Patents by Inventor Kristofer Duncan Hoffman

Kristofer Duncan Hoffman 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).

  • Publication number: 20230306064
    Abstract: A system and method to allow an authorized searcher to conduct a search of a current primary version of a document being developed in an application as well as versions of the document which were used in the development of the current primary version. In an exemplary system, instructions cause a processor to grant a search request to search, via a search index in a cloud storage, stored selected versions of the document. The stored selected versions of the document are historical versions of the current primary version of the document which has been selected from among the stored selected versions to be accessible, via the search index, to other searchers having a lower access authorization than the predetermined access authorization. The authorized searcher is provided with a capability to toggle between searching only the primary version of the document and searching the stored selected versions of the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nidhi VERMA, Neetha Sumana TULURI, John R. BERKELEY, Roberta CANNEROZZI, Kristofer Duncan HOFFMAN
  • Publication number: 20080244444
    Abstract: A contextual computer workspace feature provides users with a mechanism to capture and output a state of a contextual computer workspace so that the user may continue working on a computer-based task as though no interruptions occurred. A state of a contextual computer workspace, including the window views and content thereof, is captured. Upon capturing a state of a contextual computer workspace, an indication to access the contextual computer workspace is received. The state of the contextual computer workspace is restored and the restored state is then output to communicate the contextual computer workspace to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas R. Bauman, Michael Pierce Goncalves, Todd Haugen, Kristofer Duncan Hoffman, John Eugene Knapp, Robert Levy