Patents by Inventor Lindsay Harris

Lindsay Harris 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).

  • Method of viewing at a client viewing station a multiple media title stored at a server and containing a plurality of topics utilizing anticipatory caching
    Patent number: 6016520
    Abstract: An on-line multiple media viewer system provides a responsive interactive presentation at a client viewing station of multiple media content retrieved over a remote connection from a server at which the content resides using a set of client-initiated and server-driven remote services for anticipatory caching of media content. In response to an initial request for an item of media content from the server, the remote services predict additional items of media content likely to be requested and transmit these items in advance of their request. Transmitted items are cached by services at the client viewing station in a cache storage. The client checks the cache storage before making additional requests for transfer over the remote connection. The items are transmitted in multi-channel asynchronous operations over the remote connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Remy Facq, Lindsay A. Harris
  • Method of uploading a message containing a file reference to a server and downloading a file from the server using the file reference
    Patent number: 5923846
    Abstract: A system for posting and downloading messages and files from a bulletin board system is described. The system allows a user to retrieve a message from a bulletin board system and then selectively download files which are represented within the message as objects, which may be visually presented to a user as icons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce Gage, Lindsay Harris, Sean Nolan