Patents by Inventor Mark Rolland Knight
Mark Rolland Knight 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: 11556548Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that automatically process a message input, construct an intelligent query based on the processing of the message input, and provide at least one attachable entity according to the processing results and the intelligent query. In some example aspects, a message is received. A natural language processor to determine if the message is requesting content may then process the message. If the message is determined to be requesting content, then candidate sub-queries may be generated to serve as a training set for a query that will be sent to an external search engine to retrieve the attachable entity. The sub-queries may be ranked in order of relevance and performance score. The highest ranked sub-queries may then be used in the actual query that is fired against the external search engine. The external search engine may search local and remote repositories for the top K most relevant attachable entities and present them to a user for attachment in a reply message.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2017Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Amy Huyen Phuoc Nguyen, Bhaskar Mitra, Christophe Jacky Henri Van Gysel, Grzegorz Stanislaw Kukla, Lynn Carter Ayres, Mark Rolland Knight, Matteo Venanzi, Nicola Cancedda, Rachel Elizabeth Sirkin, Robin Michael Thomas, Roy Rosemarin, Shobana Balakrishnan, Sri Ramya Mallipudi, Tariq Sharif, Yamin Wang
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Patent number: 11455459Abstract: A collaborative authoring application provides an authoring environment in which two or more users can edit a document concurrently. Each user edits a copy of the document, sends updates to a master copy of the document, and receives updates from the master copy of the document. The authoring environment generally inhibits the users from providing conflicting editing instructions to the master copy of the document. For example, each user can generate a content lock about one or more data units within the document. The authoring environment may synchronize content locks automatically and content only at the request of the user.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jonathan Beckett Bailor, Ethan Joseph Bernstein, Mark Rolland Knight, Christopher James Antos, Andrew Richard Simonds, Brian Michael Jones, Simon Peter Clarke, Edgar Mark Sunderland, David Benjamin Robins, Miko Arnab Sakhya Singha Bose
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Publication number: 20200057800Abstract: A collaborative authoring application provides an authoring environment in which two or more users can edit a document concurrently. Each user edits a copy of the document, sends updates to a master copy of the document, and receives updates from the master copy of the document. The authoring environment generally inhibits the users from providing conflicting editing instructions to the master copy of the document. For example, each user can generate a content lock about one or more data units within the document. The authoring environment may synchronize content locks automatically and content only at the request of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2019Publication date: February 20, 2020Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jonathan Beckett BAILOR, Ethan Joseph BERNSTEIN, Mark Rolland KNIGHT, Christopher James ANTOS, Andrew Richard SIMONDS, Brian Michael JONES, Simon Peter CLARKE, Edgar Mark SUNDERLAND, David Benjamin ROBINS, Miko Arnab Sakhya SINGHA BOSE
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Patent number: 10394941Abstract: A collaborative authoring application provides an authoring environment in which two or more users can edit a document concurrently. Each user edits a copy of the document, sends updates to a master copy of the document, and receives updates from the master copy of the document. The authoring environment generally inhibits the users from providing conflicting editing instructions to the master copy of the document. For example, each user can generate a content lock about one or more data units within the document. The authoring environment may synchronize content locks automatically and content only at the request of the user.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jonathan Beckett Bailor, Ethan Joseph Bernstein, Mark Rolland Knight, Christopher James Antos, Andrew Richard Simonds, Brian Michael Jones, Simon Peter Clarke, Edgar Mark Sunderland, David Benjamin Robins, Miko Arnab Sakhya Singha Bose
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Publication number: 20190050406Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that automatically process a message input, construct an intelligent query based on the processing of the message input, and provide at least one attachable entity according to the processing results and the intelligent query. In some example aspects, a message is received. A natural language processor to determine if the message is requesting content may then process the message. If the message is determined to be requesting content, then candidate sub-queries may be generated to serve as a training set for a query that will be sent to an external search engine to retrieve the attachable entity. The sub-queries may be ranked in order of relevance and performance score. The highest ranked sub-queries may then be used in the actual query that is fired against the external search engine. The external search engine may search local and remote repositories for the top K most relevant attachable entities and present them to a user for attachment in a reply message.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2017Publication date: February 14, 2019Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Amy Huyen Phuoc NGUYEN, Bhaskar MITRA, Christophe Jacky Henri VAN GYSEL, Grzegorz Stanislaw KUKLA, Lynn Carter AYRES, Mark Rolland KNIGHT, Matteo VENANZI, Nicola CANCEDDA, Rachel Elizabeth SIRKIN, Robin Michael THOMAS, Roy ROSEMARIN, Shobana BALAKRISHNAN, Sri Ramya MALLIPUDI, Tariq SHARIF, Yamin WANG
