Patents by Inventor Alexander Ian MacLeod

Alexander Ian MacLeod 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).

  • Email-based automated recovery action in a hosted environment
    Patent number: 9105009
    Abstract: Email-based recovery actions may be provided. A request from a user to perform an action may be received. If the user is determined not to have permission to perform the action, a message may be sent to a second user to approve the requested action. If the second user approves the requested action, the requested action may be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Ian MacLeod, Charlie Chung, Rajmohan Rajagopalan
  • EMAIL-BASED AUTOMATED RECOVERY ACTION IN A HOSTED ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20120246703
    Abstract: Email-based recovery actions may be provided. A request from a user to perform an action may be received. If the user is determined not to have permission to perform the action, a message may be sent to a second user to approve the requested action. If the second user approves the requested action, the requested action may be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alexander Ian MacLeod, Charlie Chung, Rajmohan Rajagopalan