Patents by Inventor Christopher Cameron White

Christopher Cameron White 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: 7681181
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for providing custom product support for a computer program based on levels of execution instability. The execution of a software program is monitored over a period of time to determine the execution stability of the program. Based upon the monitoring and upon one or more threshold levels of instability, the execution stability of the program is categorized. Based upon the categorization, custom program support may be provided for a user of the computer system executing the program. For instance, based on the categorization free or reduced fee product support may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Elliott Canning, Christopher Cameron White, Aaron Everett Erlandson, Thomas Scott Coon, Eric LeVine, Steven Miles Greenberg
  • Patent number: 7653879
    Abstract: A contextually sensitive user interface for defining an e-mail message handling rule is provided. The user interface includes one or more user interface objects for specifying conditions for the rule and one or more user interface objects for defining the actions to be performed if the specified conditions are met. The conditions that are displayed within the user interface for selection are chosen, at least in part, based upon the context in which a request to create the e-mail handling rule is received. The displayed conditions may be based, in part, upon the contexts of reading an e-mail message, creating an e-mail message, creating an alert subscription, or selecting a user name.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Paul Daley, Radu Bacioiu, Christopher Cameron White, Michael Philip Arcuri, Raja Charu Vikram Kakumani, Julie Madhusoodanan
  • Publication number: 20090307137
    Abstract: A system and method for managing health information. The system may include a server configured to execute an account interface module enabling a user to access a user account, wherein a plurality of healthcare record items are stored on a server, via a user client device. The server may also be configured to execute an upload module that is configured to receive a digitally signed, original version of a healthcare record item from a content supplier, and an editor module configured to enable a user to make a user edit, thereby producing an updated version of the healthcare record item. The server may also be configured to execute a provenance module to determine whether the user edit affects the digitally signed data, and accordingly remove or replace the digital signature, and a download module to download the updated version of the healthcare record item to a content recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher Cameron White, Michael W. Thomas, Arthur J. O'Leary
  • Patent number: 7467183
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and user interface are provided for managing e-mail rules and alert subscriptions from multiple sources. Alert messages and persistent state objects, such as cookies, are examined to determine whether they relate to an alert subscription. If an e-mail message or persistent state object is determined to relate to an alert subscription, a network address for a subscription source identified by the contents of the e-mail message or state object are added to a list of subscription sources. A request may then be received to manage one or more alert subscriptions. In response to the request, each subscription source identified in the list of subscription sources is validated. Each validated subscription source is added to a current subscriptions list, which is displayed to a user. Each subscription in the current subscriptions list may be modified or deleted by the user through a unified user interface for managing e-mail rules and alert subscriptions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Philip Arcuri, Radu Bacioiu, Christopher Cameron White, Paul Daley, Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Anthony Joseph Beeman
  • Patent number: 7250955
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for notifying a computer user of the occurrence of an event are provided. An indication is received that an event has occurred. In response to receiving the indication, a notification window is gradually displayed by varying the opacity of the window. When the event comprises the receipt of a new electronic mail message, the notification window includes a notification message indicating that the new electronic mail message has been received. If a predetermined period of time elapses without a selection of the new message notification window being received, the window is gradually removed. The new message notification window may be displayed above the displays provided by other executing applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Joseph Beeman, Paul Daley, Radu Bacioiu, Christopher Cameron White, Chaitanya Dev Sareen
  • Publication number: 20040162879
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and user interface are provided for managing e-mail rules and alert subscriptions from multiple sources. Alert messages and persistent state objects, such as cookies, are examined to determine whether they relate to an alert subscription. If an e-mail message or persistent state object is determined to relate to an alert subscription, a network address for a subscription source identified by the contents of the e-mail message or state object are added to a list of subscription sources. A request may then be received to manage one or more alert subscriptions. In response to the request, each subscription source identified in the list of subscription sources is validated. Each validated subscription source is added to a current subscriptions list, which is displayed to a user. Each subscription in the current subscriptions list may be modified or deleted by the user through a unified user interface for managing e-mail rules and alert subscriptions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Philip Arcuri, Radu Bacioiu, Christopher Cameron White, Paul Daley, Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Anthony Joseph Beeman