Patents by Inventor Mark D'Urso

Mark D'Urso 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).

  • Asynchronously refreshing, networked application with single-threaded user interface
    Patent number: 8904407
    Abstract: An invention is disclosed for updating a networked, single-threaded application's data model without blocking the application's entire user interface. In embodiments of the invention, a client executes a networked application with a single-threaded user interface that communicates with a server to refresh its data model. The client sends a message to the server that requests a refresh of the data model. Before the data model has been refreshed, the client receives local user input to perform an action on the data model. The client sends a message to the server to cancel the refresh. When the client receives an acknowledgement from the server that the refresh has been cancelled, the client performs the action. After performing the action, the client sends a second message to the server that requests a refresh of the data model, and then refreshes the data model upon receiving the refreshed data model from the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Howe, Mark D'Urso, Chris Mullins
  • Asynchronously Refreshing, Networked Application with Single-Threaded User Interface
    Publication number: 20130031564
    Abstract: An invention is disclosed for updating a networked, single-threaded application's data model without blocking the application's entire user interface. In embodiments of the invention, a client executes a networked application with a single-threaded user interface that communicates with a server to refresh its data model. The client sends a message to the server that requests a refresh of the data model. Before the data model has been refreshed, the client receives local user input to perform an action on the data model. The client sends a message to the server to cancel the refresh. When the client receives an acknowledgement from the server that the refresh has been cancelled, the client performs the action. After performing the action, the client sends a second message to the server that requests a refresh of the data model, and then refreshes the data model upon receiving the refreshed data model from the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Howe, Mark D'Urso, Chris Mullins
  • Method and apparatus for intranet searching
    Publication number: 20060085397
    Abstract: A method for processing an intranet includes crawling the intranet to identify at least some of the pages in the intranet, and determining, for each identified page, a number of links in a shortest path from a root page to the identified page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Mark D'Urso
  • Method and apparatus for intranet searching
    Publication number: 20060085427
    Abstract: A method for processing an intranet includes crawling the intranet to identify at least some of the pages in the intranet, and determining, for each identified page, a number of links in a shortest path from a root page to the identified page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Mark D'Urso
  • Method and apparatus for intranet searching
    Publication number: 20060085447
    Abstract: A method for processing an intranet includes crawling the intranet to identify at least some of the pages in the intranet, and determining, for each identified page, a number of links in a shortest path from a root page to the identified page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Mark D'Urso