Patents by Inventor LYNN AYRES

LYNN AYRES 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).

  • Patent number: 10915868
    Abstract: Life events relating to a user are displayed on a calendar. A user may navigate to different time periods in the calendar and see past life events relating to the user displayed on the calendar. The life events that are displayed on the calendar may include different types of content and be determined from different sources. For example, the life events for the time period may be: pictures, events, social media posts, messages, and the like. Different content sources may be used to locate the life events relating to the user. The life events that are selected for display on the calendar may be shown differently from other content that is included on the calendar. The life events may be processed to adjust an appearance of the life event before it is displayed. A user may also share a life experience with other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Lynn Ayres, Kirk Fernandes, Alice Jane Brush, Nelson Siu, Jonathan Cadiz, Choon-mun Hooi, Kathryn Elizabeth Suskin
  • Publication number: 20190354691
    Abstract: Systems and/or methods for deploying and implementing data loss prevention (DLP) policy definition that may encapsulate the requirements, control objectives and directives, and/or the definitions of sensitive data types as stipulated directly or indirectly by the regulatory policy are disclosed. In one embodiment, DLP policies may be identified by an organization to run on top of a set of electronic file systems (e.g., email systems, file systems, web servers and the like). Organizations and their administrators may implement a set of DLP policy instance which are derived from DLP policy templates. DLP policy templates may comprise both structure and meaning—and may acquire a given DLP policy by the replacement of parameterized expressions with desired parameter values. In another embodiment, the state of the DLP policy instance may change according to the lifecycle of the policy instance deployment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Lynn AYRES, Jack KABAT, Raja Charu Vikram KAKUMANI, Mashuri LIBMAN, Benjamin STULL, Anatoly KORETSKY, Andrey SHUR, Joseph SCHULMAN
  • Patent number: 10372916
    Abstract: Systems and/or methods for deploying and implementing data loss prevention (DLP) policy definition that may encapsulate the requirements, control objectives and directives, and/or the definitions of sensitive data types as stipulated directly or indirectly by the regulatory policy are disclosed. In one embodiment, DLP policies may be identified by an organization to run on top of a set of electronic file systems (e.g., email systems, file systems, web servers and the like). Organizations and their administrators may implement a set of DLP policy instance which are derived from DLP policy templates. DLP policy templates may comprise both structure and meaning—and may acquire a given DLP policy by the replacement of parameterized expressions with desired parameter values. In another embodiment, the state of the DLP policy instance may change according to the lifecycle of the policy instance deployment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Lynn Ayres, Jack Kabat, Raja Charu Vikram Kakumani, Mashuri Libman, Benjamin Stull, Anatoly Koretsky, Andrey Shur, Joseph Schulman
  • Patent number: 9935936
    Abstract: A federated realm discovery system within a federation determines a “home” realm associated with a portion of the user's credentials before the user's secret information (such as a password) is passed to a non-home realm. A login user interface accepts a user identifier and, based on the user identifier, can use various methods to identify an account authority service within the federation that can authenticate the user. In one method, a realm list of the user device can be used to direct the login to the appropriate home realm of the user. In another method, an account authority service in a non-home realm can look up the user's home realm and provide realm information directing the user device to login at the home realm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Wei-Qiang Guo, Lynn Ayres, Rui Chen, Sarah Faulkner, Yordan Rouskov
  • Publication number: 20170295166
    Abstract: A federated realm discovery system within a federation determines a “home” realm associated with a portion of the user's credentials before the user's secret information (such as a password) is passed to a non-home realm. A login user interface accepts a user identifier and, based on the user identifier, can use various methods to identify an account authority service within the federation that can authenticate the user. In one method, a realm list of the user device can be used to direct the login to the appropriate home realm of the user. In another method, an account authority service in a non-home realm can look up the user's home realm and provide realm information directing the user device to login at the home realm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Wei-Qiang Guo, Lynn Ayres, Rui Chen, Sarah Faulkner, Yordan Rouskov
  • Patent number: 9735964
    Abstract: A federated realm discovery system within a federation determines a “home” realm associated with a portion of the user's credentials before the user's secret information (such as a password) is passed to a non-home realm. A login user interface accepts a user identifier and, based on the user identifier, can use various methods to identify an account authority service within the federation that can authenticate the user. In one method, a realm list of the user device can be used to direct the login to the appropriate home realm of the user. In another method, an account authority service in a non-home realm can look up the user's home realm and provide realm information directing the user device to login at the home realm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Wei-Qiang Guo, Lynn Ayres, Rui Chen, Sarah Faulkner, Yordan Rouskov
  • Patent number: 9438547
