Patents by Inventor Erik Christensen
Erik Christensen 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).
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Publication number: 20070226356Abstract: A method includes advertising a policy characterizing communication properties supported by a node. The policy may be distributed to another node in response to a request for the policy. Policy expressions in the policy include one or more assertions that may be grouped and related to each other in a plurality of ways. A system includes a policy generator for generating at least one policy characterizing properties of a node. A policy retriever retrieves a policy from another node and a message generator generates a message to the other node, wherein the message conforms to the policy from the other node.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2007Publication date: September 27, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: David Levin, Erik Christensen, Saurab Nog, Donald Box, Christopher Kaler, Giovanni Della-Libera, Alfred Lee, David Wortendyke
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Publication number: 20070100967Abstract: An application program interface (API) provides a set of functions for application developers who build Web applications on Microsoft Corporation's .NET™ platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2006Publication date: May 3, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Adam Smith, Anthony Moore, David Ebbo, Erik Christensen, Erik Olsen, Fabio Yeon, Jayanth Rajan, Keith Ballinger, Manu Vasandani, Mark Anders, Mark Boulter, Nikhil Kothari, Robert Howard, Scott Guthrie, Stephen Millet, Stefan Pharies, Suzanne Cook, Susan Warren, Yann Christensen
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Patent number: 7200676Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for abstracting processing layers within a messaging infrastructure so that changes or enhancements can be made to the infrastructure while retaining existing functionality. Message transport implementations are abstracted within a message layer, allowing other layers within the infrastructure to interact with messages in a more structured fashion, largely independent of message transport. Transport examples include named pipes, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), etc. A channel layer above the message layer abstracts message exchange implementations, allowing other layers within the infrastructure to send and receive messages in a more structured fashion, largely independent of the message exchange semantics of a specific implementation. Message exchange examples include datagrams, dialogs, monologs, queues, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2003Date of Patent: April 3, 2007Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Yann Erik Christensen, Ryan T. Sturgell, Erik B. Christensen, Jesus Ruiz-Scougall, Alex DeJarnatt, Michael J. Marucheck
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Patent number: 7197512Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for converting an object of one type to an object of another type that allow for the runtime operation of the conversion process to be altered or customized. The conversion may occur within an extensible serialization engine that serializes, deserializes, and transforms objects of various types. The runtime operation of the serialization engine is altered by one or more extension routines that implement the desired customizations or extensions, without requiring replacement of other existing routines. Based on type information, identified for an initial object, the object is converted to an intermediate representation which permits runtime modification, including modification of object names, object types, and object data. The intermediate representation of the initial object is modified in accordance with extension routines that alter the runtime operation of the serialization engine, and the intermediate representation is converted to a final object and type.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2003Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Stefan H. Pharies, Sowmy K. Srinivasan, Natasha H. Jethanandani, Yann Erik Christensen, Elena A. Kharitidi, Douglas M. Purdy
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Patent number: 7150818Abstract: A process for electrochemical deposition of tantalum on an article in an inert, non-oxidizing atmosphere, or under vacuum, in a molten electrolyte containing tantalum ions, comprising the steps of: immersing the article into the molten electrolyte heated to a working temperature, passing an electric current through the electrolyte to thereby deposit a tantalum coating on the article, wherein the process of tantalum deposition at least in an initial phase deposits pure ?-tantalum.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2002Date of Patent: December 19, 2006Assignee: Danfoss A/SInventors: John Christensen, Erik Christensen
