Patents by Inventor Eric McQuaid Zenz

Eric McQuaid Zenz 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: 8051209
    Abstract: A method is presented for resolving conflicts between interrelated data on a client computer and a server computer. Information for one or more tasks stored on a client computer is published to a server computer. When one or more of the tasks are edited, at least one bit is set in a data structure for each task in which a task attribute is changed. When a sync operation is performed, tasks on the client computer are compared with a task list from the server computer. If any of the bits in the data structure for the task are set, and the date and time that the task was last modified on the server computer is later than the date and time that the client computer last initiated a sync operation, the user is alerted to a conflict in the task and is permitted to manually resolve the conflict.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric McQuaid Zenz, Aswan Prasad, Rajendra H. Vishnumurty, Alexander Joseph Pope, Alice Steinglass
  • Publication number: 20110219321
    Abstract: Embodiments provide integrated control features that can be used to effectively manage and configure data structure information. In an embodiment, a system includes a web-based application that includes an integrated header control interface having a number of dynamic control sections or zones. In one embodiment, a method provides an integrated header control interface that includes dynamic control section that can be used to select, drag and/or drop, resize, sort data, filter data, and/or manage other aspects of a column-based and/or row-based data structure. Other embodiments are included and available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Monica Estela Gonzalez Veron, Cosmin Catrinescu, Patrick Malatack, Andrew Cuneo, Benjamin James Worline, Eric McQuaid Zenz
  • Publication number: 20100131587
    Abstract: A method is presented for resolving conflicts between interrelated data on a client computer and a server computer. Information for one or more tasks stored on a client computer is published to a server computer. When one or more of the tasks are edited, at least one bit is set in a data structure for each task in which a task attribute is changed. When a sync operation is performed, tasks on the client computer are compared with a task list from the server computer. If any of the bits in the data structure for the task are set, and the date and time that the task was last modified on the server computer is later than the date and time that the client computer last initiated a sync operation, the user is alerted to a conflict in the task and is permitted to manually resolve the conflict.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric McQuaid Zenz, Aswan Prasad, Rajendra H. Vishnumurty, Alexander Joseph Pope, Alice Steinglass
  • Publication number: 20100017740
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for providing a pan and zoom control in conjunction with a timeline for navigating project schedule data in a project management application. The project management application displays a pan and zoom control in conjunction with a project schedule timeline, with the pan and zoom control at a position and of a size relative to the timeline that reflects the temporal scope of project schedule data currently displayed. The pan and zoom control is configured to allow a user to move and resize the control along the timeline. Upon detecting movement or resizing of the pan and zoom control, the project management application will change the scope of the project schedule data displayed to match the time period represented by the new position and/or new size of the pan and zoom control in relation to the timeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Monica Estela Gonzalez Veron, Daniil Magdalin, Ionela Mirela Vals, Alice Pritikin Steinglass, Heather Joy O'Cull, Eric McQuaid Zenz