Patents by Inventor Markus W. Mielke
Markus W. Mielke 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: 10467082Abstract: Systems and methods are described for verifying functionality of a computing device. A set of rules are sent to a computing device identifying a device driver. Data is received from the one device that is indicative of collected driver data of the computing device. The data is collected by a driver verifier function executing on the computing device. The driver verifier function is configured to capture information associated with the identified device driver identified by the set of rules. The received data is parsed to categorize the data with previously collected driver data of other computing devices. The data is categorized based on attributes of the collected driver data. The categorized data is provided for analysis of the driver health on the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Markus W. Mielke, Jakob F. Lichtenberg, Vladimir A. Levin, Remy L. De Weduwe, Hyuk Joon Kwon, Nathan L. Deisinger, Vikas Pabreja, Juncao Li
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Patent number: 10452459Abstract: Systems and methods are described for verifying functionality of a computing device. Rules are received that are usable to configure a driver verifier function to capture information associated with a device driver identified by the rules. The configured driver verifier function is run on a computing device. The information is captured in response to driver conditions identified by the rules. The computing device is allowed to continue operation when the driver condition includes an error condition of the identified device driver. A communication is initiated to transmit the captured information to a driver verification analysis service.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Markus W. Mielke, Jakob F. Lichtenberg, Vladimir A. Levin, Remy L. De Weduwe, Hyuk Joon Kwon, Nathan L. Deisinger, Vikas Pabreja, Juncao Li
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Publication number: 20180165145Abstract: Systems and methods are described for verifying functionality of a computing device. Rules are received that are usable to configure a driver verifier function to capture information associated with a device driver identified by the rules. The configured driver verifier function is run on a computing device. The information is captured in response to driver conditions identified by the rules. The computing device is allowed to continue operation when the driver condition includes an error condition of the identified device driver. A communication is initiated to transmit the captured information to a driver verification analysis service.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: Markus W. Mielke, Jakob F. Lichtenberg, Vladimir A. Levin, Remy L. De Weduwe, Hyuk Joon Kwon, Nathan L. Deisinger, Vikas Pabreja, Juncao Li
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Publication number: 20180165141Abstract: Systems and methods are described for verifying functionality of a computing device. A set of rules are sent to a computing device identifying a device driver. Data is received from the one device that is indicative of collected driver data of the computing device. The data is collected by a driver verifier function executing on the computing device. The driver verifier function is configured to capture information associated with the identified device driver identified by the set of rules. The received data is parsed to categorize the data with previously collected driver data of other computing devices. The data is categorized based on attributes of the collected driver data. The categorized data is provided for analysis of the driver health on the computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: Markus W. Mielke, Jakob F. Lichtenberg, Vladimir A. Levin, Remy L. De Weduwe, Hyuk Joon Kwon, Nathan L. Deisinger, Vikas Pabreja, Juncao Li
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Patent number: 9697186Abstract: An illustrative implementation is described for copying an identified portion of source content along with style information associated with the portion. The implementation allows the identified portion to be pasted into target content. By virtue of the extraction and retention of style information, the identified portion that is pasted into the target content visually resembles the identified portion as it appears in the source content. The implementation can identify relevant style information to be preserved based on a contextual analysis of style information applied to the source content. In one illustrative case, some of the style information may be revealed by parts of the content that are not directly demarcated by the identified portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Justin E. Rogers, Markus W. Mielke
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Patent number: 9465775Abstract: Various embodiments evaluate content that is to be printed and ascertain whether the content is going to overflow or be “orphaned” onto a second page when printed. If some content will create an orphan when printed, then the content is scaled to fit onto a single page when printed. In some embodiments, the content is simply proportionally scaled to fit onto a single page. In other embodiments, the content is further processed to scale it in a manner that makes intelligent use of the white space on the printed page.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2009Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Markus W. Mielke, Adrian Bateman
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Patent number: 8887039Abstract: An identification of one of multiple types of Web browsers that a Web page supports, as well as an identification of one of multiple versions of that one type of Web browser that the Web page supports, is obtained. The Web page is displayed using the identified version of the identified Web browser type. A request for an identification of the identified version of the identified Web browser type can also be received from a program, such as a Web page script. In response to the request, an identification of the identified version of the identified Web browser type is being used to display the Web page is returned, and instructions of the program are executed based at least in part on the identified version of the identified Web browser type.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2008Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Zhenbin Xu, Alex Mogilevsky, Markus W. Mielke
