Patents by Inventor Laurel S. Abbott

Laurel S. Abbott 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).

  • Consent mechanism for online entities
    Patent number: 7454508
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer-readable medium are provided for managing consent between online entities to perform tasks. The consent mechanism uses an asynchronous protocol for submitting consent requests, managing consent requests, and resolving consent requests. An application that requires consent to perform a task submits a request for consent to the consent mechanism. The resolving authority obtains pending request information from the consent mechanism and sends the consent mechanism request resolution information. The application obtains resolved request information from the consent mechanism. If the resolved request is approved, the consent mechanism allows the application to perform the task. If the resolved request is denied, the consent mechanism does not allow the application to perform the task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ashvin J. Mathew, Puhazholi Vetrivel, Brian Jones, Danpo Zhang, Laurel S. Abbott, Cem Paya, Melissa Dunn
  • Parental controls customization and notification
    Patent number: 7302488
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer readable medium are provided for enabling a user and an administrator in a network environment to interactively customize administrator controls used to filter the user's online actions. The computer receives a user request to perform a blocked online action. The computer provides information about the pending request to the administrator and receives request resolution information from the administrator. The computer updates the administrator controls used to filter the user's online actions in accordance with the request resolution information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ashvin J. Mathew, Craig A. Beilinson, Christopher A. Evans, Harry J. W. Fravert, Ahmad H. Safa, Linda I. Hong, Victor Tan, Laurel S. Abbott
  • Parental controls customization and notification
    Publication number: 20040003071
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer readable medium are provided for enabling a user and an administrator in a network environment to interactively customize administrator controls used to filter the user's online actions. The computer receives a user request to perform a blocked online action. The computer provides information about the pending request to the administrator and receives request resolution information from the administrator. The computer updates the administrator controls used to filter the user's online actions in accordance with the request resolution information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ashvin J. Mathew, Craig A. Beilinson, Christopher A. Evans, Harry J.W. Fravert, Ahmad H. Safa, Linda I. Hong, Victor Tan, Laurel S. Abbott
  • Consent mechanism for online entities
    Publication number: 20040003072
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer-readable medium are provided for managing consent between online entities to perform tasks. The consent mechanism uses an asynchronous protocol for submitting consent requests, managing consent requests, and resolving consent requests. An application that requires consent to perform a task submits a request for consent to the consent mechanism. The resolving authority obtains pending request information from the consent mechanism and sends the consent mechanism request resolution information. The application obtains resolved request information from the consent mechanism. If the resolved request is approved, the consent mechanism allows the application to perform the task. If the resolved request is denied, the consent mechanism does not allow the application to perform the task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ashvin J. Mathew, Puhazholi Vetrivel, Brian Jones, Danpo Zhang, Laurel S. Abbott, Cem Paya, Melissa Dunn