Patents by Inventor Lincoln Liu

Lincoln Liu 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).

  • De-duplicating attachments on message delivery and automated repair of attachments
    Patent number: 10671568
    Abstract: Systems and techniques of de-duplicating file and/or blobs within a file system are presented. In one embodiment, an email system is disclosed wherein the email system receives email messages comprising a set of associated attachments. The system determines whether the associated attachments have been previously stored in the email system, the state of the stored attachment, and if the state of the attachment is appropriate for sharing copies of the attachment, then providing a reference to the attachment upon a request to share the attachment. In another embodiment, the system may detect whether stored attachments are corrupted and, if so, attempt to repair the attachment, and possibly, prior to sharing references to the attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kristof Roomp, Gruia Pitigoi-Aron, Ivaylo Dimitrov, Brandon Pai, Cheng Ho, Kumar Pasumarthy, Lincoln Liu, Alok Dhariwal, John Rodrigues
  • DE-DUPLICATING ATTACHMENTS ON MESSAGE DELIVERY AND AUTOMATED REPAIR OF ATTACHMENTS
    Publication number: 20160140138
    Abstract: Systems and techniques of de-duplicating file and/or blobs within a file system are presented. In one embodiment, an email system is disclosed wherein the email system receives email messages comprising a set of associated attachments. The system determines whether the associated attachments have been previously stored in the email system, the state of the stored attachment, and if the state of the attachment is appropriate for sharing copies of the attachment, then providing a reference to the attachment upon a request to share the attachment. In another embodiment, the system may detect whether stored attachments are corrupted and, if so, attempt to repair the attachment, and possibly, prior to sharing references to the attachment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Kristof Roomp, Gruia Pitigoi-Aron, Ivaylo Dimitrov, Brandon Pai, Cheng Ho, Kumar Pasumarthy, Lincoln Liu, Alok Dhariwal, John Rodrigues
  • De-duplicating attachments on message delivery and automated repair of attachments
    Patent number: 9262429
    Abstract: Systems and techniques of de-duplicating file and/or blobs within a file system are presented. In one embodiment, an email system is disclosed wherein the email system receives email messages comprising a set of associated attachments. The system determines whether the associated attachments have been previously stored in the email system, the state of the stored attachment, and if the state of the attachment is appropriate for sharing copies of the attachment, then providing a reference to the attachment upon a request to share the attachment. In another embodiment, the system may detect whether stored attachments are corrupted and, if so, attempt to repair the attachment, and possibly, prior to sharing references to the attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kristof Roomp, Gruia Pitigoi-Aron, Ivaylo Dimitrov, Brandon Pai, Cheng Ho, Kumar Pasumarthy, Lincoln Liu, Alok Dhariwal, John Rodrigues
  • DE-DUPLICATING ATTACHMENTS ON MESSAGE DELIVERY AND AUTOMATED REPAIR OF ATTACHMENTS
    Publication number: 20140046911
    Abstract: Systems and techniques of de-duplicating file and/or blobs within a file system are presented. In one embodiment, an email system is disclosed wherein the email system receives email messages comprising a set of associated attachments. The system determines whether the associated attachments have been previously stored in the email system, the state of the stored attachment, and if the state of the attachment is appropriate for sharing copies of the attachment, then providing a reference to the attachment upon a request to share the attachment. In another embodiment, the system may detect whether stored attachments are corrupted and, if so, attempt to repair the attachment, and possibly, prior to sharing references to the attachment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kristof Roomp, Gruia Pitigoi-Aron, Ivaylo Dimitrov, Brandon Pai, Cheng Ho, Kumar Pasumarthy, Lincoln Liu, Alok Dhariwal, John Rodrigues