Patents by Inventor Erich S. Finkelstein

Erich S. Finkelstein 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: 8122364
    Abstract: A method and computer-readable medium are provided for navigation between attachments to electronic mail messages. According to the method, a list of e-mail messages is displayed that includes header information associated with each of the messages. When one of the messages in the list is selected, a determination is made as to whether the selected message has attachments. If the selected message has attachments, an identifier is displayed adjacent to the header information for each attachment. The identifier indicates that the attachment is associated with the selected message and may provide other information such as the type and size of the attachment. The identifiers are displayed in a manner to indicate clearly to a user that the attachments are associated with the selected e-mail message. The identifiers may be selected to preview the corresponding attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Rebekah Yozell-Epstein, Aaron Hartwell, Hernan Savastano, Erich S. Finkelstein
  • Publication number: 20100095224
    Abstract: A method and computer-readable medium are provided for navigation between attachments to electronic mail messages. According to the method, a list of e-mail messages is displayed that includes header information associated with each of the messages. When one of the messages in the list is selected, a determination is made as to whether the selected message has attachments. If the selected message has attachments, an identifier is displayed adjacent to the header information for each attachment. The identifier indicates that the attachment is associated with the selected message and may provide other information such as the type and size of the attachment. The identifiers are displayed in a manner to indicate clearly to a user that the attachments are associated with the selected e-mail message. The identifiers may be selected to preview the corresponding attachment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rebekah Yozell-Epstein, Aaron Hartwell, Hernan Savastano, Erich S. Finkelstein
  • Publication number: 20100057559
    Abstract: A system and method for finding relevant advertisements to a search engine user's query where said query is received by a search engine, returning one or more search results by the search engine and analyzing the search results to determine more precisely or more broadly the search engine user's objective or interest and using the analysis to determine which advertisements, stored in an advertisement database, to present to the search engine user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Saar Wilf, Nir Rostoker, Oz Solomon, Erich S. Finkelstein
  • Patent number: 7647559
    Abstract: A method and computer-readable medium are provided for navigation between attachments to electronic mail messages. According to the method, a list of e-mail messages is displayed that includes header information associated with each of the messages. When one of the messages in the list is selected, a determination is made as to whether the selected message has attachments. If the selected message has attachments, an identifier is displayed adjacent to the header information for each attachment. The identifier indicates that the attachment is associated with the selected message and may provide other information such as the type and size of the attachment. The identifiers are displayed in a manner to indicate clearly to a user that the attachments are associated with the selected e-mail message. The identifiers may be selected to preview the corresponding attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Rebekah Yozell-Epstein, Aaron Hartwell, Hernan Savastano, Erich S. Finkelstein
  • Patent number: 5999938
    Abstract: A system and method for creating a new destination data structure in memory populated with data from fields of an existing source data structure. A representation of the source is selected, dragged over, and dropped onto an icon representing a program module. The source and the program module are each associated with a type of data structure. If these types of data structures are different, then the destination is created in memory of the type associated with the program module. Once the destination is created, the data within the source is transformed to populate predetermined fields of the destination. One way of populating the destination is by determining which field in the destination corresponds to a given field in the source. Data from a given field of the source is loaded into the corresponding field of the destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: William J. Bliss, Jerry R. Hughson, Jr., Lois E. Bauer, Suryanarayanan Raman, Michael L. Roberts, Eric Horvitz, Erich S. Finkelstein
  • Patent number: 5864848
    Abstract: A proactive interface management system for ascertaining a computer user's goals and automatically extracting untagged data from one or more source objects and applying the data to one or more target objects. The proactive interface management system includes several cooperating program elements including a user interface, a decision engine, an extractor, and an applicator. These cooperating program elements automatically perform the steps of recognizing user gestures, ascertaining user goals, identifying relevant source information in one or more source objects, extracting the relevant source information, and applying the extracted information to one or more target objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Horvitz, Erich S. Finkelstein