Patents by Inventor MAURA FITZGERALD
MAURA FITZGERALD 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: 11216524Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for merging versions and activities associated with a file into a history feed and displaying the history feed on a user interface of a client computing device. In one aspect, a file is identified and activities associated with the file are also identified. It may be determined whether the file has at least one activity. When it is determined that the file has at least one activity, at least one actionable history element for the at least one activity is generated. Additionally, the generated history elements are merged to generate a history feed. The history feed is displayed on a user interface. The history feed may be displayed with an application that has opened the file.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Douglas Lane Milvaney, Maura FitzGerald, Joshua Jones, Matt McNeill, Manoj Sharma, Lidiane Jones
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Patent number: 10534858Abstract: Document version discoverability and persistence are provided. A version history of a document includes snapshots of the document as it is created and edited over time. When a version history for a document is invoked, a list of the previous versions of the document is generated for display. Certain versions may be more important to a user. Upon selection of a version, an option to append identification metadata to the selected version is displayed. Received text input is appended to the version of interest, and stored as identification metadata. When a user subsequently selects to view the version history of the document, the identification metadata are displayed with the version of interest, enabling the user to quickly and easily identify the version of interest. Additionally, the version of interest is prioritized, ensuring that it is persisted and not purged when older versions are removed from storage.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC.Inventors: Thomas Mattison McNeill, Maura FitzGerald
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Publication number: 20190250868Abstract: To enable prompt presentation of a user interface that displays documents that other users have accessed or edited, distribution of document activity indicators is performed in a proactive manner such that the document activity indicators are already available at a time when such a user interface is to be presented. Document activity triggers the creation of corresponding document activity identifiers, which are distributed to the workspaces of one or more users in accordance with document activity itself, the type of activity, the user performing the activity, a user who initially created the document, or combinations thereof. When another user utilizes a content creation computer application program, the activity by other users is selectively reflected within the user interface presented by such a content creation computer application program.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Andrew Woodruff HARRIS, Manoj SHARMA, Maura FITZGERALD
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Patent number: 10303420Abstract: To enable prompt presentation of a user interface that displays documents that other users have accessed or edited, distribution of document activity indicators is performed in a proactive manner such that the document activity indicators are already available at a time when such a user interface is to be presented. Document activity triggers the creation of corresponding document activity identifiers, which are distributed to the workspaces of one or more users in accordance with document activity itself, the type of activity, the user performing the activity, a user who initially created the document, or combinations thereof. When another user utilizes a content creation computer application program, the activity by other users is selectively reflected within the user interface presented by such a content creation computer application program.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Andrew Woodruff Harris, Manoj Sharma, Maura Fitzgerald
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Publication number: 20190155859Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for merging versions and activities associated with a file into a history feed and displaying the history feed on a user interface of a client computing device. In one aspect, a file is identified and activities associated with the file are also identified. It may be determined whether the file has at least one activity. When it is determined that the file has at least one activity, at least one actionable history element for the at least one activity is generated. Additionally, the generated history elements are merged to generate a history feed. The history feed is displayed on a user interface. The history feed may be displayed with an application that has opened the file.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2019Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Douglas Lane Milvaney, Maura FitzGerald, Joshua Jones, Matt McNeill, Manoj Sharma, Lidiane Jones
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Patent number: 10185777Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for merging versions and activities associated with a file into a history feed and displaying the history feed on a user interface of a client computing device. In one aspect, a file is identified and activities associated with the file are also identified. It may be determined whether the file has at least one activity. When it is determined that the file has at least one activity, at least one actionable history element for the at least one activity is generated. Additionally, the generated history elements are merged to generate a history feed. The history feed is displayed on a user interface. The history feed may be displayed with an application that has opened the file.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2016Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Douglas Lane Milvaney, Maura FitzGerald, Joshua Jones, Matt McNeill, Manoj Sharma, Lidiane Jones
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Publication number: 20180321889Abstract: To enable prompt presentation of a user interface that displays documents that other users have accessed or edited, distribution of document activity indicators is performed in a proactive manner such that the document activity indicators are already available at a time when such a user interface is to be presented. Document activity triggers the creation of corresponding document activity identifiers, which are distributed to the workspaces of one or more users in accordance with document activity itself, the type of activity, the user performing the activity, a user who initially created the document, or combinations thereof. When another user utilizes a content creation computer application program, the activity by other users is selectively reflected within the user interface presented by such a content creation computer application program.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2017Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Andrew Woodruff HARRIS, Manoj SHARMA, Maura FITZGERALD
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Publication number: 20170199915Abstract: Document version discoverability and persistence are provided. A version history of a document includes snapshots of the document as it is created and edited over time. When a version history for a document is invoked, a list of the previous versions of the document is generated for display. Certain versions may be more important to a user. Upon selection of a version, an option to append identification metadata to the selected version is displayed. Received text input is appended to the version of interest, and stored as identification metadata. When a user subsequently selects to view the version history of the document, the identification metadata are displayed with the version of interest, enabling the user to quickly and easily identify the version of interest. Additionally, the version of interest is prioritized, ensuring that it is persisted and not purged when older versions are removed from storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2016Publication date: July 13, 2017Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.Inventors: Thomas Mattison McNeill, Maura FitzGerald
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Publication number: 20160292289Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for merging versions and activities associated with a file into a history feed and displaying the history feed on a user interface of a client computing device. In one aspect, a file is identified and activities associated with the file are also identified. It may be determined whether the file has at least one activity. When it is determined that the file has at least one activity, at least one actionable history element for the at least one activity is generated. Additionally, the generated history elements are merged to generate a history feed. The history feed is displayed on a user interface. The history feed may be displayed with an application that has opened the file.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: DOUGLAS LANE MILVANEY, MAURA FITZGERALD, JOSHUA JONES, MATT MCNEILL, MANOJ SHARMA, LIDIANE JONES
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Publication number: 20090026259Abstract: A method for performing a money transfer receive transaction includes loading payout funds, corresponding to a desired amount of money to be transferred from a sender to a recipient, in a payout account associated with a payout card, such that the payout funds are electronically accessible by the recipient using the payout card. A system for performing a money transfer receive transaction is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2008Publication date: January 29, 2009Applicant: THE WESTERN UNION COMPANYInventors: Dean A. Seifert, Earney E. Stoutenburg, David A. Owen, Maura A. Fitzgerald
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Publication number: 20030069856Abstract: A method for performing a money transfer receive transaction includes loading payout funds, corresponding to a desired amount of money to be transferred from a sender to a recipient, in a payout account associated with a payout card, such that the payout funds are electronically accessible by the recipient using the payout card. A system for performing a money transfer receive transaction is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2001Publication date: April 10, 2003Applicant: First Data CorporationInventors: Dean A. Seifert, Earney E. Stoutenburg, David A. Owen, Maura A. Fitzgerald
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Publication number: 20020087463Abstract: A method for processing a negotiable instrument includes entering at least one negotiable instrument identifier into a terminal; transmitting the at least one negotiable instrument identifier from the terminal to a host computer; receiving, at the terminal, a sign from the host computer, wherein the sign indicates an authorization status of the negotiable instrument; and automatically printing a mark on a document using a printer in communication with the terminal, wherein the mark corresponds with the sign so as to indicate the authorization status of the negotiable instrument.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2000Publication date: July 4, 2002Applicant: First Data CorporationInventors: Maura A. Fitzgerald, Earney E. Stoutenburg, Dean A. Seifert