Patents by Inventor Garland Trice

Garland Trice 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).

  • Web Content Targeting Based on Client Application Availability
    Publication number: 20130144934
    Abstract: Targeting content from an online service is provided. A server may query a plug-in in a client application to determine whether an application is installed on a client computing device for viewing the content from the online service. The server may then receive a response to the query from the plug-in. The server may then query a web service to determine a license status for a roaming application for viewing the content from the online service the client computing device. The server may then receive a response to the query from the web service. The server may then present one or more options for targeting the content from the online service to the client computing device based on the response to the query from the plug-in and the response to the query from the web service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alberto Swett, Olivier M. Destrebecq, Kenneth J. Yuhas, JR., Trevor W. McDiarmid, Garland Trice