Patents by Inventor Carl A. Fischer

Carl A. Fischer 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: 20040268246
    Abstract: Collateral content editor functionality may be provided to an electronic message application such that an electronic message interface includes an integrated collateral content editor interface for creating formatted and editable collateral content in-line within the body of an electronic message. The collateral content may be converted into a standard-format file that describes the formatting and defines the editable data elements (e.g., an HTML file with embedded XML data). In response to a send message command, the standard-format file may be delivered as an attachment to the electronic message. At the receiving end, it may be determined whether the electronic message application can invoke collateral content editor functionality compatible with the native file format. If so, the compatible collateral content editor functionality is invoked to convert the attachment into the native file format and to display the formatted and editable data elements inline within the body of the electronic message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Roy Leban, Jane R. Liles, Ethan D. Gur-Esh, Carl A. Fischer, Kenneth L. Young, Stephen Matlock, Jensen Harris
  • Publication number: 20020138630
    Abstract: A music scheduling algorithm (MSA) is provided for programmatically and dynamically creating a unique play list for each listener of an Internet radio service. The play list includes a mix of music influenced by user rated songs and artists and music the MSA infers the user will like. The MSA is provided a regularly updated pool of various music lists from which to select lists allowed by the user selected radio station affiliate. The MSA then factors in user rated songs and artists, user deletions, user music mix gauge settings, calculates user deep cut songs and performs music correlations of unrated songs to further define the play list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Barry M. Solomon, Eric Neumann, David Juris, Patrick Brinkman, Carl A. Fischer