Patents by Inventor Michal Miriam Swafford

Michal Miriam Swafford 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).

  • Notifying affected users of feature changes in a software application
    Patent number: 10652037
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for operating a notification service for notifying affected users of modifications made to features in a software application. The notification service maintains a database comprising a list of the features in the software application and a list of users associated with each of the features. The notification service detects at least a modification to a feature in the software application that requires affected users to be notified. In response to detecting the modification to the feature, the notification service queries the database based at least on an identify of the feature associated with the modification to identify the affected users. Notifications are then generated and communicated to the affected users indicative of at least the modification to the feature in the software application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jimmy Yu Hin Kan, Michal Miriam Swafford, Dennis Borisovitch Zverev, Abhinav Garg, Rong Wu
  • NOTIFYING AFFECTED USERS OF FEATURE CHANGES IN A SOFTWARE APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20190097825
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for operating a notification service for notifying affected users of modifications made to features in a software application. The notification service maintains a database comprising a list of the features in the software application and a list of users associated with each of the features. The notification service detects at least a modification to a feature in the software application that requires affected users to be notified. In response to detecting the modification to the feature, the notification service queries the database based at least on an identify of the feature associated with the modification to identify the affected users. Notifications are then generated and communicated to the affected users indicative of at least the modification to the feature in the software application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Jimmy Yu Hin Kan, Michal Miriam Swafford, Dennis Borisovitch Zverev, Abhinav Garg, Rong Wu