated with a drawing resource stored in cache memory. One may be added to the reference count numeral each time a new drawing resource is added to memory. In addition, one may be removed from the reference count each time an existing drawing resource is removed from the memory. Also, the drawing resource may be maintained in the cache memory when the reference count numeral is greater than zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Seth M. Demsey, Tuan Huynh, Christopher W. Lorton
  • EVENT FILTERING AT A PERFORMANCE-BASED INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20100146520
    Abstract: Architecture that facilitates performance enhancement in message-based computing across a performance-based interface. When a request from a source is transmitted across the interface to a destination, a filter component in communication with the destination dynamically allows only one or more relevant responses from the destination to transition the interface to the source. This mechanism achieves an even tighter filtering of events while at the same time giving developers more flexibility over the events they choose to register, thereby enhancing the performance of message-based computing architectures by reducing unnecessary computation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seth M. Demsey, Christopher W. Lorton, Jamie A. de Guerre, David C. Wrighton, Katrina Schaeffer, Michael G. Boilen
  • Peer-to-peer communication system
    Patent number: 7680112
    Abstract: A peer-to-peer communication system that transmits application data from an application component on one network peer to an application component on another network peer. A programming interface is provided to the communication system to facilitate programming of applications that rely on peer-to-peer communications. The communication system uses messaging providers to which each peer may be connected for purposes other than communications between peer-to-peer application components, thereby reducing the resources a peer-to-peer application requires for communication and making the system advantageous for use in portable electronic devices. Additionally, the communication system uses addresses already assigned in each messaging provider, allowing peer-to-peer communication between peers that may otherwise have been non-addressable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Seth M. Demsey, William Michael Zintel, Bruce E. Johnson
  • Event filtering at a performance-based interface
    Patent number: 7681204
    Abstract: Architecture that facilitates performance enhancement in message-based computing across a performance-based interface. When a request from a source is transmitted across the interface to a destination, a filter component in communication with the destination dynamically allows only one or more relevant responses from the destination to transition the interface to the source. This mechanism achieves an even tighter filtering of events while at the same time giving developers more flexibility over the events they choose to register, thereby enhancing the performance of message-based computing architectures by reducing unnecessary computation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Seth M. Demsey, Christopher W. Lorton, Jamie A. de Guerre, David C. Wrighton, Katrina Schaeffer, Michael G. Boilen
  • Method and system for accessing drawing resources
    Patent number: 7596787
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to drawing within a computer environment using a drawing resource. The computer environment includes a managed code portion and a native code portion. The computer environment compares a draw parameter call value being passed from the managed code portion to the native code portion with a stored drawing resource value stored in the native code portion. If the draw parameter call value is the same as the stored drawing resource value, then the computer environment is configured to draw onto a native drawing surface using the stored drawing resource. If the draw parameter call value is not the same as the drawing resource value, then a new drawing resource is created in the managed code portion. In another aspect, a portion of the drawing resource feature portion that contains data that describes at least one or more parameter of the drawing resource is transmitted between the managed code portion and the native code portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Seth M. Demsey, Tuan Huynh, Christopher W. Lorton
  • Computing system and method for allowing plurality of applications written in different programming languages to communicate and request resources or services via a common language runtime layer
    Patent number: 7581231
