Patents by Inventor Michael Pinckney

Michael Pinckney 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).

  • Publication number: 20070006085
    Abstract: The present application describes a work management/tracking framework that allows users to organize work around goals that may utilize several applications. Goals may encompass smaller individual tasks that span more than one application. An action object is used to represent a goal and can have one or more task items associated with it. The task items associated with an action object represent tasks that are included in the events and processes necessary to accomplish the goal. As a user works, the tasks that the user works on are tracked. If the user has requested to maintain the tasks in an action object, the tasks are associated with an action object. The user is assisted in pulling in possible task items that the user may wish to associate with an action object by being provided with a list of selectable task items that may be related to the action object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Hennings, Michael Pinckney
  • Publication number: 20070005413
    Abstract: The present application describes an integrated work management and tracking framework that implements a dynamic prioritization process that identifies one or more user tasks that should be given priority by the user. The dynamic prioritization process suggests a small set of tasks or items to the user that the user should focus on and it allows the user to choose the tasks/items that the user determines to be of priority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Hennings, Michael Pinckney