Patents by Inventor Espen Sommerfelt

Espen Sommerfelt 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).

  • Publication number: 20240104510
    Abstract: Systems and methods for inferring and notifying an end user about reduced availability of a target user or group of target users in a time range of interest. For instance, the reduced availability service includes components for collecting calendar event information and calendar settings information corresponding to a calendar of a target user, generating an interval graph data structure based on the collected calendar information, determining working hours for the target user, identifying periods of time where reduced availability is determined in the target user's calendar, and generating a notification of the target user's reduced availability for alerting the end user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nir NETES, Knut Harald RYAGER, Mohammdreza BONYADI, Håkon Bergland BRUGÅRD, Espen SOMMERFELT, Tinus Sola FLAGSTAD, Malgorzata PARUCH, Violet Wangui MWANGI, Erlend FISKERUD
  • Patent number: 10536465
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a server system or other computer equipment for storing data of a first party and determining whether a second party is permitted access to that data based on metadata associated with the data. The disclosure provides a variety of techniques for reducing latency in a security check operation which involves reading this metadata to determine whether the second party is permitted access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Espen Sommerfelt, Håkon Brugård, Panagiotis Sakkos, Iuri Tolica, Øystein Torbjørnsen
  • Publication number: 20180205739
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a server system or other computer equipment for storing data of a first party and determining whether a second party is permitted access to that data based on metadata associated with the data. The disclosure provides a variety of techniques for reducing latency in a security check operation which involves reading this metadata to determine whether the second party is permitted access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Espen Sommerfelt, Håkon Brugård, Panagiotis Sakkos, Iuri Tolica, Øystein Thorbjørsen