Patents by Inventor Graham Andrew Ruffell

Graham Andrew Ruffell 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).

  • Method and system for incrementally maintaining digital content using events
    Patent number: 7028040
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for incrementally maintaining digital information using change notifications. A content store provides change notifications corresponding to changes to the data within the store to an event broadcaster. One or more modules store a subset of the content data for publication and receive the change notifications over a message queue bus. The modules process the change notifications and generate events for redistribution by the event broadcaster. The events may include publishing updated content by the modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen John Butler, Graham Andrew Ruffell