Patents by Inventor David Bruce Lindsay
David Bruce Lindsay 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).
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Publication number: 20230316159Abstract: This disclosure describes an airport priority matching system that can utilize computer implemented models to dynamically match provider devices and priority requester devices in response to time priority airport transportation requests. In particular, in one or more embodiments the airport priority matching system identifies, utilizing global positioning data, provider devices within an airport boundary region and determines time metrics relative to an airport pickup location and/or a ranking order corresponding to an airport provider device tiered staging location. Moreover, prior to receiving a time priority airport transportation request, the airport priority matching system reserves a set of provider devices for airport time priority services based on the plurality of time metrics and/or the ranking order.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Michael Scott Bishoff, Andrew Bruce Holbrook, Arman Jabbari, Simon Jack Jenkins, David Bruce Lindsay, Ding Luo, Nathan Patrick Green McCloskey, Keshav Puranmalka, Guy-Baptiste Richard de Capele d'Hautpoul
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Publication number: 20220121281Abstract: A method for improving user interaction with a virtual environment includes measuring a first position of a user's gaze relative to the virtual environment, receiving a system engagement input, presenting a guidance cursor at the first position, receiving a target engagement input and decoupling the guidance cursor from the user's gaze, receiving a movement input, and translating the guidance cursor based on the movement input.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Sophie STELLMACH, Casey Leon MEEKHOF, James R. TICHENOR, David Bruce LINDSAY
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Publication number: 20190361521Abstract: A method for improving user interaction with a virtual environment includes measuring a first position of a user's gaze relative to the virtual environment, receiving a system engagement input, presenting a guidance cursor at the first position, receiving a target engagement input and decoupling the guidance cursor from the user's gaze, receiving a movement input, and translating the guidance cursor based on the movement input.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2018Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Sophie STELLMACH, Casey Leon MEEKHOF, James R. TICHENOR, David Bruce LINDSAY
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Patent number: 9852401Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for providing additional content in an email. An email service can receive the email at an email server. Prior to the email being sent to an email client, metadata for a parameter used to retrieve the additional content is identified and collected. The collected metadata is sent to the email client used by the intended recipient of the email (e.g., on a smart phone). When the user attempts to access the email, the email server can respond by sending script code to the email client, which, in combination with locally stored metadata retrieved from the email, provides the additional content in the email. In this manner, an email regarding a package, for example, can include not only a tracking number but also a status of the delivery of the package, where the status may be different/updated each time the email is accessed.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2011Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: David Bruce Lindsay, Baskaran Dharmarajan, Geoffrey M. Clark
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Patent number: 9647973Abstract: Items of an item set may be stored by an item server (e.g., mail messages comprising a mailbox stored by a mail server) that supports the application of actions, but only within a constraint (e.g., a maximum duration or computational resources consumed by the action). The application of complex actions to large item sets may exceed the constraint if performed in one request. Moreover, the request may be made by a user interface of a user device, but the user interface may stall while interoperating with the item server to perform the action. Instead, a background process may issue a sequence of requests applying the action to respective batches of items within the constraint. This architecture may enable the user interface to remain responsive to the user while the action is performed, and even to be terminated without jeopardizing the completion of the action upon the item set.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: David Bruce Lindsay, Geoffrey M. Clark, Baskaran Dharmarajan, Ashutosh Tewari
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Publication number: 20150074210Abstract: Items of an item set may be stored by an item server (e.g., mail messages comprising a mailbox stored by a mail server) that supports the application of actions, but only within a constraint (e.g., a maximum duration or computational resources consumed by the action). The application of complex actions to large item sets may exceed the constraint if performed in one request. Moreover, the request may be made by a user interface of a user device, but the user interface may stall while interoperating with the item server to perform the action. Instead, a background process may issue a sequence of requests applying the action to respective batches of items within the constraint. This architecture may enable the user interface to remain responsive to the user while the action is performed, and even to be terminated without jeopardizing the completion of the action upon the item set.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: David Bruce Lindsay, Geoffrey M. Clark, Baskaran Dharmarajan, Ashutosh Tewari
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Patent number: 8849929Abstract: Items of an item set may be stored by an item server (e.g., mail messages comprising a mailbox stored by a mail server) that supports the application of actions, but only within a constraint (e.g., a maximum duration or computational resources consumed by the action). The application of complex actions to large item sets may exceed the constraint if performed in one request. Moreover, the request may be made by a user interface of a user device, but the user interface may stall while interoperating with the item server to perform the action. Instead, a background process may issue a sequence of requests applying the action to respective batches of items within the constraint. This architecture may enable the user interface to remain responsive to the user while the action is performed, and even to be terminated without jeopardizing the completion of the action upon the item set.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: David Bruce Lindsay, Geoffrey M. Clark, Baskaran Dharmarajan, Ashutosh Tewari
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Publication number: 20120278397Abstract: Items of an item set may be stored by an item server (e.g., mail messages comprising a mailbox stored by a mail server) that supports the application of actions, but only within a constraint (e.g., a maximum duration or computational resources consumed by the action). The application of complex actions to large item sets may exceed the constraint if performed in one request. Moreover, the request may be made by a user interface of a user device, but the user interface may stall while interoperating with the item server to perform the action. Instead, a background process may issue a sequence of requests applying the action to respective batches of items within the constraint. This architecture may enable the user interface to remain responsive to the user while the action is performed, and even to be terminated without jeopardizing the completion of the action upon the item set.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2011Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: David Bruce Lindsay, Geoffrey M. Clark, Baskaran Dharmarajan, Ashutosh Tewari
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Publication number: 20120254321Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for providing additional content in an email. An email service can receive the email at an email server. Prior to the email being sent to an email client, metadata for a parameter used to retrieve the additional content is identified and collected. The collected metadata is sent to the email client used by the intended recipient of the email (e.g., on a smart phone). When the user attempts to access the email, the email server can respond by sending script code to the email client, which, in combination with locally stored metadata retrieved from the email, provides the additional content in the email. In this manner, an email regarding a package, for example, can include not only a tracking number but also a status of the delivery of the package, where the status may be different/updated each time the email is accessed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2011Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: David Bruce Lindsay, Baskaran Dharmarajan, Geoffrey M. Clark
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Publication number: 20120110499Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for virtualizing data in a user interface (UI). A virtual layout viewport is identified which comprises an area that may be viewed in a UI, where at least some data from one or more tuples of data is to be realized in the viewable area of the UI. Data that is to be realized in the viewport is identified from the one or more tuples of data, and the identified data is realized in the viewport, such as by creating a representation of the data for display in the UI. The realized data can be virtualized by removing the representation when the virtual layout viewport is modified in relation to a display of tuple data (e.g., an item is scrolled out of view).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2010Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jeremy Eric Hance, David Bruce Lindsay, Jacob Edward Savin