Patents by Inventor Grant Gardner

Grant Gardner 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: 10750349
    Abstract: Device linking is described. In one or more implementations, data is maintained at a network service that describes characteristics of a plurality of devices that are associated with a user account of the network service. A communication is formed to be received by one of the plurality of devices that includes a portion of the data that pertains to another one of the plurality of devices and that is suitable by the receiving device to discover the other one of the plurality of devices to initiate a local network connection between the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Min Liu, Anthony V. Discolo, Edmund Hon-Sum Lui, Kean Ee Lim, Ryan B. Elgram, Donald F. Box, Martin J. Gudgin, Zhangwei Xu, Todd R. Manion, Grant Gardner, Jeremy L. Dewey, Shiraz J. Cupala, Curt A. Steeb
  • Publication number: 20180234831
    Abstract: Device linking is described. In one or more implementations, data is maintained at a network service that describes characteristics of a plurality of devices that are associated with a user account of the network service. A communication is formed to be received by one of the plurality of devices that includes a portion of the data that pertains to another one of the plurality of devices and that is suitable by the receiving device to discover the other one of the plurality of devices to initiate a local network connection between the devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Min Liu, Anthony V. Discolo, Edmund Hon-Sum Lui, Kean Ee Lim, Ryan B. Elgram, Donald F. Box, Martin J. Gudgin, Zhangwei Xu, Todd R. Manion, Grant Gardner, Jeremy L. Dewey, Shiraz J. Cupala, Curt A. Steeb
  • Patent number: 9967730
    Abstract: Device linking is described. In one or more implementations, data is maintained at a network service that describes characteristics of a plurality of devices that are associated with a user account of the network service. A communication is formed to be received by one of the plurality of devices that includes a portion of the data that pertains to another one of the plurality of devices and that is suitable by the receiving device to discover the other one of the plurality of devices to initiate a local network connection between the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Min Liu, Anthony V. Discolo, Edmund Hon-Sum Lui, Kean Ee Lim, Ryan B. Elgram, Donald F. Box, Martin J. Gudgin, Zhangwei Xu, Todd R. Manion, Grant Gardner, Jeremy L. Dewey, Shiraz J. Cupala, Curt A. Steeb
  • Publication number: 20170164180
    Abstract: Device linking is described. In one or more implementations, data is maintained at a network service that describes characteristics of a plurality of devices that are associated with a user account of the network service. A communication is formed to be received by one of the plurality of devices that includes a portion of the data that pertains to another one of the plurality of devices and that is suitable by the receiving device to discover the other one of the plurality of devices to initiate a local network connection between the devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Min Liu, Anthony V. Discolo, Edmund Hon-Sum Lui, Kean Ee Lim, Ryan B. Elgram, Donald F. Box, Martin J. Gudgin, Zhangwei Xu, Todd R. Manion, Grant Gardner, Jeremy L. Dewey, Shiraz J. Cupala, Curt A. Steeb
  • Patent number: 9579570
    Abstract: Device linking is described. In one or more implementations, data is maintained at a network service that describes characteristics of a plurality of devices that are associated with a user account of the network service. A communication is formed to be received by one of the plurality of devices that includes a portion of the data that pertains to another one of the plurality of devices and that is suitable by the receiving device to discover the other one of the plurality of devices to initiate a local network connection between the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Min Liu, Anthony V. Discolo, Edmund Hon-Sum Lui, Kean Ee Lim, Ryan B. Elgram, Donald F. Box, Martin J. Gudgin, Zhangwei Xu, Todd R. Manion, Grant Gardner, Jeremy L. Dewey, Shiraz J. Cupala, Curt A. Steeb
  • Publication number: 20130318247
    Abstract: Device linking is described. In one or more implementations, data is maintained at a network service that describes characteristics of a plurality of devices that are associated with a user account of the network service. A communication is formed to be received by one of the plurality of devices that includes a portion of the data that pertains to another one of the plurality of devices and that is suitable by the receiving device to discover the other one of the plurality of devices to initiate a local network connection between the devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Min Liu, Anthony V. Discolo, Edmund Hon-Sum Lui, Kean Ee Lim, Ryan B. Elgram, Donald F. Box, Martin J. Gudgin, Zhangwei Xu, Todd R. Manion, Grant Gardner, Jeremy L. Dewey, Shiraz J. Cupala, Curt A. Steeb
  • Patent number: 8469816
    Abstract: Device linking is described. In one or more implementations, data is maintained at a network service that describes characteristics of a plurality of devices that are associated with a user account of the network service. A communication is formed to be received by one of the plurality of devices that includes a portion of the data that pertains to another one of the plurality of devices and that is suitable by the receiving device to discover the other one of the plurality of devices to initiate a local network connection between the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Min Liu, Anthony V. Discolo, Edmund Hon-Sum Lui, Kean Ee Lim, Ryan B. Elgram, Donald F. Box, Martin J. Gudgin, Zhangwei Xu, Todd R. Manion, Grant Gardner, Jeremy L. Dewey, Shiraz J. Cupala, Curt A. Steeb
  • Publication number: 20130090169
    Abstract: Device linking is described. In one or more implementations, data is maintained at a network service that describes characteristics of a plurality of devices that are associated with a user account of the network service. A communication is formed to be received by one of the plurality of devices that includes a portion of the data that pertains to another one of the plurality of devices and that is suitable by the receiving device to discover the other one of the plurality of devices to initiate a local network connection between the devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Min Liu, Anthony V. Discolo, Edmund Hon-Sum Lui, Kean Ee Lim, Ryan B. Elgram, Donald F. Box, Martin J. Gudgin, Zhangwei Xu, Todd R. Manion, Grant Gardner, Jeremy L. Dewey, Shiraz J. Cupala, Curt A. Steeb
  • Publication number: 20100105441
    Abstract: Techniques involving a display size of representations in a user interface are described. In one or more implementations, a mobile communications device assigns a display size to representations of a plurality of content based on metadata associated with the content that indicates when the content was captured. The assigned display size of a first representation is larger than the assigned display size of a second representation. The first and second representations are displayed concurrently in a user interface on the mobile communications device as having respective assigned display sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Chad Aron Voss, Michael J. Kruzeniski, Michael K. Henderlight, Grant Gardner, Joseph P. McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20060286526
    Abstract: A vehicle for performing an experiment demonstrating a Newtonian law of motion, including capturing data representing vehicle velocity over time during execution of an experiment, the vehicle comprises an interval timer for generating a time interval output representing equal intervals of time; a velocity indicating mechanism for generating a velocity output representing a velocity of the vehicle when traveling along a path during performance of the experiment; and a memory mechanism for recording the time interval output and the velocity output during performance of the experiment, the recorded time interval output and velocity output being recorded for use in at least one calculation demonstrating the Newtonian law of motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventors: Marshall Montgomery, Grant Gardner, Matthew Gilliland, Dan Bluestein, Laurence Malone, Linda De Lucchi