Patents by Inventor Alex William Darrow

Alex William Darrow 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).

  • Providing access to an electronic message attachment
    Patent number: 10810204
    Abstract: Access to attachments of electronic messages and information associated with the electronic messages to applications external to a messaging application is provided. A message including an attachment is received via a messaging application, and a relationship connecting the message to the attachment is stored in a graph database. When a request is made to display a file list, an API is used to interact with the graph database. Attachments that meet a criterion associated with the file list and associated metadata are included in the list. Responsive to a selection to open an attachment, a productivity application communicates with the messaging application to retrieve the attachment and associated messages, and displays the attachment in a content display region and associated messages and messaging application functionalities in a communications pane in a single productivity application user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Alex William Darrow, Darren Alexander Apfel, Rebecca Jean Lawler, Philip Z. Loh, Jason Andrew Cook, Joseph Patrick Masterson
  • PROVIDING ACCESS TO AN ELECTRONIC MESSAGE ATTACHMENT
    Publication number: 20180246933
    Abstract: Access to attachments of electronic messages and information associated with the electronic messages to applications external to a messaging application is provided. A message including an attachment is received via a messaging application, and a relationship connecting the message to the attachment is stored in a graph database. When a request is made to display a file list, an API is used to interact with the graph database. Attachments that meet a criterion associated with the file list and associated metadata are included in the list. Responsive to a selection to open an attachment, a productivity application communicates with the messaging application to retrieve the attachment and associated messages, and displays the attachment in a content display region and associated messages and messaging application functionalities in a communications pane in a single productivity application user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Alex William Darrow, Darren Alexander Apfel, Rebecca Jean Lawler, Philip Z. Loh, Jason Andrew Cook, Joseph Patrick Masterson