Patents by Inventor Andrew J. McGlinchey

Andrew J. McGlinchey 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).

  • Active content wizard testing
    Patent number: 7574625
    Abstract: Automated testing of active content wizards is provided. A test infrastructure (TI) accesses a list of ACW to test and controls an ACW runtime engine to execute the ACWs. During ACW execution, the TI interacts with the ACW runtime engine to inject simulated user information based upon test information stored relative to each ACW. The TI records errors generated by the ACW runtime engine as well as other errors relative to the ACW. The TI also directs cleanup of the operating environment between each ACW test. Reports of ACW failures can be provided to ACW authors and/or other interested entities for improvement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew J. McGlinchey, Aravind Bala, Jefferson D. Fletcher
  • Automatic image capture for generating content
    Patent number: 7565607
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system for automatically capturing images based on the actions of an author in completing steps in an overall task performed on a user interface. To capture the images the author activates a recording component. The recording component records images corresponding to the author's actions on the user interface. The recording component can pass the recorded images to an editing component where an author can generate text corresponding to the images to describe the actions. The images can also be published embedded in the text, if desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew J. McGlinchey, Aravind Bala
  • Importation of automatically generated content
    Patent number: 7036079
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system for automatically recording information indicative of actions of an author in completing steps in an overall task performed on a user interface. Recording systems are used to record the steps taken to perform the task on different computers having different configurations. The recorded steps are then imported into an authoring component where the recorded steps are arranged into a desired content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew J. McGlinchey, Aravind Bala, James D. Jacoby
  • Importation of automatically generated content
    Publication number: 20040255270
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system for automatically recording information indicative of actions of an author in completing steps in an overall task performed on a user interface. Recording systems are used to record the steps taken to perform the task on different computers having different configurations. The recorded steps are then imported into an authoring component where the recorded steps are arranged into a desired content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew J. McGlinchey, Aravind Bala, James D. Jacoby
  • Automatic image capture for generating content
    Publication number: 20040250214
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system for automatically capturing images based on the actions of an author in completing steps in an overall task performed on a user interface. To capture the images the author activates a recording component. The recording component records images corresponding to the author's actions on the user interface. The recording component can pass the recorded images to an editing component where an author can generate text corresponding to the images to describe the actions. The images can also be published embedded in the text, if desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew J. McGlinchey, Aravind Bala