Patents by Inventor Govind Varshney

Govind Varshney 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: 9754326
    Abstract: A method is presented for obtaining contact information on a client computer. A request is received to display contact information for a person on an email application running on the client computer. A determination is made as to whether third party contact information is available for a user of the email application. Instructions are obtained from a server computer for obtaining the third party contact information from a third party computer associated with a social network. Instructions are obtained from the server computer for formatting the third party contact information on the client computer. Using the instructions from the server computer for obtaining the third party contact information, the third party contact information is obtained from the third party computer. Using the instructions from the server computer for formatting the third party contact information, the obtained third party contact information is formatted and displayed on the client computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Roberto Anthony Franco, Govind Varshney, Anatoliy Burukhin
  • Patent number: 9398030
    Abstract: Various embodiments pertain to ascertaining domain contexts. In one embodiment, an application receives content that may contain a script (i.e. code). In this case, the domain context is ascertained and the script is executed in the context of the domain associated with the received content, rather than requiring the application or some other component to navigate to a location, such as a web location, to attempt to ascertain the domain context of the script. In another embodiment, third party objects or code are required to provide their domain context to an application in order for the application to make a security-based decision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Govind Varshney, Marc A. Silbey, Shankar Ganesh, Robert Impollonia, Venkatraman V. Kudallur
  • Patent number: 8799487
    Abstract: A data structure that represents a person is created. The data structure comprises a person object. The person object comprises one or more contact objects. When it is determined that the person is a global address list contact, first contact information for the person is obtained from a global address list store and stored in a first contact object. When it is determined that the person is an email contact, second contact information is obtained from a contact store and stored in a first memory cache. When it is determined that the second contact information includes a global address identifier, the global address identifier is stored in the second contact object. A person identifier is created for the person that identifies the person. The person identifier is stored in the first contact object and in the second contact object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Maithili Dandige, Govind Varshney, Alexander Sourov, Sainath Narendranath Thadkal
  • Publication number: 20140026219
    Abstract: Various embodiments pertain to ascertaining domain contexts. In one embodiment, an application receives content that may contain a script (i.e. code). In this case, the domain context is ascertained and the script is executed in the context of the domain associated with the received content, rather than requiring the application or some other component to navigate to a location, such as a web location, to attempt to ascertain the domain context of the script. In another embodiment, third party objects or code are required to provide their domain context to an application in order for the application to make a security-based decision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Govind Varshney
  • Patent number: 8572634
    Abstract: Various embodiments pertain to ascertaining domain contexts. In one embodiment, an application receives content that may contain a script (i.e. code). In this case, the domain context is ascertained and the script is executed in the context of the domain associated with the received content, rather than requiring the application or some other component to navigate to a location, such as a web location, to attempt to ascertain the domain context of the script. In another embodiment, third party objects or code are required to provide their domain context to an application in order for the application to make a security-based decision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Govind Varshney, Marc A. Silbey, Shankar Ganesh, Robert Impollonia, Venkatraman V. Kudallur
  • Publication number: 20130124640
    Abstract: A method is presented for obtaining contact information on a client computer. A request is received to display contact information for a person on an email application running on the client computer. A determination is made as to whether third party contact information is available for a user of the email application. Instructions are obtained from a server computer for obtaining the third party contact information from a third party computer associated with a social network. Instructions are obtained from the server computer for formatting the third party contact information on the client computer. Using the instructions from the server computer for obtaining the third party contact information, the third party contact information is obtained from the third party computer. Using the instructions from the server computer for formatting the third party contact information, the obtained third party contact information is formatted and displayed on the client computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roberto Anthony Franco, Govind Varshney, Anatoliy Burukhin
  • Publication number: 20130117458
