Patents by Inventor Erren Dusan Lester
Erren Dusan Lester 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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Patent number: 9503440Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for protecting user information on a client device that may have a plurality of users. A user interface with a public machine designation portion is presented to a user prior to the start of the authentication process. The public machine designation removes web service account descriptions and any user specific information stored on the client device. Also, the client device is prevented from storing any new user specific information that is provided to the client device. The public machine designation is a persistent feature that may only be disabled by an affirmative action from the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Michael C. Kunz, Lynn C. Ayres, Trevin M. Chow, Erren Dusan Lester, Campbell D. Gunn
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Patent number: 8997189Abstract: Embodiments of multi-user web service sign-in client side components are presented herein. In an implementation, the currently authenticated user account of a first application of a client is transferred to another application of a client. In another implementation, a common credential store is used to share data for a plurality of user accounts associated with a client between a plurality of applications of the client, and for the applications to output multi-user interfaces having portions corresponding to the plurality of accounts.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Erren Dusan Lester, Kok Wai Chan, Lynn C. Ayres, Naresh Jain, Rui Chen, Trevin M. Chow
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Publication number: 20140181907Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for protecting user information on a client device that may have a plurality of users. A user interface with a public machine designation portion is presented to a user prior to the start of the authentication process. The public machine designation removes web service account descriptions and any user specific information stored on the client device. Also, the client device is prevented from storing any new user specific information that is provided to the client device. The public machine designation is a persistent feature that may only be disabled by an affirmative action from the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2014Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Michael C. Kunz, Lynn C. Ayres, Trevin M. Chow, Erren Dusan Lester, Campbell D. Gunn
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Patent number: 8667608Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for protecting user information on a client device that may have a plurality of users. A user interface with a public machine designation portion is presented to a user prior to the start of the authentication process. The public machine designation removes web service account descriptions and any user specific information stored on the client device. Also, the client device is prevented from storing any new user specific information that is provided to the client device. The public machine designation is a persistent feature that may only be disabled by an affirmative action from the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2012Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Michael C. Kunz, Lynn C. Ayres, Trevin M. Chow, Erren Dusan Lester, Campbell D. Gunn
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Publication number: 20130263285Abstract: Embodiments of multi-user web service sign-in client side components are presented herein. In an implementation, the currently authenticated user account of a first application of a client is transferred to another application of a client. In another implementation, a common credential store is used to share data for a plurality of user accounts associated with a client between a plurality of applications of the client, and for the applications to output multi-user interfaces having portions corresponding to the plurality of accounts.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2013Publication date: October 3, 2013Inventors: Erren Dusan Lester, Kok Wai Chan, Lynn C. Ayres, Naresh Jain, Rui Chen, Trevin M. Chow
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Patent number: 8458775Abstract: Embodiments of multi-user web service sign-in client side components are presented herein. In an implementation, the currently authenticated user account of a first application of a client is transferred to another application of a client. In another implementation, a common credential store is used to share data for a plurality of user accounts associated with a client between a plurality of applications of the client, and for the applications to output multi-user interfaces having portions corresponding to the plurality of accounts.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2006Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Erren Dusan Lester, Lynn C Ayres, Trevin M Chow, Kok Wai Chan, Rui Chen, Naresh Jain
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Publication number: 20130007899Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for protecting user information on a client device that may have a plurality of users. A user interface with a public machine designation portion is presented to a user prior to the start of the authentication process. The public machine designation removes web service account descriptions and any user specific information stored on the client device. Also, the client device is prevented from storing any new user specific information that is provided to the client device. The public machine designation is a persistent feature that may only be disabled by an affirmative action from the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Michael C. Kunz, Lynn C. Ayres, Trevin M. Chow, Erren Dusan Lester, Campbell D. Gunn
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Patent number: 8280979Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for protecting user information on a client device that may have a plurality of users. A user interface with a public machine designation portion is presented to a user prior to the start of the authentication process. The public machine designation removes web service account descriptions and any user specific information stored on the client device. Also, the client device is prevented from storing any new user specific information that is provided to the client device. The public machine designation is a persistent feature that may only be disabled by an affirmative action from the user.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2006Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Michael C Kunz, Lynn C Ayres, Trevin M Chow, Erren Dusan Lester, Campbell D Gunn
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Patent number: 7676833Abstract: Techniques are described which may be employed to provide a login screen with identifying data. In an implementation, a login screen is displayed having an image that identifies a user. Credentials are received via the login screen to log the user onto a service provider over a network.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2006Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Erren Dusan Lester, Jason C Fluegel, Jeffrey Steinbok, Katrina M Blanch, Mark K Wong, Ranjib S Badh, Rui Chen, Trevin M Chow
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Patent number: 7653944Abstract: The subject invention provides a unique system and method that facilitates creating HIP challenges (HIPs) that can be readily segmented and solved by human users but that are too difficult for non-human users. More specifically, the system and method utilize a variety of unique alteration techniques that are segmentation-based. For example, the system and method employ thicker arcs or occlusions that do not intersect characters already placed in the HIP. The thickness of the arc can be measured or determined by the thickness of the characters in the HIP. In addition to increasing the thickness, the arcs can be lengthened because longer arcs tend to resemble pieces of characters and may be harder to erode. Usability maps can be generated and used to selectively place clutter or occlusions and to selectively warp characters or the character sequence to facilitate human recognition of the characters.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2005Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Kumar H. Chellapilla, Patrice Y. Simard, Shannon A. Kallin, Erren Dusan Lester, Ismail Cem Paya
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Patent number: 7533419Abstract: A human interactive proof (HIP) service is described. In response to a request from a web server, the HIP service generates a HIP challenge and an associated attestation. The web server can then embed the generated HIP challenge in a requested web page. The attestation is used to determine whether or not a user response to the HIP challenge is correct.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2004Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Ismail Cem Paya, Josh D. Benaloh, Raja P. Perumal, Trevin M Chow, Erren Dusan Lester, Jeffrey Steinbok, Julien D. Couvreur
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Publication number: 20080046983Abstract: Embodiments of multi-user web service sign-in client side components are presented herein. In an implementation, the currently authenticated user account of a first application of a client is transferred to another application of a client. In another implementation, a common credential store is used to share data for a plurality of user accounts associated with a client between a plurality of applications of the client, and for the applications to output multi-user interfaces having portions corresponding to the plurality of accounts.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2006Publication date: February 21, 2008Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Erren Dusan Lester, Lynn C. Ayres, Trevin M. Chow, Kok Wai Chan, Rui Chen, Naresh Jain