Patents by Inventor Erik Fortune

Erik Fortune 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: 11924030
    Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards configuring a client device with client configuration data based on client context data. The configuration data can include endpoints of various services to which the client can connect that are appropriate for the client device based on the client context data, along with dimension information (route key values) for connecting to each such service. For example, a roaming client device can be given an endpoint and dimension information to connect to a content service in the roaming region, with a different endpoint and dimension information for communicating user information to a home region to which the user is affiliated. This facilitates single hop/reduced latency for content requests, and compliance with home regulations via a single hop to the home service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: WARNERMEDIA DIRECT, LLC
    Inventors: Hazel Diana Mary, Erik Fortune, Adam Gilman, Franklyn Hu
  • Patent number: 11907202
    Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards caching session state data on a client device, so that services called by the client device and other services can use the session state data without having to recollect such information from a server or servers that maintain the ground truth values for the session state data. The session state data can be divided into payload datasets based on domains or the like, so that only a relevant part of the session state data need be attached to a given communication, and/or updated when a session variable changes in some way. A payload dataset can be encoded or encrypted so that a service can verify the integrity of the payload dataset before using it, such as for service-to-service communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: WARNERMEDIA DIRECT, LLC
    Inventors: Hazel Diana Mary, Erik Fortune, Adam Gilman, Franklyn Hu
  • Publication number: 20230283515
    Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards configuring a client device with client configuration data based on client context data. The configuration data can include endpoints of various services to which the client can connect that are appropriate for the client device based on the client context data, along with dimension information (route key values) for connecting to each such service. For example, a roaming client device can be given an endpoint and dimension information to connect to a content service in the roaming region, with a different endpoint and dimension information for communicating user information to a home region to which the user is affiliated. This facilitates single hop / reduced latency for content requests, and compliance with home regulations via a single hop to the home service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Hazel Diana Mary, Erik Fortune, Adam Gilman, Franklyn Hu
  • Publication number: 20230283614
    Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards a system that facilitates interaction with an environment (e.g., a streaming service provider's platform) in a way that allows users with appropriate privileges simultaneous, privileged session-level experiences and experimental interactions with the environment's components. Via a session override, the technology allows a user associated with an authorized role to select among multiple, simultaneously available configurations to receive a different experience for a privileged session from that of any other general user. A privileged user can switch configurations as desired for different per-session experiences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Hazel Diana Mary, Erik Fortune, Michael Magpayo, Ivan Follender
  • Publication number: 20230281184
    Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards caching session state data on a client device, so that services called by the client device and other services can use the session state data without having to recollect such information from a server or servers that maintain the ground truth values for the session state data. The session state data can be divided into payload datasets based on domains or the like, so that only a relevant part of the session state data need be attached to a given communication, and/or updated when a session variable changes in some way. A payload dataset can be encoded or encrypted so that a service can verify the integrity of the payload dataset before using it, such as for service-to-service communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Hazel Diana Mary, Erik Fortune, Adam Gilman, Franklyn Hu
  • Patent number: 10949230
    Abstract: A device may be configured to enable a user to select a language, and may fulfill resource requests from applications by selecting, from among resources respectively associated with a language, a resource associated with the selected language of the user. However, this resource selection process may be inadequate if the user selects multiple languages; if a resource associated with the selected language of the user is unavailable, but resources associated with related languages are available; or if the user and/or the application specifies an ordering for the selection among the languages. Presented herein are techniques for performing the resource selection by, for respective languages selected by the user, calculating a weight representing a suitability of the language for the resource request; generating a selection order of the selected languages according to the weights; and selecting a resource based on the position of the associated language in the selection order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Rylan Michael Hawkins, Eric Scott Albright, Nick Beal, Peter Geoffrey Constable, Wade H. Curtiss, Erik Fortune, Andrew Stuart Glass, Samuel Aaron Beard, Microsoft Technology Licensing
  • Patent number: 10228933
    Abstract: Architecture that facilitates the package partitioning of application resources based on conditions, and the package applicability based on the conditions. An index is created for a unified lookup of the available resources. At build time of an application, the resources are indexed and determined to be applicable based on the conditions. The condition under which the resource is applicable is then used to automatically partition the resource into an appropriate package. Each resource package then becomes applicable under the conditions in which the resources within it are applicable, and is deployed to the user if the user merits the conditions (e.g., an English user will receive an English package of English strings, but not a French package). Before the application is run, the references to the resources are merged and can be used to do appropriate lookup of what resources are available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Erik Fortune, Rylan Hawkins, Peter G. Constable, Sunggook Chue, Dennis Chi
  • Patent number: 9766870
