Patents by Inventor Christopher L. Anderson

Christopher L. Anderson 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).

  • Implicit composition of component bindings
    Patent number: 8307329
    Abstract: Component domains used to define a binding between various components associated with the component domain. The component domain tracks the various services to be imported by each component, and tracks the various services exported by each component. At runtime, rather than at compile time, the various interrelations between the components are bound using the service import and export data. Accordingly, depending on the components available and their characteristics, the bindings may differ. This permits applications to be much more flexible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony J. Moore, Christopher L. Anderson, Randy S. Kimmerly, Clemens A. Szyperski, Donald F. Box, Bradford H. Lovering
  • Iterative component binding
    Patent number: 8108831
    Abstract: Component domains used to define a binding between various components associated with the component domain. The component domain tracks the various services to be imported by each component, and tracks the various services exported by each component. At runtime, rather than at compile time, the various interrelations between the components are bound using the service import and export data. Accordingly, depending on the components available and their characteristics, the bindings may differ. This permits applications to be much more flexible. In one implementation, the binding is performed iteratively. For example, if after one iteration of binding service imports to service exports, some components may expand the services that they export, or the services that they desire to import.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Randy S. Kimmerly, Christopher L. Anderson, Clemens A. Szyperski, Anthony J. Moore, Donald F. Box
  • Cogeneration of Database Applications and Their Databases
    Publication number: 20110307519
    Abstract: User experience in a designer tool manages cogeneration of a database application and a database accessible through the application. A user places a visual representation of an application element designed to control a relational or hierarchical dataset. Code is automatically called to add the application element to the application, and automatically invoked to create database schema elements designed to implement the dataset in the database under application element control. Users verify that an application element has been automatically added, and confirm that database schema elements implementing the dataset(s) under control of the application element have been automatically created. A tutorial illustrates a workflow utilizing a designer tool to cogenerate a database application and a database without a data design step. A wizard utilizes the designer tool to cogenerate a database application and a database that collectively implement a calendar, a diagram, a tree, a wiki, and/or a list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gersh Payzer, Stephen Michael Danton, Noaa Avital, Pedro Ardila, Stephen J. Millet, John R. Justice, Eric Kenneth Zinda, Christopher L. Anderson
  • PRAGMATIC MAPPING SPECIFICATION, COMPILATION AND VALIDATION
    Publication number: 20110252282
    Abstract: Facilitating translation of data between object oriented programs and database storage tables. A method includes receiving user input from a user. The user input includes a plurality of parts. Each part includes a specification of a source (such as a type source), optionally a filter, and a projection. Each projection assigns values to table columns. Based on the plurality of parts received, the method includes generating one or more views. The one or more views describe relationships between model extents and database tables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Colin James Meek, Diego Bernardo Vega, Alexander Douglas James, Christopher L. Anderson, Srikanth Mandadi, Simon Cavanagh
  • Object models enabling hosting content in a plurality of environments
    Patent number: 7707593
    Abstract: Software programming models are provided for supporting host-environment agnostic content that can be hosted in different hosting environments (e.g., browser or window) without needing to rewrite the content. The models comprise a host-environment abstraction wrapper that provides a transparent layer of abstraction between content and host-environment specific instructions. The host-environment abstraction wrapper supports the use of host-environment independent interaction instructions or declarative statements in content by invoking host-environment specific implementation details on behalf of the content. The host-environment independent interaction instructions represent particular interactions between some content and a hosting environment, but do not provide host-environment implementation instructions that are specific to any particular hosting environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher L. Anderson, Margaret L. Goodwin, Mark A. Alcazar
  • EFFICIENTLY CORRELATING NOMINALLY INCOMPATIBLE TYPES
    Publication number: 20090216791
