Patents by Inventor Gareth A. Howell

Gareth A. Howell 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: 11310178
    Abstract: Collaborating on documents by e-mail may be streamlined into a unified process. In one example, a user creates a document in an online document service, and sends the document to collaborators by mailing a link to the document. The document may have permissions set so that the creator of the document, and any user on the e-mail distribution list, can read and edit the document. When a user receives the e-mail, that user may open and edit the document. Upon closing the editing application, the user may be presented with an appropriate interface to create a reply e-mail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel W. Crevier, Jason F. Moore, David Citron, Jennifer I. Shen, Gareth A. Howell, Jonathan A. Bockelman
  • Patent number: 10218655
    Abstract: Collaborating on documents by e-mail may be streamlined into a unified process. In one example, a user creates a document in an online document service, and sends the document to collaborators by mailing a link to the document. The document may have permissions set so that the creator of the document, and any user on the e-mail distribution list, can read and edit the document. When a user receives the e-mail, that user may open and edit the document. Upon closing the editing application, the user may be presented with an appropriate interface to create a reply e-mail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel W. Crevier, Jason F. Moore, David Citron, Jennifer I. Shen, Gareth A. Howell, Jonathan A. Bockelman
  • Patent number: 10198523
    Abstract: Embodiments are provided for utilizing server pre-processing to deploy static renditions of electronic documents in a computer network. An electronic document may be published from a client computer to a first server computer in the computer network. During publication, the first server computer may create a static rendition of the electronic document and a viewing application for viewing the static rendition of the electronic document on the client computer. The first server computer may store the static rendition of the electronic document and the viewing application on a second server computer for delivery to the client computer. Other embodiments may also include receiving, at the first server computer, a request to make revisions to the electronic document and sending a dynamic version of the electronic document from the first server computer to the client for making the revisions to the electronic document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Gareth A. Howell, Christopher J. Brown, Sugandha S. Kapoor, Donovan P. Lange, Zhenjun Zhu
  • Publication number: 20170019360
    Abstract: Collaborating on documents by e-mail may be streamlined into a unified process. In one example, a user creates a document in an online document service, and sends the document to collaborators by mailing a link to the document. The document may have permissions set so that the creator of the document, and any user on the e-mail distribution list, can read and edit the document. When a user receives the e-mail, that user may open and edit the document. Upon closing the editing application, the user may be presented with an appropriate interface to create a reply e-mail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel W. Crevier, Jason F. Moore, David Citron, Jennifer I. Shen, Gareth A. Howell, Jonathan A. Bockelman
  • Patent number: 9418356
    Abstract: Collaborating on documents by e-mail may be streamlined into a unified process. In one example, a user creates a document in an online document service, and sends the document to collaborators by mailing a link to the document. The document may have permissions set so that the creator of the document, and any user on the e-mail distribution list, can read and edit the document. When a user receives the e-mail, that user may open and edit the document. Upon closing the editing application, the user may be presented with an appropriate interface to create a reply e-mail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel W. Crevier, Jason F. Moore, David Citron, Jennifer I. Shen, Gareth A. Howell, Jonathan A. Bockelman
  • Patent number: 8789159
    Abstract: Systems and methods for creating a secure process on a web server can include creating an application manager process, and creating an application host process, the application host process being created under control of the application manager process. Example methods can also include restricting attributes of the application host process, and assigning a unique logon identifier to the application host process so that the application host process can only communicate with the application manager process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: S. Franklin Williams, Kiran Akella Venkata, David C. LeBlanc, Juraj Gottweis, Gareth A. Howell, Scott A. Field, Ramesh Chinta
  • Publication number: 20110276897
    Abstract: Collaborating on documents by e-mail may be streamlined into a unified process. In one example, a user creates a document in an online document service, and sends the document to collaborators by mailing a link to the document. The document may have permissions set so that the creator of the document, and any user on the e-mail distribution list, can read and edit the document. When a user receives the e-mail, that user may open and edit the document. Upon closing the editing application, the user may be presented with an appropriate interface to create a reply e-mail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel W. Crevier, Jason F. Moore, David Citron, Jennifer I. Shen, Gareth A. Howell, Jonathan A. Bockelman
  • Publication number: 20100312822
    Abstract: Embodiments are provided for utilizing server pre-processing to deploy static renditions of electronic documents in a computer network. An electronic document may be published from a client computer to a first server computer in the computer network. During publication, the first server computer may create a static rendition of the electronic document and a viewing application for viewing the static rendition of the electronic document on the client computer. The first server computer may store the static rendition of the electronic document and the viewing application on a second server computer for delivery to the client computer. Other embodiments may also include receiving, at the first server computer, a request to make revisions to the electronic document and sending a dynamic version of the electronic document from the first server computer to the client for making the revisions to the electronic document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Gareth A. Howell, Christopher J. Brown, Sugandha S. Kapoor, Donovan P. Lange, Zhenjun Zhu
  • Publication number: 20090205034
    Abstract: Systems and methods for creating a secure process on a web server can include creating an application manager process, and creating an application host process, the application host process being created under control of the application manager process. Example methods can also include restricting attributes of the application host process, and assigning a unique logon identifier to the application host process so that the application host process can only communicate with the application manager process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: S. Franklin Williams, Kiran Akella Venkata, David C. LeBlanc, Juraj Gottweis, Gareth A. Howell, Scott A. Field, Ramesh Chinta
  • Patent number: D616456
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Maria M. Cameron, Thomas R. A. Ham, Leslie A. Scott, Gareth A. Howell, Krista Bendig