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Patent number: 8881002Abstract: A trial based layout builder generates multiple trial multi-column layouts for content until a multi-column layout that satisfies particular criteria for multi-column balancing is generated. Multiple trial multi-column layouts can be generated in parallel based on different boundaries until a layout that does satisfy the criteria is identified. Different elements of the content laid out in different trial multi-column layouts can be reused in subsequently generated trial multi-column layouts. The content can also optionally be separated into multiple different portions at various break points, and trial multi-column layouts for the different portions can be generated in parallel. Additionally, if a trial multi-column layout for one of the portions that satisfies the particular criteria is identified, the content in that portion can be displayed while continuing to attempt to identify a layout for the content of the other portion that satisfies the one or more criteria.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2011Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Evgeny N. Veselov, Peter G. Salas, Phillip F. Cupp, Michael Jacob Jolson, Markus W. Mielke, Veljko Miljanic
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Patent number: 8627198Abstract: A new form of DHTML behaviors, called ˜Element Behaviors,” wherein a behavior component is bound to an HTML element, and not just attached to the element as with attached behaviors. A special processing instruction is used to import the Element Behavior into a Web page. Upon parsing the Web page, the Element Behavior is initialized as soon as it has been downloaded and parsed. This immediate initialization makes the Element Behavior declaratively available to bind synchronously to the element(s) it is modifying. A viewLink is a feature of Element Behaviors that permits encapsulation of a behavior component file (e.g., an HTC file) so that the structure of the HTC file is transparent to a Web page (˜primary document”) to which the HTC file is linked, but the content of the HTC file may be displayed in the primary document.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2008Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Ronald R. Martinsen, David H. Massy, Joseph S. Beda, Richard John Gardner, Bulusu K. Mohan, Alexander J. Zotov, John M. Harding, Robert A. Relyea, Markus W. Mielke, Dave Cox, Kris Markel
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Publication number: 20130298010Abstract: An illustrative implementation is described for copying an identified portion of source content along with style information associated with the portion. The implementation allows the identified portion to be pasted into target content. By virtue of the extraction and retention of style information, the identified portion that is pasted into the target content visually resembles the identified portion as it appears in the source content. The implementation can identify relevant style information to be preserved based on a contextual analysis of style information applied to the source content. In one illustrative case, some of the style information may be revealed by parts of the content that are not directly demarcated by the identified portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: Justin E. Rogers, Markus W. Mielke
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Publication number: 20130073943Abstract: A trial based layout builder generates multiple trial multi-column layouts for content until a multi-column layout that satisfies particular criteria for multi-column balancing is generated. Multiple trial multi-column layouts can be generated in parallel based on different boundaries until a layout that does satisfy the criteria is identified. Different elements of the content laid out in different trial multi-column layouts can be reused in subsequently generated trial multi-column layouts. The content can also optionally be separated into multiple different portions at various break points, and trial multi-column layouts for the different portions can be generated in parallel. Additionally, if a trial multi-column layout for one of the portions that satisfies the particular criteria is identified, the content in that portion can be displayed while continuing to attempt to identify a layout for the content of the other portion that satisfies the one or more criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Evgeny N. Veselov, Peter G. Salas, Phillip F. Cupp, Michael Jacob Jolson, Markus W. Mielke, Veljko Miljanic
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Patent number: 7973807Abstract: An analytical tool for measuring spacing between elements in a web page is provided. In one implementation, the analytical tool identifies locations indicated on a web page and automatically determines one or more elements in proximity to those indicated locations. The analytical tool automatically identifies points on the determined elements associated with the indicated locations and calculates the distance between those points. The calculated distance is displayed on the web page. The automatically identified points and a graphical representation of a measuring ruler between the points may also be displayed to enhance usability.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2010Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventor: Markus W. Mielke
