Patents by Inventor Madhavi Lakamsani

Madhavi Lakamsani 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).

  • Context-based help engine, dynamic help, and help architecture
    Patent number: 7152054
    Abstract: The aforementioned need is satisfied by the present invention in which a help architecture supports an application and a help engine operating on a computer, where the help engine is for locating help topics relevant to the application. In the help architecture, at least one help library stores a plurality of help topics therein, where the help topics are accessible to a user from the help library by way of the computer, and a central store stores topic metadata corresponding to help topics available from each help library. The central store in response to a search request from the help engine locates topic metadata relevant to the search request and returns information from the located topic metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Cannon Gordon, Timothy Rand Sullivan, Justin Shane McRoberts, Scott R. Swanson, Alex Aben-Athar Kipman, Madhavi Lakamsani, Paul Glenn McKee, Saurabh Jain, Dale Elton Rogerson, Octavia Petrovici
  • Context-based help engine, dynamic help, and help architecture
    Publication number: 20040044635
    Abstract: The aforementioned need is satisfied by the present invention in which a help architecture supports an application and a help engine operating on a computer, where the help engine is for locating help topics relevant to the application. In the help architecture, at least one help library stores a plurality of help topics therein, where the help topics are accessible to a user from the help library by way of the computer, and a central store stores topic metadata corresponding to help topics available from each help library. The central store in response to a search request from the help engine locates topic metadata relevant to the search request and returns information from the located topic metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Cannon Gordon, Timothy Rand Sullivan, Justin Shane McRoberts, Scott R. Swanson, Alex Aben-Athar Kipman, Madhavi Lakamsani, Paul Glenn McKee, Saurabh Jain, Dale Elton Rogerson, Octavia Petrovici