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for generating a bundle package, digitally signing the bundle package, selectively disturbing the bundle package, and/or indexing one or more resource packages retrieved from the bundle package. That is, a bundle package (e.g., an application or game bundle package) comprises one or more app packages comprising application code configured to execute on various computing environments (e.g., operating systems, processors, etc.). The bundle package may comprise one or more resource packages comprising supplemental data used to provide optional user experience functionality for the application (e.g., French language support, high resolution textures, a gaming pad support, etc.). In this way, a client device may selectively download portions of the bundle package that may be relevant, which may mitigate download bandwidth, storage space, or resources otherwise used to obtain unnecessary portions of the bundle package (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Salameh, Erik Fortune, Jr., Phillip Smith, John Michael Sheehan, Simon Leet, Letao Wang, Sarjana Sheth
  • Patent number: 9495371
    Abstract: Architecture that provides a unified interface to access resources in different formats and in disparate resource locations for a process (e.g., consuming application). The unified interface is extensible such that users can add additional components to the unified interface to provide access to new resources and new resource references. The interface provides the capability to create a single comprehensive index of all available resources regardless of the resource format. Format-specific indexers are provided for the resources to find, enumerate, and process the resources into a structure suitable for processing by an indexing component into the index. A user can introduce new format-specific indexers for new resources and new resource references for processing by the indexing component into the index. The unified interface now provides access to the new resources and new resources references as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Erik Fortune, Rylan Hawkins, Peter G. Constable, Ashish Gupta, Tim Wegner, Alex Chapman
  • Patent number: 9323514
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for generating a bundle package, digitally signing the bundle package, selectively disturbing the bundle package, and/or indexing one or more resource packages retrieved from the bundle package. That is, a bundle package (e.g., an application or game bundle package) comprises one or more app packages comprising application code configured to execute on various computing environments (e.g., operating systems, processors, etc.). The bundle package may comprise one or more resource packages comprising supplemental data used to provide optional user experience functionality for the application (e.g., French language support, high resolution textures, a gaming pad support, etc.). In this way, a client device may selectively download portions of the bundle package that may be relevant, which may mitigate download bandwidth, storage space, or resources otherwise used to obtain unnecessary portions of the bundle package (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Peter G. Constable, Erik Fortune, Sung-Gook Chue
  • Publication number: 20150234653
    Abstract: Architecture that facilitates the package partitioning of application resources based on conditions, and the package applicability based on the conditions. An index is created for a unified lookup of the available resources. At build time of an application, the resources are indexed and determined to be applicable based on the conditions. The condition under which the resource is applicable is then used to automatically partition the resource into an appropriate package. Each resource package then becomes applicable under the conditions in which the resources within it are applicable, and is deployed to the user if the user merits the conditions (e.g., an English user will receive an English package of English strings, but not a French package). Before the application is run, the references to the resources are merged and can be used to do appropriate lookup of what resources are available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Erik Fortune, Rylan Hawkins, Peter G. Constable, Sunggook Chue, Dennis Chi
  • Patent number: 9047103
    Abstract: A resource index on a computing device identifies multiple resource instances (e.g., multiple user interface (UI) resource instances) of multiple resource items (e.g., of multiple UI resource items), each resource instance having one or more resource instance conditions. In response to a request for a resource item received from an application, a determination is made based on the resource index of one of the multiple resource instances that satisfy conditions associated with the request, and the one of the multiple resource instances is returned to the application. Additionally, the resource index can be used to identify potential errors in running an application in various potential contexts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Erik Fortune, Rylan M. Hawkins, Peter G. Constable, Sunggook Chue, Dennis Y. Chi, Laura Gonzalez Gomez, Jayashree Sadagopan
  • Patent number: 9021434
    Abstract: Architecture that facilitates the package partitioning of application resources based on conditions, and the package applicability based on the conditions. An index is created for a unified lookup of the available resources. At build time of an application, the resources are indexed and determined to be applicable based on the conditions. The condition under which the resource is applicable is then used to automatically partition the resource into an appropriate package. Each resource package then becomes applicable under the conditions in which the resources within it are applicable, and is deployed to the user if the user merits the conditions (e.g., an English user will receive an English package of English strings, but not a French package). Before the application is run, the references to the resources are merged and can be used to do appropriate lookup of what resources are available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Erik Fortune, Rylan Hawkins, Peter G. Constable, Sunggook Chue, Dennis Chi
  • Publication number: 20140359604
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for generating a bundle package, digitally signing the bundle package, selectively disturbing the bundle package, and/or indexing one or more resource packages retrieved from the bundle package. That is, a bundle package (e.g., an application or game bundle package) comprises one or more app packages comprising application code configured to execute on various computing environments (e.g., operating systems, processors, etc.). The bundle package may comprise one or more resource packages comprising supplemental data used to provide optional user experience functionality for the application (e.g., French language support, high resolution textures, a gaming pad support, etc.). In this way, a client device may selectively download portions of the bundle package that may be relevant, which may mitigate download bandwidth, storage space, or resources otherwise used to obtain unnecessary portions of the bundle package (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Jason Salameh, Erik Fortune, Phillip Smith, John Michael Sheehan, Simon Leet, Letao Wang, Sarjana Sheth
