Patents by Inventor Brent E. Ford

Brent E. 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).

  • Patent number: 11816452
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing enterprise-level application content customization are described herein. A method includes executing an enterprise application (from a suite of enterprise applications that are utilized by the enterprise) on a remote computing system operated by an enterprise administrator. The method includes surfacing a content customization UI on a display device of the remote computing system during execution of the enterprise application. The content customization UI includes UI elements that enable the specification of parameters for providing enterprise-specific customized content during execution of enterprise application(s) from the suite of enterprise applications on remote computing system(s) operated by enterprise user(s). The method also includes receiving, via the content customization UI, user input including the specification of parameters and generating the customized content based on the specified parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.
    Inventors: Jesse H. Stein, Brian H. Burks, Lu Han, Shilpi Sinha, Antoine Haas, Gaurav Bindlish, Srinivasa Raghavan Santhanam, Harish Jayanti, Brent E. Ford, Cristian M. Matesan, Willis Fung, Sarvesh Surana, Ling-Ya Huang, Magdalena Dakeva, Peter John Richards, Fengna Gu, Andrew N. Dwersteg, Julio Cesar Gutierrez, Abhishek Mondal, William P. Dinkuhn, Shiyuan Zhao, Jonathan I. Reyes Spezzia, Woo Ram Lee, Aayushi Chowdhary, Conner Brennick, Khushi Hitendra Patel, Michael J. Krejcik, Amber Jerica McRae
  • Publication number: 20230315398
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing enterprise-level application content customization are described herein. A method includes executing an enterprise application (from a suite of enterprise applications that are utilized by the enterprise) on a remote computing system operated by an enterprise administrator. The method includes surfacing a content customization UI on a display device of the remote computing system during execution of the enterprise application. The content customization UI includes UI elements that enable the specification of parameters for providing enterprise-specific customized content during execution of enterprise application(s) from the suite of enterprise applications on remote computing system(s) operated by enterprise user(s). The method also includes receiving, via the content customization UI, user input including the specification of parameters and generating the customized content based on the specified parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jesse H. STEIN, Brian H. BURKS, Lu HAN, Shilpi SINHA, Antoine HAAS, Gaurav BINDLISH, Srinivasa Raghavan SANTHANAM, Harish JAYANTI, Brent E. FORD, Cristian M. MATESAN, Willis FUNG, Sarvesh SURANA, Ling-Ya HUANG, Magdalena DAKEVA, Peter John RICHARDS, Fengna GU, Andrew N. DWERSTEG, Julio Cesar GUTIERREZ, Abhishek MONDAL, William P. DINKUHN, Shiyuan ZHAO, Jonathan I. REYES SPEZZIA, Woo Ram LEE, Aayushi CHOWDHARY, Conner BRENNICK, Khushi Hitendra PATEL, Michael J. KREJCIK, Amber Jerica MCRAE
  • Publication number: 20140071895
    Abstract: Embodiments select networks for connection based on application-specific quality scores. A request is received from an application for a network connection. Connection quality data for nearby networks is accessed. The connection quality data is derived from crowdsourced data. The connection quality data is adjusted based on a device context to produce an application-specific quality score for each of the networks. One or more of the networks are selected for connection based on the application-specific quality scores. In some embodiments, a single network connection endpoint is provided to the application to abstract connection management details from the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: Ryan H. Bane, Adam R. Dyba, Brent E. Ford, Aurelio Navarro Belletti Garcia, James Christopher Gray, Shai Guday, Tyler E. Hennessy, Ayman Kaheel, Triptpal Singh Lamba, Darya Mazandarany, Michael Hao Mi, Sidharth Uday Nabar, Christopher R. Rice, Peter Schmatz, Michael Svanholm Thomsen