Patents by Inventor Eric S. Schnepp

Eric S. Schnepp 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).

  • CONTROLLING APPLICATION FEATURES
    Publication number: 20150020057
    Abstract: A facility is provided for controlling application features. In various embodiments, the facility assembles an indication of features, starts a controlled application, and provides the assembled indication of features to the controlled application so that the controlled application can disable a feature of the controlled application. The facility can include a controlling application that is adapted for assembling a set of tokens that identify features by adding or removing tokens when a user of the controlling application selects a command associated with the controlling application, and a controlled application that, when invoked by the controlling application and provided the assembled set of tokens, controls a feature of the controlled application based on the assembled set of tokens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Paul Stubbs, Eric S. Schnepp, Peter J. Torr, John A. Shepard
  • Controlling application features
    Patent number: 8850388
    Abstract: A facility is provided for controlling application features. In various embodiments, the facility assembles an indication of features, starts a controlled application, and provides the assembled indication of features to the controlled application so that the controlled application can disable a feature of the controlled application. The facility can include a controlling application that is adapted for assembling a set of tokens that identify features by adding or removing tokens when a user of the controlling application selects a command associated with the controlling application, and a controlled application that, when invoked by the controlling application and provided the assembled set of tokens, controls a feature of the controlled application based on the assembled set of tokens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Stubbs, Eric S. Schnepp, Peter J. Torr, John A. Shepard
  • CONTROLLING APPLICATION FEATURES
    Publication number: 20080127053
    Abstract: A facility is provided for controlling application features. In various embodiments, the facility assembles an indication of features, starts a controlled application, and provides the assembled indication of features to the controlled application so that the controlled application can disable a feature of the controlled application. The facility can include a controlling application that is adapted for assembling a set of tokens that identify features by adding or removing tokens when a user of the controlling application selects a command associated with the controlling application, and a controlled application that, when invoked by the controlling application and provided the assembled set of tokens, controls a feature of the controlled application based on the assembled set of tokens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Stubbs, Eric S. Schnepp, Peter J. Torr, John A. Shepard