Patents by Inventor Mark Huyler

Mark Huyler 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).

  • Schema for location awareness
    Patent number: 7640288
    Abstract: A method, schema and computer system for a location service provides data structures that are extensible by allowing different types of location awareness applications to retrieve and deposit location data. The method includes providing an abstract location object arranged in a schema to enable servicing a received request for a logical location of an electronic endpoint; and arranging one or more location elements within the context of the abstract location object. The location elements are configured to act as peers relative to the logical location and each location element is configured to act as a proxy relative to any other location element within the abstract location object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Yinghua Yao, Mohammad Shabbir Alam, Vivek Bhanu, Warren V. Barkley, David Buerer, Denise Chen, Florin Teodorescu, Mark Huyler, John C. Krumm, Christopher J. Lang, Tim McGrath, Timothy M. Moore, Madhurima Pawar, Geoffrey Pease, Steven A. N. Shafer
  • Schema for location awareness
    Publication number: 20050204014
    Abstract: A method, schema and computer system for a location service provides data structures that are extensible by allowing different types of location awareness applications to retrieve and deposit location data. The method includes providing an abstract location object arranged in a schema to enable servicing a received request for a logical location of an electronic endpoint; and arranging one or more location elements within the context of the abstract location object. The location elements are configured to act as peers relative to the logical location and each location element is configured to act as a proxy relative to any other location element within the abstract location object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Yinghua Yao, Mohammad Alam, Vivek Bhanu, Warren Barkley, David Buerer, Denise Chen, Florin Teodorescu, Mark Huyler, John Krumm, Christopher Lang, Tim McGrath, Timothy Moore, Madhurima Pawar, Geoffrey Pease, Steven Shafer