Patents by Inventor EUNICE CHOU

EUNICE CHOU 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).

  • Delivering composite media to a client application
    Patent number: 8521842
    Abstract: An approach is provided for generating composite media and delivering the composite media to a client application. Data is received from one or more external sources, and a portion of the data is selected to be used in the composite media according to the time period of delivery of the client application, user information, or the type of client application requesting the media, if a request has been made. The selected data is integrated into a pre-created template to generate the composite media, such as an advertisement, special offers, or weather and stock information. The composite media may be modified prior to being delivered to the client application. The selection of the pre-created template and the modification of the composite media are made according to requirements of the client application, user information, or the type of client application (e.g., gaming application) requesting the media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Katherine Hays, Charlotte-Anne Nelson, Eunice Chou, Michael Novi, Jeffrey D. Carnahan
  • DELIVERING COMPOSITE MEDIA TO A CLIENT APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20090222511
    Abstract: An approach is provided for generating composite media and delivering the composite media to a client application. Data is received from one or more external sources, and a portion of the data is selected to be used in the composite media according to the time period of delivery of the client application, user information, or the type of client application requesting the media, if a request has been made. The selected data is integrated into a pre-created template to generate the composite media, such as an advertisement, special offers, or weather and stock information. The composite media may be modified prior to being delivered to the client application. The selection of the pre-created template and the modification of the composite media are made according to requirements of the client application, user information, or the type of client application (e.g., gaming application) requesting the media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: KATHERINE HAYS, CHARLOTTE-ANNE NELSON, EUNICE CHOU, MICHAEL NOVI, JEFFREY D. CARNAHAN