Patents by Inventor Joseph Keith Croney

Joseph Keith Croney 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: 7574653
    Abstract: A method for rendering images for display on a client device is provided. A single image may be stored on the server for conversion into an image suitable for display on a particular client device. Image conversion may be performed consistent with the display capabilities of the client device. The display capabilities of the particular device requesting access to a web page may be identified at the time the web page is requested. Converted images may be stored and made available upon request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Keith Croney, Greg David Schechter
  • Patent number: 7281202
    Abstract: A framework for creating modular web pages. The framework enables the development of modular, customized, and personalized web applications including web portals and web pages. The framework includes an extensible part base class and an extensible zone base class. Part controls that derive from the part base class include web part controls, editor part controls, and catalog part controls. Zone controls, editor zone controls, and catalog zone controls derive from the zone base class. Each zone control contains one or more part controls and each zone is responsible for rendering part controls within each respective zone. Web part controls can communicate with other web part controls. Web part controls can be edited, removed, or added to a zone control. The functionality of part controls can vary widely among the part controls in a particular zone and across different zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Keith Croney, Nikhil Kothari, Michael Harder, Gregory S. Lindhorst, Andres Sanabria
  • Publication number: 20040268228
    Abstract: A framework for creating modular web pages. The framework enables the development of modular, customized, and personalized web applications including web portals and web pages. The framework includes an extensible part base class and an extensible zone base class. Part controls that derive from the part base class include web part controls, editor part controls, and catalog part controls. Zone controls, editor zone controls, and catalog zone controls derive from the zone base class. Each zone control contains one or more part controls and each zone is responsible for rendering part controls within each respective zone. Web part controls can communicate with other web part controls. Web part controls can be edited, removed, or added to a zone control. The functionality of part controls can vary widely among the part controls in a particular zone and across different zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Keith Croney, Nikhil Kothari, Michael Harder, Gregory S. Lindhorst
  • Publication number: 20040073873
    Abstract: A method for rendering images for display on a client device is provided. A single image may be stored on the server for conversion into an image suitable for display on a particular client device. Image conversion may be performed consistent with the display capabilities of the client device. The display capabilities of the particular device requesting access to a web page may be identified at the time the web page is requested. Converted images may be stored and made available upon request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Keith Croney, Greg David Schechter