  • Publication number: 20140359606
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for generating a bundle package, digitally signing the bundle package, selectively disturbing the bundle package, and/or indexing one or more resource packages retrieved from the bundle package. That is, a bundle package (e.g., an application or game bundle package) comprises one or more app packages comprising application code configured to execute on various computing environments (e.g., operating systems, processors, etc.). The bundle package may comprise one or more resource packages comprising supplemental data used to provide optional user experience functionality for the application (e.g., French language support, high resolution textures, a gaming pad support, etc.). In this way, a client device may selectively download portions of the bundle package that may be relevant, which may mitigate download bandwidth, storage space, or resources otherwise used to obtain unnecessary portions of the bundle package (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Jason Salameh, Erik Fortune, Phillip Smith, John Michael Sheehan, Wade H. Curtiss, Kyle Grayson Conroy, Samuel Aaron Beard, Jonathan L. Davis, William L. Cheng, Ravi Kiran Kunapuli
  • Publication number: 20140359601
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for generating a bundle package, digitally signing the bundle package, selectively disturbing the bundle package, and/or indexing one or more resource packages retrieved from the bundle package. That is, a bundle package (e.g., an application or game bundle package) comprises one or more app packages comprising application code configured to execute on various computing environments (e.g., operating systems, processors, etc.). The bundle package may comprise one or more resource packages comprising supplemental data used to provide optional user experience functionality for the application (e.g., French language support, high resolution textures, a gaming pad support, etc.). In this way, a client device may selectively download portions of the bundle package that may be relevant, which may mitigate download bandwidth, storage space, or resources otherwise used to obtain unnecessary portions of the bundle package (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Peter G. Constable, Erik Fortune, Sung-Gook Chue
  • Publication number: 20130325435
    Abstract: A device may be configured to enable a user to select a language, and may fulfill resource requests from applications by selecting, from among resources respectively associated with a language, a resource associated with the selected language of the user. However, this resource selection process may be inadequate if the user selects multiple languages; if a resource associated with the selected language of the user is unavailable, but resources associated with related languages are available; or if the user and/or the application specifies an ordering for the selection among the languages. Presented herein are techniques for performing the resource selection by, for respective languages selected by the user, calculating a weight representing a suitability of the language for the resource request; generating a selection order of the selected languages according to the weights; and selecting a resource based on the position of the associated language in the selection order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Rylan Michael Hawkins, Eric Scott Albright, Nicholas A. Beal, Peter Geoffrey Constable, Wade H. Curtiss, Erik Fortune, Andrew Stuart Glass, Samuel Aaron Beard
  • Publication number: 20130326347
    Abstract: Language selection and application within a computing environment are often distributed over and differently applied by the operating system and various applications, leading to additional administration, inconsistencies in the user experience based on different language feature implementations among different applications; and increased cost and redundancy in developing language features for different applications. Presented herein are techniques for configuring a device with an application language library that centralizes the selection of languages by the user, and that provides a wide variety of language features (e.g., text translation, user interface adaptation, and data formats) to the applications and operating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Scott Albright, Nicholas A. Beal, Peter Geoffrey Constable, Wade H. Curtiss, Erik Fortune, Andrew Stuart Glass, Samuel Aaron Beard
  • Publication number: 20130290930
    Abstract: Architecture that facilitates the package partitioning of application resources based on conditions, and the package applicability based on the conditions. An index is created for a unified lookup of the available resources. At build time of an application, the resources are indexed and determined to be applicable based on the conditions. The condition under which the resource is applicable is then used to automatically partition the resource into an appropriate package. Each resource package then becomes applicable under the conditions in which the resources within it are applicable, and is deployed to the user if the user merits the conditions (e.g., an English user will receive an English package of English strings, but not a French package). Before the application is run, the references to the resources are merged and can be used to do appropriate lookup of what resources are available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Erik Fortune, Rylan Hawkins, Peter G. Constable, Sunggook Chue, Dennis Chi
  • Patent number: 8495570
    Abstract: Architecture that facilitates the package partitioning of application resources based on conditions, and the package applicability based on the conditions. An index is created for a unified lookup of the available resources. At build time of an application, the resources are indexed and determined to be applicable based on the conditions. The condition under which the resource is applicable is then used to automatically partition the resource into an appropriate package. Each resource package then becomes applicable under the conditions in which the resources within it are applicable, and is deployed to the user if the user merits the conditions (e.g., an English user will receive an English package of English strings, but not a French package). Before the application is run, the references to the resources are merged and can be used to do appropriate lookup of what resources are available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Erik Fortune, Rylan Hawkins, Peter G. Constable, Sunggook Chue, Dennis Chi