    Abstract: A nominal type framework can be configured to efficiently correlate different nominal types together based on a minimum set of common type shapes or structures. In one implementation, a developer identifies a number of different nominal types of interest (source types), and identifies the minimum set of common type shapes to be accessed by an application program. The minimum set of common type shapes can then be used to create an intermediate type (target type) to which each of the other different source types can be mapped. For example, one or more proxies can be created that map shapes of the one or more source types to corresponding shapes of the created target type. The application program created by the developer, in turn, can access, operate on, or otherwise use the mapped data of each different source type through a single target type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Clemens A. Szyperski, Quetzalcoatl Bradley, Joshua R. Williams, Christopher L. Anderson, Donald F. Box, Jeffrey S. Pinkston, Martin J. Gudgin
  • ACCESSING DIFFERENT APPLICATION DATA VIA A COMMON DATA STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20090216778
    Abstract: A common data type structure can be used to correlate access requests between applications that implement data in accordance with different types or type structures. In one implementation, a common data structure includes schemes for operations, sequences, records, and atoms (i.e., undefined). The system can then map any type structure to the schemes of the common data structure. In operation, a request for data by an application can involve identifying one or more proxies used by an application to map the data to the common data structure. The proxies map the data to the common data structure based on the shape of the data (to the extent it can be identified). The proxies then can return one or more data structures that comprise the identified mapping information. The application can then perform operations directly on the received data structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Clemens A. Szyperski, Quetzalcoatl Bradley, Joshua R. Williams, Christopher L. Anderson, Donald F. Box, Jeffrey S. Pinkston, Martin J. Gudgin
  • Computing system and method for allowing plurality of applications written in different programming languages to communicate and request resources or services via a common language runtime layer
    Patent number: 7581231
    Abstract: An application program interface (API) provides a set of functions for application developers who build Web applications on Microsoft Corporation's .NET™ platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adam W. Smith, Anthony J. Moore, Anders Hejlsberg, Brian A. LaMacchia, Blaine J. Dockter, Brian M. Grunkemeyer, Brian K. Pepin, Caleb L. Doise, Christopher W. Brumme, Chad W. Royal, Christopher L. Anderson, Corina E. Feuerstein, Craig T. Sinclair, Daniel Dedu-Constantin, Daniel Takacs, David S. Ebbo, David S. Mortenson, Erik B. Christensen, Erik B. Olson, Fabio A. Yeon, Giovanni M. Della-Libera, Gopala Krishna R. Kakivaya, Gregory D. Fee, Hany E. Ramadan, Jayanth V. Rajan, Jeffrey M. Cooperstein, Jonathan C. Hawkins, James H. Hogg, Joe D. Long, John I. McConnell, Jesus Ruiz-Scougall, James S. Miller, Julie D. Bennett, Jun Fang, Krzysztof J. Cwalina, Keith W. Ballinger, Lance E. Olson, Loren M. Kohnfelder, Luca Bolognese, Manu Vasandani, Mark T. Anders, Mark P. Ashton, Mark A. Boulter, Mark W. Fussell, Michael M. Magruder, Manish S. Prabhu, Neetu Rajpal, Nikhil Kothari, Nithyalakshmi Sampathkumar, Nicholas M. Kramer, Omri Gazitt, Radu Rares Palanca, Raja Krishnaswamy, Robert M. Howard, Ramasamy Krishnaswamy, Shawn P. Burke, Scott D. Guthrie, Sean E. Trowbridge, Seth M. Demsey, Shajan Dasan, Subhag P. Oak, Sreeram Nivarthi, Stefan H. Pharies, Suzanne M. Cook, Susan M. Warren, Tarun Anand, Travis J. Muhlestein, William A. Adams, Yan Leshinsky, Yann E. Christensen, Yung-shin Lin, Stephen J. Millet, Joseph Roxe, Alan Boshier, Henry L. Sanders, David Bau
  • IMPLICIT COMPOSITION OF COMPONENT BINDINGS
    Publication number: 20090204941
    Abstract: Component domains used to define a binding between various components associated with the component domain. The component domain tracks the various services to be imported by each component, and tracks the various services exported by each component. At runtime, rather than at compile time, the various interrelations between the components are bound using the service import and export data. Accordingly, depending on the components available and their characteristics, the bindings may differ. This permits applications to be much more flexible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony J. Moore, Christopher L. Anderson, Randy S. Kimmerly, Clemens A. Szyperski, Donald F. Box, Bradford H. Lovering
  • ITERATIVE COMPONENT BINDING
    Publication number: 20090204942
    Abstract: Component domains used to define a binding between various components associated with the component domain. The component domain tracks the various services to be imported by each component, and tracks the various services exported by each component. At runtime, rather than at compile time, the various interrelations between the components are bound using the service import and export data. Accordingly, depending on the components available and their characteristics, the bindings may differ. This permits applications to be much more flexible. In one implementation, the binding is performed iteratively. For example, if after one iteration of binding service imports to service exports, some components may expand the services that they export, or the services that they desire to import.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Randy S. Kimmerly, Christopher L. Anderson, Clemens A. Szyperski, Anthony J. Moore, Donald F. Box