    Abstract: A data structure that represents a person is created. The data structure comprises a person object. The person object comprises one or more contact objects. When it is determined that the person is a global address list contact, first contact information for the person is obtained from a global address list store and stored in a first contact object. When it is determined that the person is an email contact, second contact information is obtained from a contact store and stored in a first memory cache. When it is determined that the second contact information includes a global address identifier, the global address identifier is stored in the second contact object. A person identifier is created for the person that identifies the person. The person identifier is stored in the first contact object and in the second contact object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Maithili Dandige, Govind Varshney, Alexander Sourov, Sainath Narendranath Thadkal
  • Publication number: 20130097124
    Abstract: A communication application automatically aggregates contact information. The communication application classifies contact information retrieved from data sources as either duplicate or complimentary contact information to a contact. The communication application aggregates the contact information and the contact into a unified contact object by eliminating the duplicate contact information and adding the complimentary contact information. The application presents the unified contact object through a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeremy de Souza, Mayerber Carvalho Neto, Komal Kashiramka, Ladislau Conceicao, Gustavo Andrade, Kumarswamy Valegerepura, Brendan Fields, Maithili Dandige, Song Yue Yu, Narendranath Thadkal, Govind Varshney, Chris Gallagher
  • Patent number: 8353029
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide protection against web resources associated with one or more undesirable activities. In at least some embodiments, a method detects and responds to a user-initiated activity on a computing device. Responding can include, by way of example and not limitation, checking locally, on the computing device, whether a web resource that is associated with the user-initiated activity has been identified as being associated with a safe site. If the web resource is not associated with a safe site, the user will be notified and given the option to check remotely, away from the computing device, whether the web resource is identified as being at least possibly associated with one or more undesirable activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce A. Morgan, Cornelis K. Van Dok, Daniel M Saimo, Govind Varshney, Sebastien Zimmermann, Tariq Sharif
  • Publication number: 20100192165
    Abstract: Various embodiments pertain to ascertaining domain contexts. In one embodiment, an application receives content that may contain a script (i.e. code). In this case, the domain context is ascertained and the script is executed in the context of the domain associated with the received content, rather than requiring the application or some other component to navigate to a location, such as a web location, to attempt to ascertain the domain context of the script. In another embodiment, third party objects or code are required to provide their domain context to an application in order for the application to make a security-based decision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Govind Varshney, Marc A. Silbey, Shankar Ganesh, Robert Impollonia, Venkatraman V. Kudallur
  • Patent number: 7735094
    Abstract: Various embodiments pertain to ascertaining domain contexts. In one embodiment, an application receives content that may contain a script (i.e. code). In this case, the domain context is ascertained and the script is executed in the context of the domain associated with the received content, rather than requiring the application or some other component to navigate to a location, such as a web location, to attempt to ascertain the domain context of the script. In another embodiment, third party objects or code are required to provide their domain context to an application in order for the application to make a security-based decision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Govind Varshney, Marc A. Silbey, Shankar Ganesh, Robert Impollonia, Venkatraman V Kudallur
  • Publication number: 20100083098
    Abstract: Techniques to stream information describing a webpage are described. In an implementation, a webpage having a plurality of objects is accessed over a network. As changes are made to the webpage, elements describing changes to objects within the webpage are generated and streamed to an application. In another implementation, a stream of elements from a browser is received. Each of the elements describes a change to an object in a webpage accessed by the browser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nelson G. M. Leme, Govind Varshney
  • Publication number: 20070118898
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide protection against web resources associated with one or more undesirable activities. In at least some embodiments, a method detects and responds to a user-initiated activity on a computing device. Responding can include, by way of example and not limitation, checking locally, on the computing device, whether a web resource that is associated with the user-initiated activity has been identified as being associated with a safe site. If the web resource is not associated with a safe site, the user will be notified and given the option to check remotely, away from the computing device, whether the web resource is identified as being at least possibly associated with one or more undesirable activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce Morgan, Cornelis Van Dok, Daniel Saimo, Govind Varshney, Sebastien Zimmerman, Tariq Sharif
  • Publication number: 20070006148
    Abstract: Various embodiments pertain to ascertaining domain contexts. In one embodiment, an application receives content that may contain a script (i.e. code). In this case, the domain context is ascertained and the script is executed in the context of the domain associated with the received content, rather than requiring the application or some other component to navigate to a location, such as a web location, to attempt to ascertain the domain context of the script. In another embodiment, third party objects or code are required to provide their domain context to an application in order for the application to make a security-based decision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Govind Varshney, Marc Silbey, Shankar Ganesh, Robert Impollonia, Venkatraman Kudallur