    Abstract: An application program interface (API) provides a set of functions for application developers who build Web applications on Microsoft Corporation's .NET™ platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adam W. Smith, Anthony J. Moore, Anders Hejlsberg, Brian A. LaMacchia, Blaine J. Dockter, Brian M. Grunkemeyer, Brian K. Pepin, Caleb L. Doise, Christopher W. Brumme, Chad W. Royal, Christopher L. Anderson, Corina E. Feuerstein, Craig T. Sinclair, Daniel Dedu-Constantin, Daniel Takacs, David S. Ebbo, David S. Mortenson, Erik B. Christensen, Erik B. Olson, Fabio A. Yeon, Giovanni M. Della-Libera, Gopala Krishna R. Kakivaya, Gregory D. Fee, Hany E. Ramadan, Jayanth V. Rajan, Jeffrey M. Cooperstein, Jonathan C. Hawkins, James H. Hogg, Joe D. Long, John I. McConnell, Jesus Ruiz-Scougall, James S. Miller, Julie D. Bennett, Jun Fang, Krzysztof J. Cwalina, Keith W. Ballinger, Lance E. Olson, Loren M. Kohnfelder, Luca Bolognese, Manu Vasandani, Mark T. Anders, Mark P. Ashton, Mark A. Boulter, Mark W. Fussell, Michael M. Magruder, Manish S. Prabhu, Neetu Rajpal, Nikhil Kothari, Nithyalakshmi Sampathkumar, Nicholas M. Kramer, Omri Gazitt, Radu Rares Palanca, Raja Krishnaswamy, Robert M. Howard, Ramasamy Krishnaswamy, Shawn P. Burke, Scott D. Guthrie, Sean E. Trowbridge, Seth M. Demsey, Shajan Dasan, Subhag P. Oak, Sreeram Nivarthi, Stefan H. Pharies, Suzanne M. Cook, Susan M. Warren, Tarun Anand, Travis J. Muhlestein, William A. Adams, Yan Leshinsky, Yann E. Christensen, Yung-shin Lin, Stephen J. Millet, Joseph Roxe, Alan Boshier, Henry L. Sanders, David Bau
  • Application program interface for network software platform
    Patent number: 7555757
    Abstract: An application program interface (API) provides a set of functions, including a set of base classes and types that are used in substantially all applications accessing the API, for application developers who build Web applications on Microsoft Corporation's .NET™ platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adam W. Smith, Anthony J. Moore, Brian A. LaMacchia, Anders Hejlsberg, Brian M. Grunkemeyer, Caleb L. Doise, Christopher W. Brumme, Christopher L. Anderson, Corina E. Feuerstein, Craig T. Sinclair, Daniel Takacs, David S. Ebbo, David O. Driver, David S. Mortenson, Erik B. Christensen, Erik B. Olson, Fabio A. Yeon, Gopala Krishna R. Kakivaya, George D. Fee, Hany E. Ramadan, Henry L. Sanders, II, Jayanth V. Rajan, Jeffrey M. Cooperstein, Jonathan C. Hawkins, James H. Hogg, Joe D. Long, John I. McConnell, Jesus Ruiz-Scougall, James S. Miller, Julie D. Bennett, Krzysztof J. Cwalina, Lance E. Olson, Loren M. Kohnfelder, Michael M. Magruder, Manish S. Prabhu, Radu Rares Palanca, Raja Krishnaswamy, Shawn P. Burke, Sean E. Trowbridge, Seth M. Demsey, Shajan Dasan, Stefan H. Pharies, Suzanne M. Cook, Tarun Anand, Travis J. Muhlestein, Yann E. Christensen, Yung-shin Lin, Ramasamy Krishnaswamy, Joseph Roxe, Alan Boshier, David Bau
  • Native code exposing virtual machine managed object
    Patent number: 7546607
    Abstract: Notifications are generated in managed and native environments and propagated to an interfacing abstraction layer of native code there between. The abstraction layer assesses each received notification to determine whether the notification, or a previously received collection thereof, should be transitioned across a boundary between the managed environment and the native environment. The managed environment includes a virtual machine in a managed code portion. The native environment includes an operating system that interfaces the abstraction layer which is at a boundary between the managed code portion and the operating system. A collection of notifications are those that have been batched and/or synthesized. The abstraction layer is configured with predetermined criteria to assess whether to form a collection of received notifications and/or to prevent a transition of a notification, or collection thereof, across the boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Seth M. Demsey, Tuan Huynh, Christopher W. Lorton, Ramasamy Krishnaswamy, Armin Sadeghi, Bruce E. Johnson
  • Systems and methods for controlling access to an object
    Patent number: 7539678
    Abstract: The systems and methods described herein are directed at controlling access to a data structure. A data field is included within the data structure. The data field includes information about the accessibility of the data structure. In response to an attempt to access the data structure by a first thread, the data field is configured to identify that the data structure is not accessible by another thread. The first thread can then access the data structure. In response to an attempt to access the data structure by a second thread, the second thread is configured to determine from the data field that the data structure is being accessed by the first thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Seth M. Demsey, Scott Corbin
  • Metered execution of code
    Patent number: 7500108
    Abstract: Systems and methods for metering execution of code at runtime are described. According to one implementation, a call is received requesting execution of a protected service. In response, permission is requested for the execution. The request for permission is analyzed. A grant of permission is based on the analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce E. Johnson, Seth M. Demsey, William Michael Zintel
  • Reclaiming application isolated storage
    Patent number: 7380087
