Patents by Inventor Jeffrey H. Michaud
Jeffrey H. Michaud 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).
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Patent number: 10447651Abstract: Technologies are described for using a cloud-based computer system to access services provided by a particular server over public Internet Protocol (IP) connections. In one aspect, a system includes a first computer system configured to run the particular server to provide a first service over public IP connections; and a second computer system configured to run a second server, where the particular server transmits, over public IP connections, a request for the second server to check the first service, where, responsive to receipt of the request for the second server to check the first service, the second server provides, to the particular server over public IP connections, information relating to whether the first service is available over public IP connections, and where the particular server updates an availability status of the first service over public IP connections based on the information provided by the second server.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jonathan D. Thomassian, Jeffrey H. Michaud, Sathish K. Narayanaswamy, Jason Allen Townsend, Amul Goswamy
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Publication number: 20180295097Abstract: Technologies are described for using a cloud-based computer system to access services provided by a particular server over public Internet Protocol (IP) connections. In one aspect, a system includes a first computer system configured to run the particular server to provide a first service over public IP connections; and a second computer system configured to run a second server, where the particular server transmits, over public IP connections, a request for the second server to check the first service, where, responsive to receipt of the request for the second server to check the first service, the second server provides, to the particular server over public IP connections, information relating to whether the first service is available over public IP connections, and where the particular server updates an availability status of the first service over public IP connections based on the information provided by the second server.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Jonathan D. Thomassian, Jeffrey H. Michaud, Sathish K. Narayanaswamy, Jason Allen Townsend, Amul Goswamy
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Patent number: 9935918Abstract: Technologies are described for using a cloud-based computer system to access services provided by a particular server over public Internet Protocol (IP) connections. In one aspect, a system includes a first computer system configured to run the particular server to provide a first service over public IP connections; and a second computer system configured to run a second server, where the particular server transmits, over public IP connections, a request for the second server to check the first service, where, responsive to receipt of the request for the second server to check the first service, the second server provides, to the particular server over public IP connections, information relating to whether the first service is available over public IP connections, and where the particular server updates an availability status of the first service over public IP connections based on the information provided by the second server.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2014Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jonathan D. Thomassian, Jeffrey H. Michaud, Sathish K. Narayanaswamy, Jason Allen Townsend, Amul Goswamy
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Publication number: 20150350044Abstract: Technologies are described for using a cloud-based computer system to access services provided by a particular server over public Internet Protocol (IP) connections. In one aspect, a system includes a first computer system configured to run the particular server to provide a first service over public IP connections; and a second computer system configured to run a second server, where the particular server transmits, over public IP connections, a request for the second server to check the first service, where, responsive to receipt of the request for the second server to check the first service, the second server provides, to the particular server over public IP connections, information relating to whether the first service is available over public IP connections, and where the particular server updates an availability status of the first service over public IP connections based on the information provided by the second server.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2014Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventors: Jonathan D. Thomassian, Jeffrey H. Michaud, Sathish K. Narayanaswamy, Jason Allen Townsend, Amul Goswamy
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Patent number: 8819544Abstract: Apparatus and methods implementing a technique for creating an electronic artwork with a hot area. For a selected layer of the artwork, a non-transparent region is identified and an action is assigned to an area corresponding to the non-transparent region, the action defining a function that will be activated when the area is selected. The technique is advantageous in computer application programs that composite images from layers and for producing HTML (HyperText Markup Language) output that refers to a corresponding composited image, where the action is a URL and the area is defined by an image map.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventors: Jeffrey H. Michaud, Douglas K. Olson
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Patent number: 8504699Abstract: A server device sends a list of account holders together with an invitation to bind to the server. A client device can decide to present the invitation to a user for decision only if the client device finds a match between the list and the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2012Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Gregory Bjorn Vaughan, Jeffrey H. Michaud, Kazuhisa Yanagihara, Bertrand Serlet
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Publication number: 20120284337Abstract: A server device sends a list of account holders together with an invitation to bind to the server. A client device can decide to present the invitation to a user for decision only if the client device finds a match between the list and the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: APPLE INC.Inventors: Gregory Bjorn Vaughan, Jeffrey H. Michaud, Kazuhisa Yanagihara, Bertrand Serlet