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Patent number: 10057226Abstract: A collaborative authoring application provides an authoring environment in which two or more users can edit a document concurrently. Each user edits a copy of the document, sends updates to a master copy of the document, and receives updates from the master copy of the document. The authoring environment may be configured into a public mode of operation, in which content and metadata are synchronized automatically, or into a private mode of operation, in which metadata is synchronized automatically and content is synchronized only at the request of the user. The authoring application may edit documents offline in public or private mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2014Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jonathan Beckett Bailor, Ethan Joseph Bernstein, Mark Rolland Knight, Christopher James Antos
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Patent number: 9900298Abstract: A collaborative authoring application provides an authoring environment in which two or more users can edit a document concurrently. Each user edits a copy of the document, sends updates to a master copy of the document, and receives updates from the master copy of the document. The authoring environment may be configured into a public mode of operation, in which content and metadata are synchronized automatically, or into a private mode of operation, in which metadata is synchronized automatically and content is synchronized only at the request of the user. The authoring application may edit documents offline in public or private mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2014Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jonathan Beckett Bailor, Ethan Joseph Bernstein, Mark Rolland Knight, Christopher James Antos
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Patent number: 9547635Abstract: A collaborative authoring application provides an authoring environment in which two or more users can edit a document concurrently. Each user edits a copy of the document, sends updates to a master copy of the document, and receives updates from the master copy of the document. The authoring environment generally inhibits the users from providing conflicting editing instructions to the master copy of the document. For example, each user can generate a content lock about one or more data units within the document. The authoring environment may synchronize content locks automatically and content only at the request of the user.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2014Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jonathan Beckett Bailor, Ethan Joseph Bernstein, Mark Rolland Knight, Christopher James Antos, Andrew Richard Simonds, Brian Michael Jones, Simon Peter Clarke, Edgar Mark Sunderland, David Benjamin Robins, Miko Arnab Sakhya Singha Bose
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Publication number: 20160364199Abstract: A collaborative authoring application provides an authoring environment in which two or more users can edit a document concurrently. Each user edits a copy of the document, sends updates to a master copy of the document, and receives updates from the master copy of the document. The authoring environment generally inhibits the users from providing conflicting editing instructions to the master copy of the document. For example, each user can generate a content lock about one or more data units within the document. The authoring environment may synchronize content locks automatically and content only at the request of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jonathan Beckett Bailor, Ethan Joseph Bernstein, Mark Rolland Knight, Christopher James Antos, Andrew Richard Simonds, Brian Michael Jones, Simon Peter Clarke, Edgar Mark Sunderland, David Benjamin Robins, Miko Arnab Sakhya Singha Bose
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Patent number: 8990150Abstract: A collaborative authoring application provides an authoring environment in which two or more users can edit a document concurrently. Each user edits a copy of the document, sends updates to a master copy of the document, and receives updates from the master copy of the document. The authoring environment generally inhibits the users from providing conflicting editing instructions to the master copy of the document. For example, each user can generate a content lock about one or more data units within the document. The authoring environment may synchronize content locks automatically and content only at the request of the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jonathan Beckett Bailor, Ethan Joseph Bernstein, Mark Rolland Knight, Christopher James Antos, Andrew Richard Simonds, Brian Michael Jones, Simon Peter Clarke, Edgar Mark Sunderland, David Benjamin Robins, Miko Arnab Sakhya Singha Bose