    Abstract: System and methods for the implementation and/or enforcement of an email policy for an organization's email system are presented. A Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policy may be implemented on top of the email system. In one embodiment, the DLP policy may comprise modules and/or processing that tests emails for such sensitive data within emails. If an email comprises such sensitive data, then the DLP policy directives may specify processing to be applied as part of each stage of mail processing, from authoring to mail processing on the server and delivery. A single policy may be authored and managed that will apply the policy directives uniformly across all aspects of the message lifecycle. Each of the message policy enforcement systems may evaluate the single policy definition and apply the policy directives in a manner consistent with the contextual evaluation of the policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Lynn Ayres, Jack Kabat, Vikram Kakumani, Mashuri Libman, Benjamin Stull, Anatoly Koretsky, Vidyaraman Sankaranarayanan
  • Publication number: 20160203321
    Abstract: Systems and/or methods for deploying and implementing data loss prevention (DLP) policy definition that may encapsulate the requirements, control objectives and directives, and/or the definitions of sensitive data types as stipulated directly or indirectly by the regulatory policy are disclosed. In one embodiment, DLP policies may be identified by an organization to run on top of a set of electronic file systems (e.g., email systems, file systems, web servers and the like). Organizations and their administrators may implement a set of DLP policy instance which are derived from DLP policy templates. DLP policy templates may comprise both structure and meaning—and may acquire a given DLP policy by the replacement of parameterized expressions with desired parameter values. In another embodiment, the state of the DLP policy instance may change according to the lifecycle of the policy instance deployment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Lynn Ayres, Jack Kabat, Vikram Kakumani, Mashuri Libman, Benjamin Stull, Anatoly Koretsky, Andrey Shur, Joseph Schulman
  • Patent number: 9317696
    Abstract: Systems and/or methods for deploying and implementing data loss prevention (DLP) policy definition that may encapsulate the requirements, control objectives and directives, and/or the definitions of sensitive data types as stipulated directly or indirectly by the regulatory policy are disclosed. In one embodiment, DLP policies may be identified by an organization to run on top of a set of electronic file systems (e.g., email systems, file systems, web servers and the like). Organizations and their administrators may implement a set of DLP policy instance which are derived from DLP policy templates. DLP policy templates may comprise both structure and meaning—and may acquire a given DLP policy by the replacement of parameterized expressions with desired parameter values. In another embodiment, the state of the DLP policy instance may change according to the lifecycle of the policy instance deployment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Lynn Ayres, Jack Kabat, Vikram Kakumani, Mashuri Libman, Benjamin Stull, Anatoly Koretsky, Andrey Shur
  • Patent number: 9294457
    Abstract: A federated realm discovery system within a federation determines a “home” realm associated with a portion of the user's credentials before the user's secret information (such as a password) is passed to a non-home realm. A login user interface accepts a user identifier and, based on the user identifier, can use various methods to identify an account authority service within the federation that can authenticate the user. In one method, a realm list of the user device can be used to direct the login to the appropriate home realm of the user. In another method, an account authority service in a non-home realm can look up the user's home realm and provide realm information directing the user device to login at the home realm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Wei-Qiang Guo, Lynn Ayres, Rui Chen, Sarah Faulkner, Yordan I. Rouskov
  • Publication number: 20140372898
    Abstract: Life events relating to a user are displayed on a calendar. A user may navigate to different time periods in the calendar and see past life events relating to the user displayed on the calendar. The life events that are displayed on the calendar may include different types of content and be determined from different sources. For example, the life events for the time period may be: pictures, events, social media posts, messages, and the like. Different content sources may be used to locate the life events relating to the user. The life events that are selected for display on the calendar may be shown differently from other content that is included on the calendar. The life events may be processed to adjust an appearance of the life event before it is displayed. A user may also share a life experience with other users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Lynn Ayres, Kirk Fernandes, Alice Jane Brush, Nelson Siu, Jonathan Cadiz, Choon-mun Hooi, Kathryn Elizabeth Suskin
  • Patent number: 8726358
    Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer-readable media for establishing an online account with a resource provider are provided. An authentication token including identification of a user from an authentication server is received. The identification of the user from the authentication token is utilized to establish an online account for the user with the resource provider. Additional credentialing information from the user for the online account is received. The additional information received from the user is associated with the online account for the user with the resource provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Yordan I. Rouskov, Tore Sundelin, Mrigankka Fotedar, Sarah Faulkner, Pui-Yin Winfred Wong, Wei-Quiang Michael Guo, Lynn Ayres
  • Publication number: 20140026205
    Abstract: A federated realm discovery system within a federation determines a “home” realm associated with a portion of the user's credentials before the user's secret information (such as a password) is passed to a non-home realm. A login user interface accepts a user identifier and, based on the user identifier, can use various methods to identify an account authority service within the federation that can authenticate the user. In one method, a realm list of the user device can be used to direct the login to the appropriate home realm of the user. In another method, an account authority service in a non-home realm can look up the user's home realm and provide realm information directing the user device to login at the home realm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Qiang Guo, Lynn Ayres, Rui Chen, Sarah Faulkner, Yordan I. Rouskov
