Patents by Inventor Jeremy Michael Ehrhardt

Jeremy Michael Ehrhardt 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).

  • Implementing custom activities in a workflow
    Patent number: 8250520
    Abstract: A front-end computing system initializes an instance of a workflow. The workflow contains a plurality of activities. The plurality of activities includes a shim activity. When the front-end computing system executes the workflow instance, the front-end computing system performs the shim activity. When the front-end computing system performs the shim activity, the front-end computing system sends a custom activity assembly to a sandbox computing system. The custom activity assembly is not fully trusted. The sandbox computing system executes the custom activity assembly. The sandbox computing system is isolated from the front-end computing system such that unexpected behavior of the sandbox computing system does not cause the front-end computing system to perform unexpected behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eilene Hao, Alexander Malck, William J. Griffin, Richard E. Andeen, Phillip D. Allen, Gabriel J. Hall, Jeremy Michael Ehrhardt