  • GENEERAL PURPOSE INFINITE DISPLAY CANVAS
    Publication number: 20090204912
    Abstract: Expanding and contracting a display screen container. Data is stored in a computer readable medium. The data represents a screen container such as a graphical desktop user interface displayable to a user on a computer display of a computing device. Data is stored representing artifacts, including one or more application graphical user interface artifacts for applications that are instantiated on the computing device. Information is stored specifying locations where each of the artifacts should be graphically located in the screen container. The graphical size of screen container is determined by the locations of the artifacts. Based on user input, a portion of the screen container is displayed to the user on the computer display of the computing device. The screen container may be expanded or contracted based on opening or closing graphical user interface artifacts, adding or removing artifacts, or repositioning artifacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bradford H. Lovering, Mohsen Agsen, Randy Kimmerly, Douglas Purdy, Christopher L. Anderson, Vijaye Raji, Vikram Bapat, Steven J. Clarke, Bryan J. Tiller, Florian Voss, Stephen M. Danton, Andrew C. Wassyng, Laurent Mollicone, James R. Flynn, Arwen E. Pond, Robert A. DeLine, Gina D. Venolia
  • DECLARTIVE COMMANDS USING WORKFLOWS
    Publication number: 20090187886
    Abstract: Declaratively implementing a command. A method includes declaring an input gesture in a declarative programming language. Declaring an input gesture includes declaring one or more user performed actions. A command name is declared in a declarative programming language. A workflow is declared in a declarative programming language. Declaring a workflow includes declaring schedulable activities that are to be performed without specific specifications of the low level algorithms that are used to accomplish the activities. In an alternative example, workflows may be declared by declaring a wrapper to wrap imperative programming commands. The declared input gestures are bound with the declared workflow through the declared command name.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: David K. Peck, Randy Kimmerly, Christopher L. Anderson
  • Application program interface for network software platform
    Patent number: 7555757
    Abstract: An application program interface (API) provides a set of functions, including a set of base classes and types that are used in substantially all applications accessing the API, for application developers who build Web applications on Microsoft Corporation's .NET™ platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adam W. Smith, Anthony J. Moore, Brian A. LaMacchia, Anders Hejlsberg, Brian M. Grunkemeyer, Caleb L. Doise, Christopher W. Brumme, Christopher L. Anderson, Corina E. Feuerstein, Craig T. Sinclair, Daniel Takacs, David S. Ebbo, David O. Driver, David S. Mortenson, Erik B. Christensen, Erik B. Olson, Fabio A. Yeon, Gopala Krishna R. Kakivaya, George D. Fee, Hany E. Ramadan, Henry L. Sanders, II, Jayanth V. Rajan, Jeffrey M. Cooperstein, Jonathan C. Hawkins, James H. Hogg, Joe D. Long, John I. McConnell, Jesus Ruiz-Scougall, James S. Miller, Julie D. Bennett, Krzysztof J. Cwalina, Lance E. Olson, Loren M. Kohnfelder, Michael M. Magruder, Manish S. Prabhu, Radu Rares Palanca, Raja Krishnaswamy, Shawn P. Burke, Sean E. Trowbridge, Seth M. Demsey, Shajan Dasan, Stefan H. Pharies, Suzanne M. Cook, Tarun Anand, Travis J. Muhlestein, Yann E. Christensen, Yung-shin Lin, Ramasamy Krishnaswamy, Joseph Roxe, Alan Boshier, David Bau
  • Application program interface for network software platform
    Patent number: 7546602
    Abstract: An application program interface (API) provides a set of functions for application developers who build Web applications on Microsoft Corporation's .NET™ platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anders Hejlsberg, Brian K. Pepin, Chad W. Royal, Christopher L. Anderson, Giovanni M. Della-Libera, Mark A. Boulter, Nicholas M. Kramer, Shawn P. Burke, Subhag P. Oak, Sreeram Nivarthi
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING USERS BASED ON COMMON INTERESTS, SUCH AS SHARED INTERESTS OF REPRESENTATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES
    Publication number: 20090082111
    Abstract: A system and method for connecting users based on common participation, ownership, or interest in a commodity or market, such as common ownership of a player associated with fantasy sports, is described. In some cases, the system presents a page associated with the commonly-interesting player to a user. In some cases, the provided content includes comments provided by other users or content provided by sources other than a source hosting a fantasy sports league associated with the player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Michael J. Smith, Christopher L. Anderson, Zoltan Szabadi
  • Design of application programming interfaces (APIs)
    Patent number: 7430732
