Patents by Inventor Brian P. Walker

Brian P. Walker 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: 8407241
    Abstract: Described is a technology by which private content maintained behind a firewall (e.g., in a “mesh”) may be searched, browsed, and accessed via an index that exists outside of the firewall. Searching of the index may include checking permissions of a user against permissions associated with metadata in the index, e.g., per watch folder into which file content is added. When content is selected, e.g., by clicking on a search result, a request is made. An application polls for such requests, and when detected, pushes a copy of the content through the firewall to the requester. The search may be performed over more than one index, with aggregated search results returned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Walker, John A. Solaro, Robert Edward Parkin, Rahul R. Deshpande, Cyril S. Bouanna, Brian M. King
  • Publication number: 20100318554
    Abstract: Described is a technology by which private content maintained behind a firewall (e.g., in a “mesh”) may be searched, browsed, and accessed via an index that exists outside of the firewall. Searching of the index may include checking permissions of a user against permissions associated with metadata in the index, e.g., per watch folder into which file content is added. When content is selected, e.g., by clicking on a search result, a request is made. An application polls for such requests, and when detected, pushes a copy of the content through the firewall to the requester. The search may be performed over more than one index, with aggregated search results returned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Walker, John A. Solaro, Robert Edward Parkin, Rahul R. Deshpande, Cyril S. Bouanna, Brian M. King
  • Publication number: 20100306016
    Abstract: Personalized task recommendation technique embodiments are presented that involve recommending a particular task or tasks to a user which can be employed in furtherance of a desired goal based on observations of past users and how they accomplished this goal. The workflow that is recommended to a user is personalized in that it takes into account the demographic characteristics of the user and the workflow tasks they use. This involves grouping the aforementioned past users into groups whose users accomplish a particular goal using a similar workflow and exhibit similar demographic characteristics. A new user wishing assistance in completing a particular goal is then associated with the group having similar demographic and workflow choice characteristics to the new user. A workflow based on the workflows of the associated group is then recommended to the new user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: John A. Solaro, Brian P. Walker
  • Patent number: 5122515
    Abstract: This invention relates to a nutrient composition containing a dipeptide and method for administering the same. Particularly, this invention relates to a dipeptide tyrosyl-arginine, comprised of the amino acids tyrosine and arginine and the use of this dipeptide as a nutrient supplement to intravenous nutrition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1992
    Inventors: Ross C. Smith, Brian P. Walker
  • Patent number: D698812
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Gardner, Jeffrey Scott Fleischmann, Maxwell McGrath Hathaway, Brian P Walker