Patents by Inventor Jon Milo Elliott

Jon Milo Elliott 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).

  • Conversion between application objects and smart client objects
    Patent number: 7558783
    Abstract: A Smart Client solution for an enterprise application (e.g., a Customer Relationship Management system) includes a base application (e.g., Microsoft Outlook), and add-in software that interacts with the base application. The add-in software allows the base application to be used to access data and functions of the enterprise application. The add-in software includes an interface manager for accessing items (corresponding to data in the enterprise application) in a data store for the base application, a communications agent in communication (via web services) with the enterprise application, and a synchronization manager in communication with both the interface manager and the communications agent for synchronizing data between the data store for the base application and the enterprise application. In addition to synchronization, Smart Client data can also be converted to and from data for the base application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Viswanath Vadlamani, Jon Milo Elliott
  • Synchronization for smart clients
    Patent number: 7506006
    Abstract: A Smart Client solution for an enterprise application (e.g., a Customer Relationship Management system) includes a base application (e.g., Microsoft Outlook), and add-in software that interacts with the base application. The add-in software allows the base application to be used to access data and functions of the enterprise application. The add-in software includes an interface manager for accessing items (corresponding to data in the enterprise application) in a data store for the base application, a communications agent in communication (via web services) with the enterprise application, and a synchronization manager in communication with both the interface manager and the communications agent for synchronizing data between the data store for the base application and the enterprise application. In addition to synchronization, Smart Client data can also be converted to and from data for the base application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Viswanath Vadlamani, Jon Milo Elliott, Mohammad Mushtaque Silat