Patents by Inventor David E. McCauley, III

David E. McCauley, III 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).

  • Method and system for providing an event system infrastructure
    Patent number: 6557046
    Abstract: An event architecture facilitates the asynchronous invocation of events at an event sink. The events are triggered by direct invocation of methods on the event sink. A backchannel connection may be utilized to pass control information from an event sink to an event source. The use of the backchannel connection creates bidirectional connections between an event source and an event sink. A guardian object may be situated between the event source and the event sink to facilitate the asynchronicity of event delivery and to account for disparate threading models between the event source and the event sink. A third party connector may be utilized to connect the event source with the event sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David E. McCauley, III, Edward K. Jung, Christopher S. Heidorn
  • Method and system for providing an event system infrastructure
    Patent number: 5999986
    Abstract: An event architecture facilitates the asynchronous invocation of events at an event sink. The events are triggered by direct invocation of methods on the event sink. A backchannel connection may be utilized to pass control information from an event sink to an event source. The use of the backchannel connection creates bidirectional connections between an event source and an event sink. A guardian object may be situated between the event source and the event sink to facilitate the asynchronicity of event delivery and to account for disparate threading models between the event source and the event sink. A third party connector may be utilized to connect the event source with the event sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David E. McCauley III, Edward K. Jung, Christopher S. Heidorn
  • Method and system for replacement and extension of container interfaces
    Patent number: 5771384
    Abstract: An improved storage mechanism is provided. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a container is used for storing objects, links to objects, and other containers. The container of the preferred embodiment is programmable so that the methods of the container are replaceable and the functionality of the container is extendible through the use of a command unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Darren B. Remington, Brian T. Fleming, David E. McCauley, III, Jan T. Miksovsky, John M. Tippett, Scott R. Ludwig, Robert F. Day
  • System and method having programmable containers with functionality for managing objects
    Patent number: 5682532
    Abstract: An improved storage mechanism is provided. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a container is used for storing objects, links to objects, and other containers. The container of the preferred embodiment is programmable so that the methods of the container are replaceable and the functionality of the container is extendible through the use of a command unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Darren B. Remington, Brian T. Fleming, David E. McCauley, III, Jan T. Miksovsky, John M. Tippett, Scott R. Ludwig, Robert F. Day
  • Folder rack icons
    Patent number: 5678014
    Abstract: File rack icons are provided to logically group object icons on the screen of a video display. The file rack icon consolidates the grouped icons so that they occupy less of the screen of the video display. The file rack icon is available in alternative forms. In addition, object icons may be dragged into or dragged out of a file rack icon so as to dynamically alter the icons grouped by the file rack icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Mark A. Malamud, John E. Elsbree, Erik A. Gavriluk, David E. McCauley, III, Steve Madigan, Joyce A. Grauman, David A. Barnes