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Publication number: 20150067467Abstract: A collaborative authoring application provides an authoring environment in which two or more users can edit a document concurrently. Each user edits a copy of the document, sends updates to a master copy of the document, and receives updates from the master copy of the document. The authoring environment generally inhibits the users from providing conflicting editing instructions to the master copy of the document. For example, each user can generate a content lock about one or more data units within the document. The authoring environment may synchronize content locks automatically and content only at the request of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jonathan Beckett Bailor, Ethan Joseph Bernstein, Mark Rolland Knight, Christopher James Antos, Andrew Richard Simonds, Brian Michael Jones, Simon Peter Clarke, Edgar Mark Sunderland, David Benjamin Robins, Miko Arnab Sakhya Singha Bose
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Publication number: 20140373108Abstract: A collaborative authoring application provides an authoring environment in which two or more users can edit a document concurrently. Each user edits a copy of the document, sends updates to a master copy of the document, and receives updates from the master copy of the document. The authoring environment may be configured into a public mode of operation, in which content and metadata are synchronized automatically, or into a private mode of operation, in which metadata is synchronized automatically and content is synchronized only at the request of the user. The authoring application may edit documents offline in public or private mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Jonathan Beckett Bailor, Ethan Joseph Bernstein, Mark Rolland Knight, Christopher James Antos
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Patent number: 8825594Abstract: Example systems and methods are directed at maintaining and retrieving presence metadata. One example method includes receiving a request from a first client to edit a document file, and sending short-term check out metadata to the first client to begin an editing session. The method also includes writing the transition ID to a transition table stored in a cache, wherein the presence of another transition ID in the cache indicates that a document has switched from a single-client mode to a multi-client mode. An example system includes a processing unit operative to receive a document, the document including short-term check out metadata indicating an editing session has begun, ping a cache to determine if another transition ID is stored in the cache, and send a transition ID to a transition table stored in a cache to switch from a single-client mode to a multi-client mode.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2008Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Simon Skaria, Naresh Kannan, Simon Peter Clarke, Miko Arnab Sakhya Singha Bose, Christopher J. Antos, Mark Rolland Knight, Andrew G. Carlson, Don Adam Hedgpeth, Mitesh Pankaj Patel, Andrew Sean Watson, Jonathan B. Bailor, Elena Petrova
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Patent number: 8825758Abstract: A collaborative authoring application provides an authoring environment in which two or more users can edit a document concurrently. Each user edits a copy of the document, sends updates to a master copy of the document, and receives updates from the master copy of the document. The authoring environment may be configured into a public mode of operation, in which content and metadata are synchronized automatically, or into a private mode of operation, in which metadata is synchronized automatically and content is synchronized only at the request of the user. The authoring application may edit documents offline in public or private mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2007Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jonathan Beckett Bailor, Ethan Joseph Bernstein, Mark Rolland Knight, Christopher James Antos
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Patent number: 8429753Abstract: Examples are related to systems and methods for controlling access to document files on a document server. One example system includes document files stored on a document server, at least one of the document files referencing a file lock, and a document access processing module. The example document access processing module includes a file sharing processing module that determines a coauthoring status of a software application of a client computer requesting access to the document file, and a file lock processing module that stores one or more file locks and that controls the setting and resetting of file locks. The example document access processing module uses the coauthoring status of the software application and the file lock status of a document file to determine whether a software application is permitted to have write access to the document file.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2008Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Simon Skaria, Naresh Kannan, Simon Peter Clarke, Miko Arnab Sakhya Singha Bose, Christopher J. Antos, Mark Rolland Knight, Andrew G. Carlson, Don Adam Hedgpeth, Mitesh Pankaj Patel, Andrew Sean Watson, Jonathan B. Bailor, Elena Petrova