    Abstract: Relatively-temporary applications may be installed. As a result of the installation and/or execution of such an application, an associated application isolated storage unit may be established. When established, the application isolated storage unit is designated for private storage use by the associated application. Additionally, a linkage between the application isolated storage unit and the associated application is created. Upon initiation of a reclamation procedure, the linkage from the application isolated storage unit is traced to the indicated location of the associated application. If the associated application no longer exists, the application isolated storage unit is deleted so as to reclaim the memory space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce E. Johnson, Pavel S. Treskunov, Seth M. Demsey
  • Virtualized and realized user interface controls
    Patent number: 7281248
    Abstract: One aspect relates to a process and associated apparatus that implements a user interface (UI) control within a computer environment. The computer environment includes a managed code portion and a native code portion. The implementing the UI control includes creating a plurality of control node data structures within the managed code portion. A managed UI control is virtualized within the managed code portion by associating and/or batching at least two of the control node data structures. The UI control is realized in the native code portion by migrating the managed UI control into the native code portion. In certain aspects, the UI control is populated and parented prior to the realizing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Seth M. Demsey, Tuan Huynh, Christopher W. Lorton, Ramasamy Krishnaswamy, Bruce E. Johnson
  • System and method for persisting dynamically generated code in a directly addressable and executable storage medium
    Patent number: 7246346
    Abstract: The present invention is directed at a virtual machine environment operating on portable devices with limited resources. The virtual machine environment includes a method for compiling an intermediate language into native code wherein the native code is stored in a directly addressable and executable storage medium, such as flash memory. A portion of the native code is written to a cache resident in volatile memory during compiling. The cache is written to the directly addressable and executable storage medium. The cache may be sized in relation to a block size associated with the directly addressable and executable storage medium. A metadata map is maintained and associates a physical address at which the native code is stored in the storage medium with the method. The native code is persisted by storing the metadata map in the storage medium and associating the metadata map with the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Seth M. Demsey, Brian J. Smith, Scott M. Corbin, Michael D. Smith, W. Michael Zintel
  • Method and system for accessing drawing resources
    Patent number: 7240346
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to drawing within a computer environment using a drawing resource. The computer environment includes a managed code portion and a native code portion. The computer environment compares a draw parameter call value being passed from the managed code portion to the native code portion with a stored drawing resource value stored in the native code portion. If the draw parameter call value is the same as the stored drawing resource value, then the computer environment is configured to draw onto a native drawing surface using the stored drawing resource. If the draw parameter call value is not the same as the drawing resource value, then a new drawing resource is created in the managed code portion. In another aspect, a portion of the drawing resource feature portion that contains data that describes at least one or more parameter of the drawing resource is transmitted between the managed code portion and the native code portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Seth M. Demsey, Tuan Huynh, Christopher W. Lorton
  • Associating a native resource with an application
    Patent number: 7203941
    Abstract: Handles associate respective native resources with an application that utilizes a library to call for the native resource. Each handle is created to track a native resource that has been allocated to an application. All native resources associated with the application are freed by examining the handles to find those native resources still being held by the application after they are no longer being used, or when that application has been, or is being, terminated. If a native resource is requested by the application and found to be unavailable, the handles are reviewed to collect allocated native resources that are found to be unneeded by their respective applications. A collected native resource corresponding to the requested native resource is thereby made available to be reallocated to the requesting application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Seth M. Demsey, Scott K. Holden, William Michael Zintel, Brian J. Smith, Tuan Huynh