Patents Assigned to Microsoft Coropration
  • Publication number: 20120307472
    Abstract: In embodiments of a flexible display overcenter assembly, an overcenter assembly includes a first flange integrated in a first housing part of a foldable electronic device. The device includes a flexible display, and the first housing part is integrated with a first section of the flexible display. The overcenter assembly also includes a second flange integrated in a second housing part of the foldable electronic device, and the second housing part is integrated with a second section of the flexible display. The first and second flanges are implemented to fold and form a radius that supports the flexible display in a closed position of the device. Hinge assemblies are implemented to movably couple the first and second housing parts of the foldable electronic device, and the flexible display bends through a pivot axis of the hinge assemblies when the first and second housing parts of the device are closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Coropration
    Inventors: David D. Bohn, Paul M. O'Brien, Christopher B. Fruhauf
  • Publication number: 20120109926
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for scoping the context used to access a database partition. Embodiments of the invention enable data isolation using partitions in multi-tenant databases, while relieving client applications from dealing with the partitions. For example, a computer system that includes a distributed database system comprising a plurality of database partitions in a federation receives a context to use when performing database access operations within the distributed database system. The context identifies specified relevant portion of the federation. The computer system also receives a database access operation that is associated with the context. The computer system modifies the semantics of the database access operation in accordance with the associated context, to direct application of the database access operation to the specified relevant portion of the federation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Coropration
    Inventors: Lev Novik, Jason D. Clark, Marc T. Friedman, Andrew Kimball, Cihangir Biyikoglu, Joachim Hammer, Tobias Joakim Bertil Ternström, Ajay Kalhan