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Publication number: 20100149217Abstract: An analytical tool for measuring spacing between elements in a web page is provided. In one implementation, the analytical tool identifies locations indicated on a web page and automatically determines one or more elements in proximity to those indicated locations. The analytical tool automatically identifies points on the determined elements associated with the indicated locations and calculates the distance between those points. The calculated distance is displayed on the web page. The automatically identified points and a graphical representation of a measuring ruler between the points may also be displayed to enhance usability.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2010Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventor: Markus W. Mielke
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Patent number: 7705861Abstract: An analytical tool for measuring spacing between elements in a web page is provided. In one implementation, the analytical tool identifies locations indicated on a web page and automatically determines one or more elements in proximity to those indicated locations. The analytical tool automatically identifies points on the determined elements associated with the indicated locations and calculates the distance between those points. The calculated distance is displayed on the web page. The automatically identified points and a graphical representation of a measuring ruler between the points may also be displayed to enhance usability.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2006Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventor: Markus W. Mielke
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Publication number: 20090276697Abstract: Various embodiments evaluate content that is to be printed and ascertain whether the content is going to overflow or be “orphaned” onto a second page when printed. If some content will create an orphan when printed, then the content is scaled to fit onto a single page when printed. In some embodiments, the content is simply proportionally scaled to fit onto a single page. In other embodiments, the content is further processed to scale it in a manner that makes intelligent use of the white space on the printed page.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2009Publication date: November 5, 2009Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Markus W. Mielke, Adrian Bateman
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Publication number: 20090172519Abstract: An identification of one of multiple types of Web browsers that a Web page supports, as well as an identification of one of multiple versions of that one type of Web browser that the Web page supports, is obtained. The Web page is displayed using the identified version of the identified Web browser type. A request for an identification of the identified version of the identified Web browser type can also be received from a program, such as a Web page script. In response to the request, an identification of the identified version of the identified Web browser type is being used to display the Web page is returned, and instructions of the program are executed based at least in part on the identified version of the identified Web browser type.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2008Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Zhenbin Xu, Alex Mogilevsky, Markus W. Mielke
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Patent number: 7552386Abstract: Various embodiments evaluate content that is to be printed and ascertain whether the content is going to overflow or be “orphaned” onto a second page when printed. If some content will create an orphan when printed, then the content is scaled to fit onto a single page when printed. In some embodiments, the content is simply proportionally scaled to fit onto a single page. In other embodiments, the content is further processed to scale it in a manner that makes intelligent use of the white space on the printed page.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2005Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Markus W. Mielke, Adrian Bateman
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Publication number: 20080229189Abstract: A new form of DHTML behaviors, called ˜Element Behaviors,” wherein a behavior component is bound to an HTML element, and not just attached to the element as with attached behaviors. A special processing instruction is used to import the Element Behavior into a Web page. Upon parsing the Web page, the Element Behavior is initialized as soon as it has been downloaded and parsed. This immediate initialization makes the Element Behavior declaratively available to bind synchronously to the element(s) it is modifying. A viewLink is a feature of Element Behaviors that permits encapsulation of a behavior component file (e.g., an HTC file) so that the structure of the HTC file is transparent to a Web page (˜primary document”) to which the HTC file is linked, but the content of the HTC file may be displayed in the primary document.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2008Publication date: September 18, 2008Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Ronald R. Martinsen, David H. Massy, Joseph S. Beda, Richard John Gardner, Bulusu K. Mohan, Alexander J. Zotov, John M. Harding, Robert A. Relyea, Markus W. Mielke, Dave Cox, Kris Markel
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Patent number: 7383512Abstract: A new form of DHTML behaviors, called “Element Behaviors,” wherein a behavior component is bound to an HTML element, and not just attached to the element as with attached behaviors. A special processing instruction is used to import the Element Behavior into a Web page. Upon parsing the Web page, the Element Behavior is initialized as soon as it has been downloaded and parsed. This immediate initialization makes the Element Behavior declaratively available to bind synchronously to the element(s) it is modifying. A viewLink is a feature of Element Behaviors that permits encapsulation of a behavior component file (e.g., an HTC file) so that the structure of the HTC file is transparent to a Web page (“primary document”) to which the HTC file is linked, but the content of the HTC file may be displayed in the primary document.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2000Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Ronald R. Martinsen, David H. Massy, Joseph S. Beda, Richard John Gardner, Bulusu K. Mohan, Alexander J. Zotov, John M. Harding, Robert A. Relyea, Markus W. Mielke, Dave Cox, Kris Markel