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Patent number: 8352418Abstract: A collaborative authoring application provides an authoring environment in which two or more users can edit a document concurrently. Each user edits a copy of the document, sends updates to a master copy of the document, and receives updates from the master copy of the document. The authoring environment generally inhibits the users from providing conflicting editing instructions to the master copy of the document. For example, each user can generate a content lock about one or more data units within the document. The authoring environment may synchronize content locks automatically and content only at the request of the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2011Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jonathan Beckett Bailor, Ethan Joseph Bernstein, Mark Rolland Knight, Christopher James Antos, Andrew Richard Simonds, Brian Michael Jones, Simon Peter Clarke, Edgar Mark Sunderland, David Benjamin Robins, Miko Arnab Sakhya Singha Bose
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Patent number: 8327278Abstract: Tools and techniques for synchronizing metadata and document content across client systems using different communication channels are provided. These tools may define logical communication channels between client software components, and may allocate one of these channels to synchronizing updates to the contents of documents shared between these client components. These tools may allocate another one of the communication channels to synchronizing metadata between the client components, with the metadata describing activity pertaining to the shared documents. The client components may receive indications of activity made by users to the document contents, and may create metadata representing the activity. These client components may then transmit this metadata, using the further communication channel, to any number of other client components automatically in real time with the updates.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2009Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Mark Rolland Knight, Ethan Joseph Bernstein, Christopher J. Antos, Jonathan Bailor
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Publication number: 20120278276Abstract: A collaborative authoring application provides an authoring environment in which two or more users can edit a document concurrently. Each user edits a copy of the document, sends updates to a master copy of the document, and receives updates from the master copy of the document. The authoring environment generally inhibits the users from providing conflicting editing instructions to the master copy of the document. For example, each user can generate a content lock about one or more data units within the document. The authoring environment may synchronize content locks automatically and content only at the request of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Jonathan Beckett Bailor, Ethan Joseph Bernstein, Mark Rolland Knight, Christopher James Antos, Andrew Richard Simonds, Brian Michael Jones, Simon Peter Clarke, Edgar Mark Sunderland, David Benjamin Robins, Miko Arnab Sakhya Singha Bose
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Publication number: 20120254315Abstract: Example systems and methods are directed at maintaining and retrieving presence metadata. One example method includes receiving a request from a first client to edit a document file, and sending short-term check out metadata to the first client to begin an editing session. The method also includes writing the transition ID to a transition table stored in a cache, wherein the presence of another transition ID in the cache indicates that a document has switched from a single-client mode to a multi-client mode. An example system includes a processing unit operative to receive a document, the document including short-term check out metadata indicating an editing session has begun, ping a cache to determine if another transition ID is stored in the cache, and send a transition ID to a transition table stored in a cache to switch from a single-client mode to a multi-client mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Simon Skaria, Naresh Kannan, Simon Peter Clarke, Miko Arnab Sakhya Singha Bose, Christopher J. Antos, Mark Rolland Knight, Andrew G. Carlson, Don Adam Hedgpeth, Mitesh Pankaj Patel, Andrew Sean Watson, Jonathan B. Bailor, Elena Petrova
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Patent number: 8176005Abstract: Example systems and methods are directed at maintaining and retrieving presence metadata. One example method includes receiving a request from a first client to edit a document file, and sending short-term check out metadata to the first client to begin an editing session. The method also includes writing the transition ID to a transition table stored in a cache, wherein the presence of another transition ID in the cache indicates that a document has switched from a single-client mode to a multi-client mode. An example system includes a processing unit operative to receive a document, the document including short-term check out metadata indicating an editing session has begun, ping a cache to determine if another transition ID is stored in the cache, and send a transition ID to a transition table stored in a cache to switch from a single-client mode to a multi-client mode.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2008Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Simon Skaria, Naresh Kannan, Simon Peter Clarke, Miko Arnab Sakhya Singha Bose, Christopher J. Antos, Mark Rolland Knight, Andrew G. Carlson, Don Adam Hedgpeth, Mitesh Pankaj Patel, Andrew Sean Watson, Jonathan B. Bailor, Elena Petrova