Patents by Inventor David Owen Driver

David Owen Driver 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).

  • GOAL-DRIVEN HUMAN-MACHINE INTERACTION ARCHITECTURE, AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20240403772
    Abstract: A method includes assessing a semantic-based query for a user that includes user goals and assessing probability values and first goal probability values, both of which are associated with active digital actions. The method includes generating a decision engine to determine a user friction value and second goal probability values associated with the user goals using the first goal probability values and the probability values. Further, the method includes determining the user friction value and the second goal probability values using the first goal probability values and the probability values. Moreover, the method includes determining a plan of digital actions based on the user friction value, the second goal probability values, and the user goals. Furthermore, the method includes, in response to determining the user friction value exceeds a predetermined threshold, generating a query to adjust the active digital actions based on the semantic-based query for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin Lafreniere, Peiqi Tang, Kashyap Todi, Tanya Renee Jonker, David Owen Driver
  • Multi-threaded conditional processing of user interactions for gesture processing using rendering thread or gesture processing thread based on threshold latency
    Patent number: 9069459
    Abstract: Embodiments isolate gesture processing for improved user interactivity with content. A first thread detects user interaction with a document via a touch sensor associated with a computing device. A latency associated with a second thread is calculated. The calculated latency is compared to a threshold latency. Based on the comparison, the first thread determines whether to transfer processing of the detected user interaction from the first thread to the second thread. The detected user interaction is processed by the first thread or by the second thread based on the determination. In some embodiments, users are provided with smooth interactivity such as panning and scrolling when browsing web content with a browser executing on a mobile computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David Owen Driver, Philomena Francisca Lobo, Xun Liu
  • MULTI-THREADED CONDITIONAL PROCESSING OF USER INTERACTIONS
    Publication number: 20120284663
    Abstract: Embodiments isolate gesture processing for improved user interactivity with content. A first thread detects user interaction with a document via a touch sensor associated with a computing device. A latency associated with a second thread is calculated. The calculated latency is compared to a threshold latency. Based on the comparison, the first thread determines whether to transfer processing of the detected user interaction from the first thread to the second thread. The detected user interaction is processed by the first thread or by the second thread based on the determination. In some embodiments, users are provided with smooth interactivity such as panning and scrolling when browsing web content with a browser executing on a mobile computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Owen Driver, Philomena Francisca Lobo, Xun Liu
  • Reliably transferring queued application messages
    Patent number: 7613830
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for reliably and securely transferring queued application messages. Application messages are (e.g.,. binary or text) encoded and then encapsulated in transfer messages, enqueue messages, and dequeue responses such that composable protocol elements used in application messages can be reused in the transfer messages, enqueue messages, and dequeue responses. Transfer message headers are encoded and then encapsulated along with encoded application messages such that composable protocol elements used in transfer headers and application messages can be reused in the store and forward messages. Application messages, transfer messages, enqueue messages, dequeue responses, and store and forward messages can all be configured in accordance with the same messaging protocol, such as, for example, Simple Object Access Protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Krishnan Srinivasan, Craig Andrew Critchley, Uday Shanker Hegde, Alan S. Geller, David Owen Driver, Richard Douglas Hill, Rodney Thomas Limprecht
  • Reliably transferring queued application messages
    Patent number: 7613832
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for reliably and securely transferring queued application messages. Application messages are (e.g., binary or text) encoded and then encapsulated in transfer messages, enqueue messages, and dequeue responses such that composable protocol elements used in application messages can be reused in the transfer messages, enqueue messages, and dequeue responses. Transfer message headers are encoded and then encapsulated along with encoded application messages such that composable protocol elements used in transfer headers and application messages can be reused in the store and forward messages. Application messages, transfer messages, enqueue messages, dequeue responses, and store and forward messages can all be configured in accordance with the same messaging protocol, such as, for example, Simple Object Access Protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Krishnan Srinivasan, Craig Andrew Critchley, Uday Shanker Hegde, Alan S. Geller, David Owen Driver, Richard Douglas Hill, Rodney Thomas Limprecht
  • Reliably transferring queued application messages
    Patent number: 7613831
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for reliably and securely transferring queued application messages. Application messages are (e.g.,. binary or text) encoded and then encapsulated in transfer messages, enqueue messages, and dequeue responses such that composable protocol elements used in application messages can be reused in the transfer messages, enqueue messages, and dequeue responses. Transfer message headers are encoded and then encapsulated along with encoded application messages such that composable protocol elements used in transfer headers and application messages can be reused in the store and forward messages. Application messages, transfer messages, enqueue messages, dequeue responses, and store and forward messages can all be configured in accordance with the same messaging protocol, such as, for example, Simple Object Access Protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Krishnan Srinivasan, Craig Andrew Critchley, Uday Shanker Hegde, Alan S. Geller, David Owen Driver, Richard Douglas Hill, Rodney Thomas Limprecht
  • Interface infrastructure for creating and interacting with web services
    Patent number: 7512957
    Abstract: A web services namespace pertains to an infrastructure for enabling creation of a wide variety of applications. The infrastructure provides a foundation for building message-based applications of various scale and complexity. The infrastructure or framework provides APIs for basic messaging, secure messaging, reliable messaging and transacted messaging. In some embodiments, the associated APIs are factored into a hierarchy of namespaces in a manner that balances utility, usability, extensibility and versionability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shy Cohen, Geary L. Eppley, Douglas M. Purdy, James E. Johnson, Stephen J. Millet, Stephen T. Swartz, Vijay K. Gajjala, Aaron Abraham Stern, Alexander Martin DeJarnatt, Alfred M. Lee, IV, Anand Rjagopalan, Anastasios Kasiolas, Chaitanya D. Upadhyay, Christopher G. Kaler, Craig Andrew Critchley, David Edwin Levin, David Owen Driver, David Wortendyke, Douglas A. Walter, Elliot Lee Waingold, Erik Bo Christensen, Erin P. Honeycutt, Eugene Shvets, Evgeny Osovetsky, Giovanni M. Della-Libera, Jesus Ruiz-Scougall, John David Doty, Jonathan T. Wheeler, Kapil Gupta, Kenneth David Wolf, Krishnan Srinivasan, Lance E. Olson, Matthew Thomas Tavis, Mauro Ottaviani, Max Attar Feingold, Michael James Coulson, Michael Jon Marucheck, Michael Steven Vernal, Michael Thomas Dice, Mohamed-Hany Essam Ramadan, Mohammad Makarechian, Natasha Harish Jethanandani, Richard Dievendorff, Richard Douglas Hill, Ryan Thomas Sturgell, Saurab Nog, Scott Christopher Seely, Serge Sverdlov, Siddhartha Puri, Sowmyanarayanan K. Srinivasan, Stefan Batres, Stefan Harrington Pharies, Tirunelveli Vishwanath, Tomasz Janczuk, Uday S. Hegde, Umesh Madan, Vaithialingam B. Balayogan, Vipul Arunkant Modi, Yaniv Pessach, Yasser Shohoud