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Patent number: 8224972Abstract: A server device sends a list of account holders together with an invitation to bind to the server. A client device can decide to present the invitation to a user for decision only if the client device finds a match between the list and the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2011Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Gregory Bjorn Vaughan, Jeffrey H. Michaud, Kazuhisa Yanagihara, Bertrand Serlet
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Publication number: 20110219296Abstract: Apparatus and methods implementing a technique for creating an electronic artwork with a hot area. For a selected layer of the artwork, a non-transparent region is identified and an action is assigned to an area corresponding to the non-transparent region, the action defining a function that will be activated when the area is selected. The technique is advantageous in computer application programs that composite images from layers and for producing HTML (HyperText Markup Language) output that refers to a corresponding composited image, where the action is a URL and the area is defined by an image map.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2011Publication date: September 8, 2011Inventors: Jeffrey H. Michaud, Douglas K. Olson
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Publication number: 20110173311Abstract: A server device sends a list of account holders together with an invitation to bind to the server. A client device can decide to present the invitation to a user for decision only if the client device finds a match between the list and the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2011Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: APPLE INC.Inventors: Gregory Bjorn Vaughan, Jeffrey H. Michaud, Kazuhisa Yanagihara, Bertrand Serlet
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Patent number: 7949943Abstract: Apparatus and methods implementing a technique for creating an electronic artwork with a hot area. For a selected layer of the artwork, a non-transparent region is identified and an action is assigned to an area corresponding to the non-transparent region, the action defining a function that will be activated when the area is selected. The technique is advantageous in computer application programs that composite images from layers and for producing HTML (HyperText Markup Language) output that refers to a corresponding composited image, where the action is a URL and the area is defined by an image map.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2006Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventors: Jeffrey H. Michaud, Douglas K. Olson
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Patent number: 7912962Abstract: A server device sends a list of account holders together with an invitation to bind to the server. A client device can decide to present the invitation to a user for decision only if the client device finds a match between the list and the user.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2006Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Gregory Bjorn Vaughan, Jeffrey H. Michaud, Kazuhisa Yanagihara, Bertrand Serlet
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Patent number: 7788599Abstract: A user interface element for selecting items from a hierarchy of items can present a cell for each level in the hierarchy of items. Each cell can be associated with a level in the hierarchy and is operable to receive user input. In response to receiving user input directed to a cell, a collection of items can be presented where each presented item is from the level in the hierarchy associated with the cell. Each presented item can also be a child of a selected item in a cell associated with a higher level in the hierarchy.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2006Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey H. Michaud, Michael Paul Thole, Mark Joseph Williams, Jason Allen Townsend
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Publication number: 20080086537Abstract: A server device sends a list of account holders together with an invitation to bind to the server. A client device can decide to present the invitation to a user for decision only if the client device finds a match between the list and the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2006Publication date: April 10, 2008Inventors: Gregory Bjorn Vaughan, Jeffrey H. Michaud, Kazuhisa Yanagihara, Bertrand Serlet
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Publication number: 20080028337Abstract: A user interface element for selecting items from a hierarchy of items can present a cell for each level in the hierarchy of items. Each cell can be associated with a level in the hierarchy and is operable to receive user input. In response to receiving user input directed to a cell, a collection of items can be presented where each presented item is from the level in the hierarchy associated with the cell. Each presented item can also be a child of a selected item in a cell associated with a higher level in the hierarchy.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2006Publication date: January 31, 2008Applicant: Apple Computer, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey H. Michaud, Michael Paul Thole, Mark Joseph Williams, Jason Allen Townsend
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Patent number: 7139970Abstract: Apparatus and methods implementing a technique for creating an electronic artwork with a hot area. For a selected layer of the artwork, a non-transparent region is identified and an action is assigned to an area corresponding to the non-transparent region, the action defining a function that will be activated when the area is selected. The technique is advantageous in computer application programs that composite images from layers and for producing HTML (HyperText Markup Language) output that refers to a corresponding composited image, where the action is a URL and the area is defined by an image map.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 1998Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventors: Jeffrey H. Michaud, Douglas K. Olson
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Publication number: 20020052891Abstract: Apparatus and methods implementing a technique for creating an electronic artwork with a hot area. For a selected layer of the artwork, a non-transparent region is identified and an action is assigned to an area corresponding to the non-transparent region, the action defining a function that will be activated when the area is selected. The technique is advantageous in computer application programs that composite images from layers and for producing HTML (HyperText Markup Language) output that refers to a corresponding composited image, where the action is a URL and the area is defined by an image map.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 1998Publication date: May 2, 2002Inventors: JEFFREY H. MICHAUD, DOUGLAS K. OLSON