Patents by Inventor Piero Sierra

Piero Sierra 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: 20120260188
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for identifying potential recipients for a communication (e.g., email, instant message, content sharing platform, etc.) a user is presently preparing based at least in part upon a user's communication history. That is, information about the user's interactions with past recipients of his/her communications are compared with information known about the present communication and potential recipients of the present communication are identified based upon this comparison. Moreover, in one embodiment, based upon the past interactions of the user with others, one or more communication groups can be identified and presented to the user. In this way, a user may select a communication group and recipients included in the communication group can be added as recipients for the communication the user is presently preparing without the user having to manually create such groups, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Seung-Hae Park, Suraj Samaranayake, Arcadiy Gregory Kantor, Sarah Filman, Omar H. Shahine, Piero Sierra, Stephen Liffick, Anthony Frey, Siddhartha Parmar
  • Patent number: 7484106
    Abstract: A system and process for interacting with a system in an insecure state is described. Before logging into a secure state of a computer system, a user is able to access limited information including calendar information regarding meetings for that day and the like. In some aspects of the invention, a user may interact with a displayed note pad for receiving handwritten or typed notes. Aspects of the described system and method permit a user to quickly review or interact with a computer prior to logging into a secured state of the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Paul Rhoten, Suresh Velagapudi, Ravipal Soin, Sterling Reasor, John Stephens, William Mak, Jerry R. