Patents by Inventor Adam C. Czeisler
Adam C. Czeisler 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: 10740461Abstract: Identification of an entity performing a deletion or modification action on locally stored files and notification to mitigate risks to cloud stored files is provided. A local or remote file watcher may monitor locally stored files and detect a deletion or modification action. The file watcher may also identify an entity performing the deletion or modification action. The entity may be an application, a process, a user other than the user that is the owner of the files, or the user himself/herself. The file watcher may further determine one or more alert conditions or rules associated with the affected file(s) and/or the entity, that is under which circumstances an alert is to be issued. The alert notification(s) may be issued to the user, an administrator, a cloud storage service, and/or a data protection service such that protective measures can be taken if necessary.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Filip Chelarescu, John D. Rodrigues, Steven J. Bailey, Adam C. Czeisler
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Publication number: 20190272374Abstract: Identification of an entity performing a deletion or modification action on locally stored files and notification to mitigate risks to cloud stored files is provided. A local or remote file watcher may monitor locally stored files and detect a deletion or modification action. The file watcher may also identify an entity performing the deletion or modification action. The entity may be an application, a process, a user other than the user that is the owner of the files, or the user himself/herself. The file watcher may further determine one or more alert conditions or rules associated with the affected file(s) and/or the entity, that is under which circumstances an alert is to be issued.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Inventors: Filip CHELARESCU, John D. RODRIGUES, Steven J. BAILEY, Adam C. CZEISLER
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Patent number: 10331885Abstract: Identification of an entity performing a deletion or modification action on locally stored files and notification to mitigate risks to cloud stored files is provided. A local or remote file watcher may monitor locally stored files and detect a deletion or modification action. The file watcher may also identify an entity performing the deletion or modification action. The entity may be an application, a process, a user other than the user that is the owner of the files, or the user himself/herself. The file watcher may further determine one or more alert conditions or rules associated with the affected file(s) and/or the entity, that is under which circumstances an alert is to be issued. The alert notification(s) may be issued to the user, an administrator, a cloud storage service, and/or a data protection service such that protective measures can be taken if necessary.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Filip Chelarescu, John D. Rodrigues, Steven J. Bailey, Adam C. Czeisler
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Publication number: 20180157833Abstract: Identification of an entity performing a deletion or modification action on locally stored files and notification to mitigate risks to cloud stored files is provided. A local or remote file watcher may monitor locally stored files and detect a deletion or modification action. The file watcher may also identify an entity performing the deletion or modification action. The entity may be an application, a process, a user other than the user that is the owner of the files, or the user himself/herself. The file watcher may further determine one or more alert conditions or rules associated with the affected file(s) and/or the entity, that is under which circumstances an alert is to be issued.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2016Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Filip Chelarescu, John D. Rodrigues, Steven J. Bailey, Adam C. Czeisler
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Patent number: 8677251Abstract: Techniques described herein allow for suggesting creation of distribution lists and suggesting use of distribution lists once they have been created. For instance, these techniques may track a frequency with which contacts (e.g., email addresses, phone numbers, screen names, etc.) are used with one another. The techniques may then suggest that a user create a distribution list that includes those contacts. Furthermore, once a contact has been associated with a particular distribution list, these techniques may suggest that a user send a message to this distribution list in response to the user selecting the contact (rather than the list) as a destination of the message.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2008Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Alton Kwok, Stephen DeWitt Sisk, Adam C. Czeisler, Steven Karl Abrahams
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Patent number: 8341531Abstract: Content formatting and installation techniques are described. In an implementation, a method includes receiving one or more inputs for initiating an installation process of one or more content items and performing the installation process without user intervention. The performing of the installation process includes obtaining a content package, from over a network, which includes a manifest which describes a content type for each of the content items. Each of the content items is installed for use by an application module based on a respective content type.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2005Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Adam C. Czeisler, Jose J. Figueroa-Morales, Paul M. Paradise
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Patent number: 8245221Abstract: Content formatting and installation techniques are described. In an implementation, a method includes receiving one or more inputs for initiating an installation process of one or more content items and performing the installation process without user intervention. The performing of the installation process includes obtaining a content package, from over a network, which includes a manifest which describes a content type for each of the content items. Each of the content items is installed for use by an application module based on a respective content type.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2005Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Adam C. Czeisler, Jose J. Figueroa-Morales, Paul M. Paradise
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Patent number: 8112444Abstract: Strategies are described for validating content transferred over a communication channel using a more effective approach than heretofore provided in the art. A content registration authority is provided which registers the content disseminated by one or more content providers to one or more client devices. A client device which receives content that has been registered can securely consume the content, based on an assumption that a content provider which furnishes the content is entrusted by the content registration authority to provide the content, and without prompting a user of the client device to expressly approve the content provider. In a first solution, the content registration authority registers the content by issuing a certification stamp; in a second solution, the content registration authority registers the content by storing registration information in a central repository. The content may contain instructions which perform operations in the context of an instant messenger application.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2010Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Eyal Schwartz, Christian Fortini, Walter Von Koch, Adam C. Czeisler, Cesare J. Saretto, Ranjib S. Badh, Ryan Hurst
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Publication number: 20100218260Abstract: Strategies are described for validating content transferred over a communication channel using a more effective approach than heretofore provided in the art. A content registration authority is provided which registers the content disseminated by one or more content providers to one or more client devices. A client device which receives content that has been registered can securely consume the content, based on an assumption that a content provider which furnishes the content is entrusted by the content registration authority to provide the content, and without prompting a user of the client device to expressly approve the content provider. In a first solution, the content registration authority registers the content by issuing a certification stamp; in a second solution, the content registration authority registers the content by storing registration information in a central repository. The content may contain instructions which perform operations in the context of an instant messenger application.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2010Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Eyal Schwartz, Cesare J. Saretto, Ranjib S. Badh, Walter V. von Koch, Adam C. Czeisler, Christian Fortini, Ryan M. Hurst
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Patent number: 7716243Abstract: Strategies are described for validating content transferred over a communication channel using a more effective approach than heretofore provided in the art. A content registration authority is provided which registers the content disseminated by one or more content providers to one or more client devices. A client device which receives content that has been registered can securely consume the content, based on an assumption that a content provider which furnishes the content is entrusted by the content registration authority to provide the content, and without prompting a user of the client device to expressly approve the content provider. In a first solution, the content registration authority registers the content by issuing a certification stamp; in a second solution, the content registration authority registers the content by storing registration information in a central repository. The content may contain instructions which perform operations in the context of an instant messenger application.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2005Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Eyal Schwartz, Cesare J. Saretto, Ranjib S. Badh, Walter V. von Koch, Adam C. Czeisler, Christian Fortini, Ryan M. Hurst
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Publication number: 20090300546Abstract: Techniques described herein allow for suggesting creation of distribution lists and suggesting use of distribution lists once they have been created. For instance, these techniques may track a frequency with which contacts (e.g., email addresses, phone numbers, screen names, etc.) are used with one another. The techniques may then suggest that a user create a distribution list that includes those contacts. Furthermore, once a contact has been associated with a particular distribution list, these techniques may suggest that a user send a message to this distribution list in response to the user selecting the contact (rather than the list) as a destination of the message.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2008Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Alton Kwok, Stephen DeWitt Sisk, Adam C. Czeisler, Steven Karl Abrahams
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Publication number: 20080201434Abstract: In one or more embodiments, in the context of an instant messaging application, a conversation is analyzed and contextually or textually relevant keywords and/or phrases are identified. These keywords or phrases are then highlighted in a visually-identifiable manner for selection by an individual participating in the conversation. Once selected by an individual, a user interface is presented and exposes the individual or individuals in the conversation to various contextually- or textually-relevant material or functionality that pertains to the selected word or phrase. In one or more embodiments, an individual can also manually select a word or phrase to access the user interface that exposes contextually or textually-relevant material or functionality.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2007Publication date: August 21, 2008Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: John S. Holmes, Heather Ferguson, Adam C. Czeisler, Joshua T. Goodman