Patents by Inventor Benjamin Srour

Benjamin Srour 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).

  • Patent number: 9710248
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to synchronizing configuration information between devices associated with a user. The synchronized configuration information can relate to application installations and uninstallations as well as to user modifications to user interfaces for managing and invoking the applications. For example, layouts of application representations provided by respective application launchers on a user's respective devices are kept automatically synchronized when the user modifies any of the layouts. Installations and uninstallations are similarly synchronized between the user's devices. Installations and uninstallations that might stem from synchronization may be circumscribed in various ways, such as by allowing the user to specify whether specific applications are to be installed/uninstalled only on specific devices or globally, by filtering propagation of synchronization updates according to hardware or software features and incompatibilities, or others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Samer Sawaya, Henri-Charles Machalani, Clement Fauchere, David Amenta, Bahram Bahram Pour, Sarah McDevitt, Benjamin Srour, Thomas Alphin, Marina Dukhon Taylor, Chris McGuire, Robert Chester Macklin, Richard Duncan
  • Publication number: 20170102930
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to synchronizing configuration information between devices associated with a user. The synchronized configuration information can relate to application installations and uninstallations as well as to user modifications to user interfaces for managing and invoking the applications. For example, layouts of application representations provided by respective application launchers on a user's respective devices are kept automatically synchronized when the user modifies any of the layouts. Installations and uninstallations are similarly synchronized between the user's devices. Installations and uninstallations that might stem from synchronization may be circumscribed in various ways, such as by allowing the user to specify whether specific applications are to be installed/uninstalled only on specific devices or globally, by filtering propagation of synchronization updates according to hardware or software features and incompatibilities, or others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Samer Sawaya, Henri-Charles Machalani, Clement Fauchere, David Amenta, Bahram Bahram Pour, Sarah McDevitt, Benjamin Srour, Thomas Alphin, Marina Dukhon Taylor, Chris McGuire, Robert Chester Macklin, Richard Duncan
  • Publication number: 20140359602
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to synchronizing configuration information between devices associated with a user. The synchronized configuration information can relate to application installations and uninstallations as well as to user modifications to user interfaces for managing and invoking the applications. For example, layouts of application representations provided by respective application launchers on a user's respective devices are kept automatically synchronized when the user modifies any of the layouts. Installations and uninstallations are similarly synchronized between the user's devices. Installations and uninstallations that might stem from synchronization may be circumscribed in various ways, such as by allowing the user to specify whether specific applications are to be installed/uninstalled only on specific devices or globally, by filtering propagation of synchronization updates according to hardware or software features and incompatibilities, or others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft
    Inventors: Samer Sawaya, Henri-Charles Machalani, Clement Fauchere, David Amenta, Bahram Bahram Pour, Sarah McDevitt, Benjamin Srour, Thomas Alphin, Marina Dukhon Taylor, Chris McGuire, Chester Macklin, Rick Duncan
  • Publication number: 20090319576
    Abstract: An extensible task execution technique includes receiving a stimulus, matching the stimulus to a given workflow instance, determining parameters applicable to the received stimulus and the given workflow instance, and executing one or more tasks on one or more target devices specified by the given workflow instance and the parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Benjamin Srour, Ashvin Sanghvi
  • Publication number: 20090183185
    Abstract: An enterprise application may operate on a platform that is able to execute a solution pack that may have various configurable items incorporated into the solution pack. During runtime, the platform may present the configurable items in a user interface. The items may be embedded within the solution pack, which may contain various descriptors of a business process, including workflow definitions, data types handled in the process, and various rules or other definitions. The options made available within the solution pack may alter the workflow, alter conditions used within the workflow, change data types, or change any other element. The options may also be made available through an application programming interface to the platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Benjamin Srour, Giedrius Zizys, R. Syam Kumar, Bahadir Onalan, Pritam Sharma