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).
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Patent number: 10915868Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 17, 2013Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Lynn Ayres, Kirk Fernandes, Alice Jane Brush, Nelson Siu, Jonathan Cadiz, Choon-mun Hooi, Kathryn Elizabeth Suskin
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Publication number: 20190354691Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2019Publication date: November 21, 2019Inventors: Lynn AYRES, Jack KABAT, Raja Charu Vikram KAKUMANI, Mashuri LIBMAN, Benjamin STULL, Anatoly KORETSKY, Andrey SHUR, Joseph SCHULMAN
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Patent number: 10372916Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 9, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Lynn Ayres, Jack Kabat, Raja Charu Vikram Kakumani, Mashuri Libman, Benjamin Stull, Anatoly Koretsky, Andrey Shur, Joseph Schulman
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Patent number: 9935936Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Wei-Qiang Guo, Lynn Ayres, Rui Chen, Sarah Faulkner, Yordan Rouskov
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Publication number: 20170295166Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2017Publication date: October 12, 2017Inventors: Wei-Qiang Guo, Lynn Ayres, Rui Chen, Sarah Faulkner, Yordan Rouskov
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Patent number: 9735964Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 19, 2008Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Wei-Qiang Guo, Lynn Ayres, Rui Chen, Sarah Faulkner, Yordan Rouskov
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Patent number: 9438547Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 10, 2012Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Lynn Ayres, Jack Kabat, Vikram Kakumani, Mashuri Libman, Benjamin Stull, Anatoly Koretsky, Vidyaraman Sankaranarayanan
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Publication number: 20160203321Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: Lynn Ayres, Jack Kabat, Vikram Kakumani, Mashuri Libman, Benjamin Stull, Anatoly Koretsky, Andrey Shur, Joseph Schulman
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Patent number: 9317696Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 10, 2012Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Lynn Ayres, Jack Kabat, Vikram Kakumani, Mashuri Libman, Benjamin Stull, Anatoly Koretsky, Andrey Shur
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Patent number: 9294457Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 20, 2013Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Wei-Qiang Guo, Lynn Ayres, Rui Chen, Sarah Faulkner, Yordan I. Rouskov
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Publication number: 20140372898Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2013Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Lynn Ayres, Kirk Fernandes, Alice Jane Brush, Nelson Siu, Jonathan Cadiz, Choon-mun Hooi, Kathryn Elizabeth Suskin
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Patent number: 8726358Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 14, 2008Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Yordan I. Rouskov, Tore Sundelin, Mrigankka Fotedar, Sarah Faulkner, Pui-Yin Winfred Wong, Wei-Quiang Michael Guo, Lynn Ayres
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Publication number: 20140026205Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Wei-Qiang Guo, Lynn Ayres, Rui Chen, Sarah Faulkner, Yordan I. Rouskov
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Publication number: 20140020044Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Lynn Ayres, Jack Kabat, Vikram Kakumani, Mashuri Libman, Benjamin Stull, Anatoly Koretsky, Vidyaraman Sankaranarayanan
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Publication number: 20140020045Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Lynn Ayres, Jack Kabat, Vikram Kakumani, Mashuri Libman, Benjamin Stull, Anatoly Koretsky, Andrey Shur, Joseph Schulman
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Patent number: 8544074Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 19, 2008Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Wei-Qiang Guo, Lynn Ayres, Rui Chen, Sarah Faulkner, Yordan Rouskov
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Publication number: 20090320116Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2008Publication date: December 24, 2009Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Wei-Qiang Guo, Lynn Ayres, Rui Chen, Sarah Faulkner, Yordan Rouskov
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Publication number: 20090320114Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2008Publication date: December 24, 2009Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Wei-Qiang Guo, Lynn Ayres, Rui Chen, Sarah Faulkner, Yordan Rouskov
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Publication number: 20090260072Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2008Publication date: October 15, 2009Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: YORDAN I. ROUSKOV, TORE SUNDELIN, MRIGANKKA FOTEDAR, SARAH FAULKNER, PUI-YIN WINFRED WONG, WEI-QUIANG MICHAEL GUO, LYNN AYRES
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Publication number: 20070204037Abstract: Embodiments of multi-user web service sign-in are presented herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2006Publication date: August 30, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Michael Kunz, Lynn Ayres, Trevin Chow, Erren Lester