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Publication number: 20060215571Abstract: A sending computer system can identify one or more available network resources at one or more network computers by sending a request for services using SOAP over UDP. In particular, the sending computer system prepares a SOAP message that includes a request for available resources. The sending computer system then encapsulates the SOAP message into a user datagram, and sends the user datagram to one or more identifiable computer systems on the network. In one implementation, the sending computer system sends the user datagram to a multi-cast URI. The receiving computer system receives the message through UDP, unpacks the message, and responds to the SOAP message request. Accordingly, the sending computer system can query multiple computer systems in an efficient manner without necessarily incurring the overhead otherwise associated with connection-oriented communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2005Publication date: September 28, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Michael Vernal, Erik Christensen, Martin Gudgin, John Justice, Gopal Kakivaya, David Langworthy, Yaniv Pessach, Jeffrey Schlimmer, Elliot Waingold, Kenneth Wolf
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Publication number: 20060212599Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for resolving virtual network names using one or more name routers. A conventional Uniform Resource Locator (URL) naming scheme is extended by allowing any component to be mapped to an address. The resolution process occurs recursively through a plurality of name routers. Resolution can be contextual, such that the same virtual network name may be resolved differently depending on the identity of the client or other parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2006Publication date: September 21, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Steven Lucco, Erik Christensen, Andrew Layman, David Levin, Bradford Lovering, Henrik Nielsen, John Shewchuk
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Publication number: 20060178152Abstract: The present invention provides for a channel model capable of generating a runtime communication channel with pluggable modular channel components. These channel components implement one of a set of standard interfaces that allow processing details of communication semantics between components to be represented in a polymorphic way. A message and corresponding communication semantics are recursively passed through the channel components using the standard interface, thereby abstracting other modules and components from specific implementation details of how the communication semantics are performed. The message may then be sent to the next appropriate module for further processing, or the processing may be completed at that particular component or module. Note also that the message can also be de-multiplexed on the service side in a similar fashion as that described above.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2005Publication date: August 10, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Bradford Lovering, David Wortendyke, Elliot Waingold, Erik Christensen, Kenneth Wolf, Michael Vernal, Shy Cohen, Stefan Pharies
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Publication number: 20060174016Abstract: The present invention provides for an automated, user friendly way of constructing and using a binding object. A developer is presenting and selects binding elements that will ultimately be used to create a runtime communication channel for transporting a message between a client and service endpoint. After receiving the user input, metadata, a channel factory and listener factory are created. The metadata describes binding elements and provides an abstract representation of a protocol stack that implements communication aspects at runtime. The channel factory is configured to use the collection of metadata at runtime to generate the runtime communication channel. Further, the listener factory is configured to accept the runtime communication channel for de-multiplex the communication aspects in order to process the message at a service endpoint. The present invention also provides for groupings of binding elements and standardized binging objects organized based on industry need.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2005Publication date: August 3, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Craig Critchley, David Wortendyke, Elliot Waingold, Eric Zinda, Erik Christensen, Giovanni Della-Libera, Kenneth Wolf, Michael Vernal, Shy Cohen, Stefan Pharies, Stephen Millet, Stephen Swartz, Tomasz Janczuk, Uday Hegde, Yaniv Pessach
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Publication number: 20060168513Abstract: A method for processing XML documents in a computer-based system includes associating each of a plurality of information items with a corresponding one of a plurality of binary-data units and providing a XML document associated with a XML information set comprising one or more of the plurality of information items. The method includes serializing the XML document into a binary XML format, or de-serializing the XML document from the binary XML format. Serializing includes translating the one or more information items of the XML information set into their corresponding one or more binary-data units. De-serializing includes translating one or more binary-data units of the binary XML format into their corresponding one or more information items. A computer readable medium is encoded with a program for execution on at least one processor. The program, when executed on the at least one processor, can perform the method for processing XML documents.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2005Publication date: July 27, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Michael Coulson, Erik Christensen, Aaron Stern