  • Publication number: 20140020044
    Abstract: System and methods for the implementation and/or enforcement of an email policy for an organization's email system are presented. A Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policy may be implemented on top of the email system. In one embodiment, the DLP policy may comprise modules and/or processing that tests emails for such sensitive data within emails. If an email comprises such sensitive data, then the DLP policy directives may specify processing to be applied as part of each stage of mail processing, from authoring to mail processing on the server and delivery. A single policy may be authored and managed that will apply the policy directives uniformly across all aspects of the message lifecycle. Each of the message policy enforcement systems may evaluate the single policy definition and apply the policy directives in a manner consistent with the contextual evaluation of the policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lynn Ayres, Jack Kabat, Vikram Kakumani, Mashuri Libman, Benjamin Stull, Anatoly Koretsky, Vidyaraman Sankaranarayanan
  • Publication number: 20140020045
    Abstract: Systems and/or methods for deploying and implementing data loss prevention (DLP) policy definition that may encapsulate the requirements, control objectives and directives, and/or the definitions of sensitive data types as stipulated directly or indirectly by the regulatory policy are disclosed. In one embodiment, DLP policies may be identified by an organization to run on top of a set of electronic file systems (e.g., email systems, file systems, web servers and the like). Organizations and their administrators may implement a set of DLP policy instance which are derived from DLP policy templates. DLP policy templates may comprise both structure and meaning—and may acquire a given DLP policy by the replacement of parameterized expressions with desired parameter values. In another embodiment, the state of the DLP policy instance may change according to the lifecycle of the policy instance deployment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lynn Ayres, Jack Kabat, Vikram Kakumani, Mashuri Libman, Benjamin Stull, Anatoly Koretsky, Andrey Shur, Joseph Schulman
  • Patent number: 8544074
    Abstract: A federated realm discovery system within a federation determines a “home” realm associated with a portion of the user's credentials before the user's secret information (such as a password) is passed to a non-home realm. A login user interface accepts a user identifier and, based on the user identifier, can use various methods to identify an account authority service within the federation that can authenticate the user. In one method, a realm list of the user device can be used to direct the login to the appropriate home realm of the user. In another method, an account authority service in a non-home realm can look up the user's home realm and provide realm information directing the user device to login at the home realm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Qiang Guo, Lynn Ayres, Rui Chen, Sarah Faulkner, Yordan Rouskov
  • Publication number: 20090320116
    Abstract: A federated realm discovery system within a federation determines a “home” realm associated with a portion of the user's credentials before the user's secret information (such as a password) is passed to a non-home realm. A login user interface accepts a user identifier and, based on the user identifier, can use various methods to identify an account authority service within the federation that can authenticate the user. In one method, a realm list of the user device can be used to direct the login to the appropriate home realm of the user. In another method, an account authority service in a non-home realm can look up the user's home realm and provide realm information directing the user device to login at the home realm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Qiang Guo, Lynn Ayres, Rui Chen, Sarah Faulkner, Yordan Rouskov
  • Publication number: 20090320114
    Abstract: A federated realm discovery system within a federation determines a “home” realm associated with a portion of the user's credentials before the user's secret information (such as a password) is passed to a non-home realm. A login user interface accepts a user identifier and, based on the user identifier, can use various methods to identify an account authority service within the federation that can authenticate the user. In one method, a realm list of the user device can be used to direct the login to the appropriate home realm of the user. In another method, an account authority service in a non-home realm can look up the user's home realm and provide realm information directing the user device to login at the home realm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei-Qiang Guo, Lynn Ayres, Rui Chen, Sarah Faulkner, Yordan Rouskov
  • Publication number: 20090260072
    Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer-readable media for establishing an online account with a resource provider are provided. An authentication token including identification of a user from an authentication server is received. The identification of the user from the authentication token is utilized to establish an online account for the user with the resource provider. Additional credentialing information from the user for the online account is received. The additional information received from the user is associated with the online account for the user with the resource provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: YORDAN I. ROUSKOV, TORE SUNDELIN, MRIGANKKA FOTEDAR, SARAH FAULKNER, PUI-YIN WINFRED WONG, WEI-QUIANG MICHAEL GUO, LYNN AYRES
  • Publication number: 20070204037
    Abstract: Embodiments of multi-user web service sign-in are presented herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Kunz, Lynn Ayres, Trevin Chow, Erren Lester