Patents by Inventor Brandon Paddock

Brandon Paddock 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).

  • Rich client search experience
    Patent number: 7949658
    Abstract: Computer-readable media, systems, and methods for enabling a rich client search experience. In embodiments, a description is received from a data store. The description includes fields of information existing on the data store that are capable of being searched. A user interface is built based on the description and the user interface provides a user with a mechanism for searching the data store. And the user interface is presented to the user. The description is definable by the data store using a data-driven extension, allowing the data store to express schema and query capability information to a client and allowing the client to dynamically customize the user interface based upon the schema and query capability information expressed by the data store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Tom Laird-McConnell, Steve Ickman, Brandon Paddock
  • RICH CLIENT SEARCH EXPERIENCE
    Publication number: 20090228515
    Abstract: Computer-readable media, systems, and methods for enabling a rich client search experience. In embodiments, a description is received from a data store. The description includes fields of information existing on the data store that are capable of being searched. A user interface is built based on the description and the user interface provides a user with a mechanism for searching the data store. And the user interface is presented to the user. The description is definable by the data store using a data-driven extension, allowing the data store to express schema and query capability information to a client and allowing the client to dynamically customize the user interface based upon the schema and query capability information expressed by the data store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: TOM LAIRD-McCONNELL, STEVE ICKMAN, BRANDON PADDOCK