Patents by Inventor Douglas Pearce

Douglas Pearce 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: 9772985
    Abstract: A relationship-based communications service system receives a communication from a source destined to a recipient. The recipient is capable of receiving the communication at a computing device. The communication service system determines a first relationship type based on a satisfied relationship condition between the source and the recipient. The communications service system sends a relationship-qualified version of the communication to the recipient based on the determined first relationship type. The relationship-qualified version of the communication of the determined first relationship type is annotated to present a different user interface behavior to the recipient at the computing device than a relationship-qualified version of the communication of a second relationship type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Kahn, Weston Haught, Douglas Pearce, Cleve Littlefield, Paul Elliott, Jason F. Moore, Kim Manis
  • Publication number: 20150248389
    Abstract: A relationship-based communications service system receives a communication from a source destined to a recipient. The recipient is capable of receiving the communication at a computing device. The communication service system determines a first relationship type based on a satisfied relationship condition between the source and the recipient. The communications service system sending a relationship-qualified version of the communication to the recipient based on the determined first relationship type. The relationship-qualified version of the communication of the determined first relationship type is annotated to present a different user interface behavior to the recipient at the computing device than a relationship-qualified version of the communication of a second relationship type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jason Kahn, Weston Haught, Douglas Pearce, Cleve Littlefield, Paul Elliott, Jason F. Moore, Kim Manis
  • Patent number: 7326278
    Abstract: Decontamination systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system comprises a first adsorption/desorption subsystem that is configured to receive a contaminated gaseous solution and remove substantially all of the contaminants from the contaminated gaseous solution during an adsorption cycle, while a second subsystem is configured to purge captured contaminants during a desorption cycle. An evacuator is configured to drive potentially flammable gas compositions from the subsystem operating in a desorption cycle back into the system such that potentially flammable gas compositions are purged from the subsystem operating in the desorption cycle at the beginning of the desorption cycle. A heat source is configured to heat contaminants adsorbed in the adsorption/desorption subsystems to remove the contaminants from the adsorption/desorption subsystems in a gaseous state during their respective desorption cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Purifics Environmental Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian E. Butters, Anthony L. Powell, John Douglas Pearce, Matthew Brian Frederick Murdock
  • Publication number: 20060195467
    Abstract: A data organization system comprises an interface component that receives input that relates to properties associated with a first item type. A set generator component filters a collection of items of the first item type as a function of select properties associated with the input and creates and stores a first filtered set of items of the first item type. The first filtered set of items can, for example, be stored as one of a dynamic set and a static set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas Pearce, Shishir Mehrotra, Anh Truong, Praveen Seshadri, Steven Demar, Shane Williams, Alexander DeNeui
  • Publication number: 20050246637
    Abstract: A system and/or methodology that enables personalization as a platform service for applications via a rich data view. More particularly, the subject invention provides for a rich data view to be rendered to an end-user whereas management of the data can be effected (e.g., personalized) thereafter. In other words, the invention enables a user to establish and access personalized mechanisms via a rich data view. The personalized mechanisms are based upon rule-based logic with respect to application data types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Holly Knight, Praveen Seshadri, Douglas Pearce