Patents by Inventor Joseph J. Brychell, III

Joseph J. Brychell, III 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).

  • Simplifying application access to schematized contact data
    Patent number: 8195711
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to utilizing contact data controls to simplify access to schematized contact data. Contact data controls abstract the formatting of schematized contact data from applications. In some embodiments, applications that lack the configuration to natively access schematized contact data (e.g., lack the functionality to convert between schematized and non-schematized data or are not authorized) forward requests to access schematized contact data to an external contact data control. In other embodiments, applications that lack the configuration to natively access schematized contact data forward non-schematized data, which is to be used to update schematized contact data, to an external contact data control. External contact data controls appropriately interact with the schematized data and can provide user-interface such that an application designer need not have extensive knowledge of contact schemas associated with the schematized contact data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joel K. Grossman, Vivien Park, Oliver G. Fisher, Cornelis K. van Dok, Joseph J. Brychell, III, Melissa W. Dunn
  • SIMPLIFYING APPLICATION ACCESS TO SCHEMATIZED CONTACT DATA
    Publication number: 20110179367
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to utilizing contact data controls to simplify access to schematized contact data. Contact data controls abstract the formatting of schematized contact data from applications. In some embodiments, applications that lack the configuration to natively access schematized contact data (e.g., lack the functionality to convert between schematized and non-schematized data or are not authorized) forward requests to access schematized contact data to an external contact data control. In other embodiments, applications that lack the configuration to natively access schematized contact data forward non-schematized data, which is to be used to update schematized contact data, to an external contact data control. External contact data controls appropriately interact with the schematized data and can provide user-interface such that an application designer need not have extensive knowledge of contact schemas associated with the schematized contact data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joel K. Grossman, Vivien Park, Oliver G. Fisher, Cornelis K. van Dok, Joseph J. Brychell, III, Melissa W. Dunn
  • Simplifying application access to schematized contact data
    Patent number: 7953759
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to utilizing contact data controls to simplify access to schematized contact data. Contact data controls abstract the formatting of schematized contact data from applications. In some embodiments, applications that lack the configuration to natively access schematized contact data (e.g., lack the functionality to convert between schematized and non-schematized data or are not authorized) forward requests to access schematized contact data to an external contact data control. In other embodiments, applications that lack the configuration to natively access schematized contact data forward non-schematized data, which is to be used to update schematized contact data, to an external contact data control. External contact data controls appropriately interact with the schematized data and can provide user-interface such that an application designer need not have extensive knowledge of contact schemas associated with the schematized contact data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joel K. Grossman, Vivien Park, Oliver G. Fisher, Cornelis K. van Dok, Joseph J. Brychell, III, Melissa W. Dunn