Patents by Inventor Mark Thomas Schofield

Mark Thomas Schofield 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).

  • Systems and methods for multiparty session invite
    Patent number: 7593988
    Abstract: A messaging system is provided whereby a message indicative of an invitation to collaboratively execute an application can be sent from one of the computing object to an intermediary system whereby the message is multicast to the other ones of the plurality of computing objects. The invitation message can be accepted by the other computing objects to cause the first object to launch the corresponding application. The other computing objects also launch versions of the application and exchange addressing information with the first application so that a multiparty application execution can be established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Peyman Oreizy, Arvind Kumar, Mark Thomas Schofield, Kevin R. Moore, Sean Olin Blagsvedt