Patents by Inventor Mark Alan Mullins

Mark Alan Mullins 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: 9934331
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for providing query suggestions. In order to provide a query suggestion, access may be detected at a data source. An initial query suggestion for a query of the data source may then be identified based, at least in part, on non-query data. The initial query suggestion may then be returned for display in a user-interface (UI) element. Additional query suggestions might also be provided based upon non-query data in response to a modification of the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Edward Rampson, Nickolas Dwayne Welton, Venkata Srinivas Irava, Mark Alan Mullins, Andrew Grey Carlson
  • Patent number: 9772988
    Abstract: Spreadsheets include cells arranged in rows and columns and various formulas contained within one or more of the cells. Systems and methods are provided for identifying and utilizing functionally unique formulas within the spreadsheets, as well as corresponding unique formula sets. Unique formula sets are identified by determining one or more arrangements of rectangular ranges of contiguous cells that contain the functionally unique formulas. The unique formula sets can be marked for subsequent reference and can be highlighted for visual inspection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Paul Kraynak, Mark Alan Mullins
  • Publication number: 20160253307
    Abstract: Spreadsheets include cells arranged in rows and columns and various formulas contained within one or more of the cells. Systems and methods are provided for identifying and utilizing functionally unique formulas within the spreadsheets, as well as corresponding unique formula sets. Unique formula sets are identified by determining one or more arrangements of rectangular ranges of contiguous cells that contain the functionally unique formulas. The unique formula sets can be marked for subsequent reference and can be highlighted for visual inspection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Steven Paul Kraynak, Mark Alan Mullins
  • Publication number: 20160004712
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for providing query suggestions. In order to provide a query suggestion, access may be detected at a data source. An initial query suggestion for a query of the data source may then be identified based, at least in part, on non-query data. The initial query suggestion may then be returned for display in a user-interface (UI) element. Additional query suggestions might also be provided based upon non-query data in response to a modification of the query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Benjamin Edward Rampson, Nickolas Dwayne Welton, Venkata Srinivas Irava, Mark Alan Mullins, Andrew Grey Carlson
  • Publication number: 20150120748
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for extracting and/or calculating statistics regarding attributes present in a spreadsheet document and indexing the structural or functional attributes. A search component is also provided for receiving search queries of attributes to search an index to find spreadsheet documents having attributes that meet the search query requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Paul Kraynak, Anatoly V. Grabar, Ozgur Basaran, Mark Alan Mullins, Leif Christian Brenne