Patents by Inventor Matthew S. Merry

Matthew S. Merry 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).

  • Modes for applications
    Patent number: 9047469
    Abstract: Techniques for modes for applications are described. In one or more implementations, multiple operational modes are provided for an application. The operational modes can be associated with different resource access permissions, trust statuses, graphical user interfaces, and so on. An application can be launched in a particular one of the operational modes based on a context in which a request to launch the application is received. In one or more implementations, correlations between launch request contexts for an application and operational modes can be configured to enable different launch requests to cause an application to launch into different operational modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jason R. Olson, John M. Sheehan, Christopher S. Dickens, Benjamin A. Betz, Matthew S. Merry, Rodger W. Benson, Ian H. Kim, Daniel J. Oliver, Elliot H. Omiya, Timothy R. Sullivan, Scott Dart
  • Modes for Applications
    Publication number: 20130067473
    Abstract: Techniques for modes for applications are described. In one or more implementations, multiple operational modes are provided for an application. The operational modes can be associated with different resource access permissions, trust statuses, graphical user interfaces, and so on. An application can be launched in a particular one of the operational modes based on a context in which a request to launch the application is received. In one or more implementations, correlations between launch request contexts for an application and operational modes can be configured to enable different launch requests to cause an application to launch into different operational modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Jason R. Olson, John M. Sheehan, Christopher S. Dickens, Benjamin A. Betz, Matthew S. Merry, Rodger W. Benson, Ian H. Kim, Daniel J. Oliver, Elliot H. Omiya, Timothy R. Sullivan, Scott Dart