Patents Assigned to MICROSOFT CORPRATION
  • Publication number: 20090324134
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates optimally and efficiently utilizing an image file format. A server can host an image that is partitioned into two or more tiles, wherein the two or more tiles collectively represent the image in entirety and are defined in at least one image file format. A tile generator can evaluate at least one tile to identify a suitable image file format based upon at least one of a characteristic of such file format or a context of a use for the tile. A browser can utilize the tile in the identified file format in order to render a portion of the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPRATION
    Inventors: Jonathan R. Howell, Jeremy E. Elson, John R. Douceur
  • Publication number: 20090325694
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates providing a realistic simulation within a gaming environment. A gaming environment can enable at least one user to interact with a computer game in order to produce visual feedback in which the computer game includes a simulation that mimics an event in a physical real world. A macroscopic quantum effects (MQE) engine can utilize quantum physics as a basis for at least one simulation within the gaming environment, wherein the MQE engine leverages an equation related to quantum physics which enables the simulation to replicate a property associated with realistic quantum mechanics. An interface can allow data communication between the gaming environment and the MQE engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPRATION
    Inventors: Brian C. Beckman, Mohsen M. Agsen, Momin Mahmoud Al-Ghosien