Patents by Inventor Christopher Andrew Boyd

Christopher Andrew Boyd 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).

  • Synchronizing tasks between servers
    Patent number: 8028070
    Abstract: Systems and methods for synchronizing task data between a mailbox server of an email system and a project server of a project management system include a project that is published on the project management system, task data for the project is sent from the project server to the mailbox server. The task data includes the attributes of the project tasks and resources assigned to the project tasks. When the mailbox server receives the task data, the mailbox server creates a task on the mailbox server for each task for which the task doesn't already exist on the mailbox server. The mailbox server inserts each created task into the mailbox of the assignee for the task. The assignee can view the task attributes and update task status using a client that accesses the mailbox server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Andrew Boyd, Boaz Lev, Robert Murugan, Chythanya Vootkuri Krishna, Michael James Christensen
  • NOTIFICATION-BASED CACHE INVALIDATION FOR COMPLEX DATABASE QUERIES
    Publication number: 20100312784
    Abstract: A secondary database query is registered for a change notification with a database server. The secondary database query is a database query that is eligible for a change notification from the database server and that is configured to return a superset of the data returned by a corresponding complex database query that is ineligible for a change notification. If a change notification is received from the database server for the secondary database query, an entry in a database query result cache corresponding to the complex database query is invalidated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Andrew Boyd, Boaz Lev, Jivko Varbanov Kolev, Christopher Alan Elwell, Michael Shawn Garlick
  • Synchronizing Tasks between Servers
    Publication number: 20100293278
    Abstract: Systems and methods for synchronizing task data between a mailbox server of an email system and a project server of a project management system include a project that is published on the project management system, task data for the project is sent from the project server to the mailbox server. The task data includes the attributes of the project tasks and resources assigned to the project tasks. When the mailbox server receives the task data, the mailbox server creates a task on the mailbox server for each task for which the task doesn't already exist on the mailbox server. The mailbox server inserts each created task into the mailbox of the assignee for the task. The assignee can view the task attributes and update task status using a client that accesses the mailbox server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher Andrew Boyd, Boaz Lev, Robert Murugan, Chythanya Vootkuri Krishna, Michael James Christensen