Patents by Inventor Christopher Michael Simison

Christopher Michael Simison 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: 9836518
    Abstract: Time-related properties may be modeled independent of a base object. Rather than storing time properties with the object, they may be stored independently. A given object may be stored once, even if it has a recurrent time property. The description of a “meeting,” for example, may be stored once. Each occurrence of that object over time may be stored in a “timeslot” (object <foo> occurs at time ‘t’ on day ‘d’). If it is a recurring property, recurrence information may be stored independently. “Exception” information may be stored independently as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Simison, Remi Alain Lemarchand, Robert C. Combs
  • Publication number: 20160154873
    Abstract: Time-related properties may be modeled independent of a base object. Rather than storing time properties with the object, they may be stored independently. A given object may be stored once, even if it has a recurrent time property. The description of a “meeting,” for example, may be stored once. Each occurrence of that object over time may be stored in a “timeslot” (object <foo> occurs at time ‘t’ on day ‘d’). If it is a recurring property, recurrence information may be stored independently. “Exception” information may be stored independently as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Simison, Remi Alain Lemarchand, Robert C. Combs
  • Patent number: 9262368
    Abstract: Time-related properties may be modeled independent of a base object. Rather than storing time properties with the object, they may be stored independently. A given object may be stored once, even if it has a recurrent time property. The description of a “meeting,” for example, may be stored once. Each occurrence of that object over time may be stored in a “timeslot” (object <foo> occurs at time ‘t’ on day ‘d’). If it is a recurring property, recurrence information may be stored independently. “Exception” information may be stored independently as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Simison, Remi Alain Lemarchand, Robert C. Combs
  • Patent number: 9094212
    Abstract: A client is authenticated by a server receiving an initial request from the client at the beginning of a session. The server receiving the initial request generates an authentication token and returns the authentication token to the client in response to the client being authenticated. The user's credentials used to authenticate the client are stored in the authentication token along with other information. After receiving the authentication token from the server that generated the authentication token, the client passes the authentication token with each of the future requests to the pool of servers. Using the client to pass the transferrable authentication token, the servers share the user's identity/credentials in a decentralized manner. Any server from the shared pool of servers that receives a subsequent client request is able to decrypt the token and re-authenticate the user without having to prompt the client for authentication credentials again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Robin Michael Thomas, Christopher Michael Simison, Naresh Sundaram
  • Publication number: 20130086381
    Abstract: A client is authenticated by a server receiving an initial request from the client at the beginning of a session. The server receiving the initial request generates an authentication token and returns the authentication token to the client in response to the client being authenticated. The user's credentials used to authenticate the client are stored in the authentication token along with other information. After receiving the authentication token from the server that generated the authentication token, the client passes the authentication token with each of the future requests to the pool of servers. Using the client to pass the transferrable authentication token, the servers share the user's identity/credentials in a decentralized manner. Any server from the shared pool of servers that receives a subsequent client request is able to decrypt the token and re-authenticate the user without having to prompt the client for authentication credentials again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Robin Michael Thomas, Christopher Michael Simison, Naresh Sundaram
  • Patent number: 8321416
    Abstract: Time-related properties may be modeled independent of a base object. Rather than storing time properties with the object, they may be stored independently. A given object may be stored once, even if it has a recurrent time property. The description of a “meeting,” for example, may be stored once. Each occurrence of that object over time may be stored in a “timeslot” (object <foo> occurs at time ‘t’ on day ‘d’). If it is a recurring property, recurrence information may be stored independently. “Exception” information may be stored independently as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Simison, Remi Alain Lemarchand, Robert C. Combs
  • Publication number: 20120030252
    Abstract: Time-related properties may be modeled independent of a base object. Rather than storing time properties with the object, they may be stored independently. A given object may be stored once, even if it has a recurrent time property. The description of a “meeting,” for example, may be stored once. Each occurrence of that object over time may be stored in a “timeslot” (object <foo> occurs at time ‘t’ on day ‘d’). If it is a recurring property, recurrence information may be stored independently. “Exception” information may be stored independently as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Simison, Remi Alain Lemarchand, Robert C. Combs
  • Patent number: 8065282
    Abstract: Time-related properties may be modeled independent of a base object. Rather than storing time properties with the object, they may be stored independently. A given object may be stored once, even if it has a recurrent time property. The description of a “meeting,” for example, may be stored once. Each occurrence of that object over time may be stored in a “timeslot” (object <foo> occurs at time ‘t’ on day ‘d’). If it is a recurring property, recurrence information may be stored independently. “Exception” information may be stored independently as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Simison, Remi Alain Lemarchand, Robert C. Combs
  • Publication number: 20090240972
    Abstract: Time-related properties may be modeled independent of a base object. Rather than storing time properties with the object, they may be stored independently. A given object may be stored once, even if it has a recurrent time property. The description of a “meeting,” for example, may be stored once. Each occurrence of that object over time may be stored in a “timeslot” (object <foo> occurs at time ‘t’ on day ‘d’). If it is a recurring property, recurrence information may be stored independently. “Exception” information may be stored independently as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Simison, Remi Alain Lemarchand, Robert C. Combs
  • Patent number: 7499942
    Abstract: Time-related properties may be modeled independent of a base object. Rather than storing time properties with the object, they may be stored independently. A given object may be stored once, even if it has a recurrent time property. The description of a “meeting,” for example, may be stored once. Each occurrence of that object over time may be stored in a “timeslot” (object <foo> occurs at time ‘t’ on day ‘d’). If it is a recurring property, recurrence information may be stored independently. “Exception” information may be stored independently as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Simison, Remi Alain Lemarchand, Robert C. Combs