    Abstract: A first exemplary method implementation for designing an application programming interface (API) includes: preparing multiple code samples for a core scenario, each respective code sample of the multiple code samples corresponding to a respective programming language of multiple programming languages; and deriving the API from the core scenario responsive to the multiple code samples. A second exemplary method for designing an API includes: selecting a core scenario for a feature area; writing at least one code sample for the core scenario; and deriving an API for the core scenario responsive to the at least one code sample. A third exemplary method for designing an API includes: deriving an API for a scenario responsive to at least one code sample written with regard to the scenario; performing one or more usability studies on the API utilizing multiple developers; and revising the API based on the one or more usability studies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Krzysztof J. Cwalina, Bradley Moore Abrams, Anthony J. Moore, Christopher L. Anderson, Michael Pizzo, Robert Allan Brigham, II
  • Language-neutral representation of software code elements
    Patent number: 7293261
    Abstract: A language-neutral model is employed to represent a compile unit to facilitate transformation of a representation of the compile unit to one or more other languages or to language implementations. The model provides a plurality of elements arranged according to a hierarchy in which each of the elements represents different programmatic constructs of a compile unit represented by the model. In one aspect, a code generator interface may be employed to facilitate generation of a high-level language from the language-neutral representation. In another aspect, a code parser may be employed to generate from source code a language neutral representation according to the model. In yet another aspect, a compiler interface may be utilized to transform the language-neutral representation into a low-level language, such as an executable assembly or an intermediate language.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher L. Anderson, David S. Ebbo
  • Application program interface for network software platform
    Patent number: 7017162
    Abstract: An application program interface (API) provides a set of functions, including a set of base classes and types that are used in substantially all applications accessing the API, for application developers who build Web applications on Microsoft Corporation's .NET™ platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adam W. Smith, Anthony J. Moore, Brian A. LaMacchia, Anders Hejlsberg, Brian M. Grunkemeyer, Caleb L. Doise, Christopher W. Brumme, Christopher L. Anderson, Corina E. Feuerstein, Craig T. Sinclair, Daniel Takacs, David S. Ebbo, David O. Driver, David S. Mortenson, Erik B. Christensen, Erik B. Olson, Fabio A. Yeon, Gopala Krishna R. Kakivaya, Gregory D. Fee, Hany E. Ramadan, Henry L. Sanders, Jayanth V. Rajan, Jeffrey M. Cooperstein, Jonathan C. Hawkins, James H. Hogg, Joe D. Long, John I. McConnell, Jesus Ruiz-Scougall, James S. Miller, Julie D. Bennett, Krzysztof J. Cwalina, Lance E. Olson, Loren M. Kohnfelder, Michael M. Magruder, Manish S. Prabhu, Radu Rares Palanca, Raja Krishnaswamy, Shawn P. Burke, Sean E. Trowbridge, Seth M. Demsey, Shajan Dasan, Stefan H. Pharies, Suzanne M. Cook, Tarun Anand, Travis J. Muhlestein, Yann E. Christensen, Yung-shin Lin, Ramasamy Krishnaswamy, Joseph Roxe, Alan Boshier, David Bau
  • Application program interface for network software platform
    Patent number: 7013469
    Abstract: An application program interface (API) provides a set of functions, including a set of base classes and types that are used in substantially all applications accessing the API, for application developers who build Web applications on Microsoft Corporation's .NET™ platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adam W. Smith, Anthony J. Moore, Brian A. LaMacchia, Anders Hejlsberg, Brian M. Grunkemeyer, Caleb L. Doise, Christopher W. Brumme, Christopher L. Anderson, Corina E. Feuerstein, Craig T. Sinclair, Daniel Takacs, David S. Ebbo, David O. Driver, David S. Mortenson, Erik B. Christensen, Erik B. Olson, Fabio A. Yeon, Gopala Krishna R. Kakivaya, Gregory D. Fee, Hany E. Ramadan, Henry L. Sanders, Jayanth V. Rajan, Jeffrey M. Cooperstein, Jonathan C. Hawkins, James H. Hogg, Joe D. Long, John I. McConnell, Jesus Ruiz-Scougall, James S. Miller, Julie D. Bennett, Krzysztof J. Cwalina, Lance E. Olson, Loren M. Kohnfelder, Michael M. Magruder, Manish S. Prabhu, Radu Rares Palanca, Raja Krishnaswamy, Shawn P. Burke, Sean E. Trowbridge, Seth M. Demsey, Shajan Dasan, Stefan H. Pharies, Suzanne M. Cook, Tarun Anand, Travis J. Muhlestein, Yann E. Christensen, Yung-shin Lin, Ramasamy Krishnaswamy, Joseph Roxe, Alan Boshier, David Bau
  • Automatic service type recognition in electrical utility meter
    Patent number: 6629046
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and arrangement for use in an electrical utility meter, the electrical utility meter operable to be connected to a plurality of electrical service types. The arrangement is operable to identify a present service type, the present service type being one of the plurality of electrical service types to which the electrical utility meter is connected. The arrangement comprises: conversion circuit for obtaining measured voltage magnitude and phase angle data for a plurality of phases in a polyphase electrical system; a memory; and a processor connected to said memory and said conversion circuit. The processor is operable to execute programming steps stored in the memory to receive the measured voltage magnitude and phase angle data from the conversion circuit and identify the present electrical service type based on the measured voltage magnitude and phase angle data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution, Inc.
    Inventors: Randal K. Bond, Christopher L. Anderson, Robert E. Slaven