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Publication number: 20060167912Abstract: A method for processing XML documents in a computer-based system includes providing a XML document associated with a XML information set that includes one or more information items, and serializing the XML document into a serialized format. The serialized format includes at least one subset that includes a subset node. The subset node indicates that the at least one subset can be de-serialized independently of a remainder of the XML document. A computer readable medium is encoded with a program that, when executed, can perform the method for processing XML documents.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2005Publication date: July 27, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Michael Coulson, Aaron Stern, Erik Christensen
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Publication number: 20060150200Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2004Publication date: July 6, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Shy Cohen, Geary Eppley, Douglas Purdy, James Johnson, Stephen Millet, Stephen Swartz, Vijay Gajjala, Aaron Stern, Alexander DeJarnatt, Alfred Lee, Anand Rjagopalan, Anastasios Kasiolas, Chaitanya Upadhyay, Christopher Kaler, Craig Critchley, David Levin, David Driver, David Wortendyke, Douglas Walter, Elliot Waingold, Erik Christensen, Erin Honeycutt, Eugene Shvets, Evgeny Osovetsky, Giovanni Della-Libera, Jesus Ruiz-Scougall, John Doty, Jonathan Wheeler, Kapil Gupta, Kenneth Wolf, Krishnan Srinivasan, Lance Olson, Matthew Tavis, Mauro Ottaviani, Max Feingold, Michael Coulson, Michael Marucheck, Michael Vernal, Michael Dice, Mohamed-Hany Ramadan, Mohammad Makarechian, Natasha Jethanandani, Richard Dievendorff, Richard Hill, Ryan Sturgell, Saurab Nog, Scott Seely, Serge Sverdlov, Siddhartha Puri, Sowmyanarayanan Srinivasan, Stefan Batres, Stefan Pharies, Tirunelveli Vishwanath, Tomasz Janczuk, Uday Hegde, Umesh Madan, Vaithialingam Balayogan, Vipul Modi, Yaniv Pessach, Yasser Shohoud
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Publication number: 20060123047Abstract: The present invention extends to using Simple Object Access Protocol (“SOAP”) to exchange typed objects, such as, for example, parameters for invoking methods. A computer system accesses typed object parameters corresponding to a typed object. The typed object is annotated with one or one more message contract attributes of a message contract model defining a mapping between typed object parameters and corresponding SOAP elements. The computer system utilizes the message contract attributes to map the typed object parameters into a SOAP element and inserts the SOAP element into a SOAP envelope. A receiving computer system accessing the SOAP element and utilizes the message contract attributes to map the SOAP element back into the typed object parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2004Publication date: June 8, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Erik Christensen, Vaithiakingam Balayoghan, Michael Coulson, Ryan Sturgell, Natasha Jethanandani, Michael Marucheck, Douglas Purdy, Kenneth Wolf, Michael Vernal, Stefan Pharies, David Wortendyke
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Publication number: 20050258047Abstract: A process for electrochemical deposition of tantalum on an article in an inert, non-oxidizing atmosphere, or under vacuum, in a molten electrolyte containing tantalum ions, comprising the steps of: immersing the article into the molten electrolyte heated to a working temperature, passing an electric current through the electrolyte to thereby deposit a tantalum coating on the article, wherein the process of tantalum deposition at least in an initial phase deposits pure ?-tantalum.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2002Publication date: November 24, 2005Inventors: John Christensen, Erik Christensen
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Publication number: 20050246716Abstract: An application program interface (API) provides a set of functions, including a set of base classes and types that are used in substantially all applications accessing the API, for application developers who build Web applications on Microsoft Corporation's .NET™ platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2005Publication date: November 3, 2005Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Adam Smith, Anthony Moore, Brian LaMacchia, Anders Hejlsberg, Brian Grunkemeyer, Caleb Doise, Christopher Brumme, Christopher Anderson, Corina Feuerstein, Craig Sinclair, Daniel Takacs, David Ebbo, David Driver, David Mortenson, Erik Christensen, Erik Olson, Fabio Yeon, Gopala Kakivaya, Gregory Fee, Hany Ramadan, Henry Sanders, Jayanth Rajan, Jeffrey Cooperstein, Jonathan Hawkins, James Hogg, Joe Long, John McConnell, Jesus Ruiz-Scougall, James Miller, Julie Bennett, Krzysztof Cwalina, Lance Olson, Loren Kohnfelder, Michael Magruder, Manish Prabhu, Radu Palanca, Raja Krishnaswamy, Shawn Burke, Sean Trowbridge, Seth Demsey, Shajan Dasan, Stefan Pharies, Suzanne Cook, Tarun Anand, Travis Muhlestein, Yann Christensen, Yung-shin Lin, Ramasamy Krishnaswamy, Joseph Roxe, Alan Boshier, David Bau
