Patents by Inventor Joshua Pointer

Joshua Pointer 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).

  • Organization system for distributed items
    Patent number: 8478802
    Abstract: An item grouping mechanism may be applied to files or other computer objects to allow the files or objects to be accessed according to the group definition. The group definition may be defined in a table with other group definitions and distributed across an organization so that each device using the group definition may have files or other items presented in a consistent manner. The group definition may be distributed through a different mechanism than for the files or other items. If a device determines that a file defined in the group definition is missing from a local store, the device may retrieve the file from a distribution server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Francis Martone, Gaurav Dhawan, David James, Jeff Liu, Richard Xia, Jun Wang, Joshua Pointer, Sobia Tariq
  • Organization System for Distributed Items
    Publication number: 20090100057
    Abstract: An item grouping mechanism may be applied to files or other computer objects to allow the files or objects to be accessed according to the group definition. The group definition may be defined in a table with other group definitions and distributed across an organization so that each device using the group definition may have files or other items presented in a consistent manner. The group definition may be distributed through a different mechanism than for the files or other items. If a device determines that a file defined in the group definition is missing from a local store, the device may retrieve the file from a distribution server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Francis Martone, Gaurav Dhawan, David James, Jeff Liu, Richard Xia, Jun Wang, Joshua Pointer, Sobia Tariq