Patents by Inventor Bruce Kevin Whittaker

Bruce Kevin Whittaker 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).

  • Publication number: 20140324503
    Abstract: Techniques and/or systems are provided for performing an action based upon a subscription to multi-source data. That is, a subscription may specify one or more actions that are to be performed upon satisfaction of a set of conditions associated with one or more data sources. For example, a subscription for a user Joe may specify that a flower order is to be placed when a current date is Valentine's day, a social network profile for Joe indicates Joe has a significant other, and a local flower shop has roses in stock. In this way, a subscription may be based upon various data sources, such as a calendar, a social network, and a flower supply data source. Because a vast number of subscriptions may be maintained, conditions may be organized into a graph such that a condition, shared by multiple subscriptions, is represented by a single node within the graph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce Kevin Whittaker, Brian C. Beckman