Patents by Inventor Andrew G. Bybee
Andrew G. Bybee 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: 8156558Abstract: Described is a mechanism for collectively evaluating security risks associated with loading an application. A hosting environment associated with loading the application invokes a trust manager to evaluate the security risks. The trust manager invokes a plurality of trust evaluators, where each trust evaluator is responsible for analyzing and assessing a different security risk. Upon completion of each security risk evaluation, results of those individual security risk evaluations are returned to the trust manager. The trust manager aggregates the variety of security risk evaluation results and makes a security determination based on the aggregated evaluation results. That determination may be to move forward with loading the application, to block the load of the application, or perhaps to prompt the user for a decision about whether to move forward with the load.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2003Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Aaron R. Goldfeder, John M. Hawkins, Sergey A. Khorun, Viresh N. Ramdatmisier, Joseph Thomas Farro, Gregory Darrell Fee, Jeremiah S. Epling, Andrew G. Bybee, Jingyang Xu, Tony Edward Schreiner, Jamie L. Cool
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Patent number: 7730114Abstract: A file system that does not conflate item lifetime with the item's inclusion in an organizational structure of the file system is described herein. In addition, the file system's organizational structure is not limited to directory trees, but instead may use any directed acyclic graph (DAG). Items, once stored into the file system, may be maintained until affirmatively deleted by a client of the file system, regardless of whether the item is part of a DAG or not. Items may be placed in file regions, which are conceptual workspaces for a client to control item lifetime and to organize items into any DAG structure of the user's choosing. Items may be concurrently stored in multiple DAGs, and each file region may have one or more independent DAGs. An item's placement in a DAG may also be used to govern file properties such as namespace, security, privacy, and read/write attributes.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2004Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Andrew G. Bybee, Anil K. Nori, Balan Sethu Raman, Timothy P. McKee, Walter R. Smith
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Patent number: 7290215Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for providing dynamic wizard interfaces to end users. In one embodiment, a client device retrieves a container encapsulating a number of packages utilizing a self-describing data format from a remote server. A wizard engine on the client device interprets the container and packages to produce a wizard interface. Preferably, the present invention utilizes a compatible data structure for receiving, saving, and transmitting captured information regarding the wizard interface.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2002Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Andrew G. Bybee, Christopher A. Evans, Chad C. Neff, Pritvinath Obla, Leslie S. Yeh
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Patent number: 7240295Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for providing dynamic wizard interfaces to end users. In one embodiment, a client device retrieves a container encapsulating a number of packages utilizing a self-describing data format from a remote server. A wizard engine on the client device interprets the container and packages to produce a wizard interface. Preferably, the present invention utilizes a compatible data structure for receiving, saving, and transmitting captured information regarding the wizard interface.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2002Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Andrew G. Bybee, Christopher A. Evans, Chad C. Neff, Pritvinath Obla, Leslie S. Yeh
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Patent number: 7213212Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for providing dynamic wizard interfaces to end users. In one embodiment, a client device retrieves a container encapsulating a number of packages utilizing a self-describing data format from a remote server. A wizard engine on the client device interprets the container and packages to produce a wizard interface. Preferably, the present invention utilizes a compatible data structure for receiving, saving, and transmitting captured information regarding the wizard interface.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2002Date of Patent: May 1, 2007Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Andrew G. Bybee, Christopher A. Evans, Chad C. Neff, Pritvinath Obla, Leslie S. Yeh
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Publication number: 20040230835Abstract: Described is a mechanism for collectively evaluating security risks associated with loading an application. A hosting environment associated with loading the application invokes a trust manager to evaluate the security risks. The trust manager invokes a plurality of trust evaluators, where each trust evaluator is responsible for analyzing and assessing a different security risk. Upon completion of each security risk evaluation, results of those individual security risk evaluations are returned to the trust manager. The trust manager aggregates the variety of security risk evaluation results and makes a security determination based on the aggregated evaluation results. That determination may be to move forward with loading the application, to block the load of the application, or perhaps to prompt the user for a decision about whether to move forward with the load.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2003Publication date: November 18, 2004Inventors: Aaron R. Goldfeder, John M. Hawkins, Serge A. Khorun, Viresh N. Ramdatmisier, Joseph Thomas Farro, Gregory Darrell Fee, Jeremiah S. Epling, Andrew G. Bybee, Yingyang Xu, Tony Edward Schreiner, Jamie L. Cool
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Publication number: 20030225828Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for providing dynamic wizard interfaces to end users. In one embodiment, a client device retrieves a container encapsulating a number of packages utilizing a self-describing data format from a remote server. A wizard engine on the client device interprets the container and packages to produce a wizard interface. Preferably, the present invention utilizes a compatible data structure for receiving, saving, and transmitting captured information regarding the wizard interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2002Publication date: December 4, 2003Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Andrew G. Bybee, Christopher A. Evans, Chad C. Neff, Pritvinath Obla, Leslie S. Yeh
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Publication number: 20030222920Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for providing dynamic wizard interfaces to end users. In one embodiment, a client device retrieves a container encapsulating a number of packages utilizing a self-describing data format from a remote server. A wizard engine on the client device interprets the container and packages to produce a wizard interface. Preferably, the present invention utilizes a compatible data structure for receiving, saving, and transmitting captured information regarding the wizard interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2002Publication date: December 4, 2003Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Andrew G. Bybee, Christopher A. Evans, Chad C. Neff, Pritvinath Obla, Leslie S. Yeh
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Publication number: 20030222908Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for providing dynamic wizard interfaces to end users. In one embodiment, a client device retrieves a container encapsulating a number of packages utilizing a self-describing data format from a remote server. A wizard engine on the client device interprets the container and packages to produce a wizard interface. Preferably, the present invention utilizes a compatible data structure for receiving, saving, and transmitting captured information regarding the wizard interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2002Publication date: December 4, 2003Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Andrew G. Bybee, Christopher A. Evans, Chad C. Neff, Pritvinath Obla, Leslie S. Yeh