Patents by Inventor Michael Andrew Jeffers

Michael Andrew Jeffers 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).

  • Synchronization and collaboration within peer-to-peer and client/server environments
    Patent number: 8719222
    Abstract: Tools and techniques are described for synchronization and collaboration within peer-to-peer and client/server environments. These tools may provide methods that include establishing peer-to-peer relationships between two or more client systems. These relationships enable the client systems to create respective local instances of workspaces, shared between the client systems to allow them to collaborate with one another. The client systems may participate in peer-to-peer synchronization flows with one another, with the synchronization flows representing updates made local to the shared workspaces of the client systems. The methods may also establish establishing a client/server relationship between one of the client systems and a server system. Through this client/server relationship, the client and server systems may participate in client/server synchronization flows, with these flows representing updates made to the local shared workspace at the client system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ransom Lloyd Richardson, Edward J. Fischer, Dana Zircher, Christopher Norman, Hugh Francis Pyle, Michael Andrew Jeffers, Robert Sean Slapikoff
  • Synchronization and Collaboration Within Peer-to-Peer and Client/Server Environments
    Publication number: 20110307555
    Abstract: Tools and techniques are described for synchronization and collaboration within peer-to-peer and client/server environments. These tools may provide methods that include establishing peer-to-peer relationships between two or more client systems. These relationships enable the client systems to create respective local instances of workspaces, shared between the client systems to allow them to collaborate with one another. The client systems may participate in peer-to-peer synchronization flows with one another, with the synchronization flows representing updates made local to the shared workspaces of the client systems. The methods may also establish establishing a client/server relationship between one of the client systems and a server system. Through this client/server relationship, the client and server systems may participate in client/server synchronization flows, with these flows representing updates made to the local shared workspace at the client system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ransom Lloyd Richardson, Edward J. Fischer, Dana Zircher, Christopher Norman, Hugh Francis Pyle, Michael Andrew Jeffers, Robert Sean Slapikoff
  • Synchronization and collaboration within peer-to-peer and client/server environments
    Patent number: 8010487
    Abstract: Tools and techniques are described for synchronization and collaboration within peer-to-peer and client/server environments. These tools may provide methods that include establishing peer-to-peer relationships between two or more client systems. These relationships enable the client systems to create respective local instances of workspaces, shared between the client systems to allow them to collaborate with one another. The client systems may participate in peer-to-peer synchronization flows with one another, with the synchronization flows representing updates made local to the shared workspaces of the client systems. The methods may also establish establishing a client/server relationship between one of the client systems and a server system. Through this client/server relationship, the client and server systems may participate in client/server synchronization flows, with these flows representing updates made to the local shared workspace at the client system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ransom Lloyd Richardson, Edward J Fischer, Dana Zircher, Christopher Norman, Hugh Francis Pyle, Michael Andrew Jeffers, Robert Sean Slapikoff
  • Synchronization and Collaboration Within Peer-to-Peer and Client/Server Environments
    Publication number: 20090327302
    Abstract: Tools and techniques are described for synchronization and collaboration within peer-to-peer and client/server environments. These tools may provide methods that include establishing peer-to-peer relationships between two or more client systems. These relationships enable the client systems to create respective local instances of workspaces, shared between the client systems to allow them to collaborate with one another. The client systems may participate in peer-to-peer synchronization flows with one another, with the synchronization flows representing updates made local to the shared workspaces of the client systems. The methods may also establish establishing a client/server relationship between one of the client systems and a server system. Through this client/server relationship, the client and server systems may participate in client/server synchronization flows, with these flows representing updates made to the local shared workspace at the client system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ransom Lloyd Richardson, Edward J. Fischer, Dana Zircher, Christopher Norman, Hugh Francis Pyle, Michael Andrew Jeffers, Robert Sean Slapikoff