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Publication number: 20050240943Abstract: An application program interface (API) provides a set of functions, including a set of base classes and types that are used in substantially all applications accessing the API, for application developers who build Web applications on Microsoft Corporation's .NET™ platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2005Publication date: October 27, 2005Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Adam Smith, Anthony Moore, Brian LaMacchia, Anders Hejlsberg, Biran Grunkemeyer, Caleb Doise, Christopher Brumme, Christopher Anderson, Corina Feuerstein, Craig Sinclair, Daniel Takacs, David Ebbo, David Driver, David Mortenson, Erik Christensen, Erik Olson, Fabio Yeon, Gopala Kakivaya, George Fee, Hany Ramadan, Henry Sanders, Jayanth Rajan, Jeffrey Cooperstein, Jonathan Hawkins, James Hogg, Joe Long, John McConnell, Jesus Ruiz-Scougall, James Miller, Julie Bennett, Krzysztof Cwalina, Lance Olson, Loren Kohnfelder, Michael Magruder, Manish Prabhu, Radu Palanca, Raja Krishnaswamy, Shawn Burke, Sean Trowbridge, Seth Demsey, Shajan Dasan, Stefan Pharies, Suzanne Cook, Tarun Anand, Travis Muhlestein, Yann Christensen, Yung-shin Lin, Ramasamy Krishnaswamy, Joseph Roxe, Alan Boshier, David Bau
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Publication number: 20050198326Abstract: Implementations are described and claimed herein to detect an invalid policy that may reside in a cache at a client. An expired policy is removed from cache and a current policy is requested. Otherwise the cached policy may be used. The client indicates which policy it is using by generating a policy digest, including, in compressed form, one or more assertions. If the host determines the policy digest is invalid, the host issues an invalid digest fault. If the policy digest is valid, but the assertions included in the policy digest are invalid, the host issues an invalid policy fault. In either case, the client is notified that the cached policy is no longer valid and that a current policy should be requested.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2004Publication date: September 8, 2005Inventors: Jeffrey Schlimmer, David Levin, Alfred Lee, Erik Christensen, Bradford Lovering
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Publication number: 20050198390Abstract: Mechanisms in which upon receiving a message, the message is passed through one or more receiving path components that are positioned in the receiving path of the message prior to being passed to a dispatching component. One or more of the receiving path components may modify the message to include information that may be helpful to the dispatching component in order to perform the dispatch. The dispatching component receives modified message, and uses information from the modified message (including potentially the modification itself) to perform the dispatch. Since the message is modified to include additional information helpful to the dispatching component, the dispatching component may be more flexible in identifying the processing that should occur with the message. Accordingly, specialized and flexible processing may be enabled that is ideally suited for the message.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2004Publication date: September 8, 2005Inventors: Luis Cabrera, David Wortendyke, George Copeland, Erik Christensen, David Levin, Dhananjay Mahajan, Scott Seely, Daniel Roth
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Publication number: 20050198098Abstract: A method includes advertising a policy characterizing communication properties supported by a node. The policy may be distributed to another node in response to a request for the policy. Policy expressions in the policy include one or more assertions that may be grouped and related to each other in a plurality of ways. A system includes a policy generator for generating at least one policy characterizing properties of a node. A policy retriever retrieves a policy from another node and a message generator generates a message to the other node, wherein the message conforms to the policy from the other node.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2004Publication date: September 8, 2005Inventors: David Levin, Erik Christensen, Saurab Nog, Donald Box, Christopher Kaler, Giovanni Della-Libera, Alfred Lee, David Wortendyke
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Publication number: 20050193097Abstract: Internet web servers provide processing services, in addition to data and visual content, to provide remote clients with access to processing services located on servers. The client processes communicate with these service providing servers over a distributed network like the Internet using standard HTTP communications protocol and XML data exchange language. Client processes send an HTTP request to a remote server for processing. This processing request may contain input data that is to be used in responding to the request. The server processes the request using the input data, and possibly other data obtained from remote databases, and returns a resultant XML specified data packet. This processing requests, may be initiated using a web browser from an HTML based web page or using a smart client process that simply sends a processing request along with input data and consumes the resultant data packet.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2005Publication date: September 1, 2005Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Scott Guthrie, Erik Christensen, Yann Christensen
