Patents by Inventor Amy Lynn Ford

Amy Lynn Ford 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).

  • Dimension-based financial reporting using multiple combinations of dimensions
    Patent number: 8417594
    Abstract: Tools and techniques are described for dimension-based financial reporting using multiple combinations of dimensions. These tools may provide methods that include receiving requests, submitted on behalf of users of dimension-based financial reporting systems. These methods may create reports from the financial reporting systems. In some cases, these requests from the users may reference incomplete account structures, and may also specify customized hierarchies for the reports. In such cases, the methods may determine that these requests reference incomplete account structures, and may transform the incomplete account structures to create fully-qualified requests. In addition, these methods may include identifying dimensions, as maintained by the financial reporting systems, that are responsive to the requests, and may combine these dimensions into responses to the requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Geoffrey Richard Schlueter, Michael Ricke Evans, Michael Allen Bush, Amy Lynn Ford
  • DIMENSION-BASED FINANCIAL REPORTING USING MULTIPLE COMBINATIONS OF DIMENSIONS
    Publication number: 20090319403
    Abstract: Tools and techniques are described for dimension-based financial reporting using multiple combinations of dimensions. These tools may provide methods that include receiving requests, submitted on behalf of users of dimension-based financial reporting systems. These methods may create reports from the financial reporting systems. In some cases, these requests from the users may reference incomplete account structures, and may also specify customized hierarchies for the reports. In such cases, the methods may determine that these requests reference incomplete account structures, and may transform the incomplete account structures to create fully-qualified requests. In addition, these methods may include identifying dimensions, as maintained by the financial reporting systems, that are responsive to the requests, and may combine these dimensions into responses to the requests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Geoffrey Richard Schlueter, Michael Ricke Evans, Michael Allen Bush, Amy Lynn Ford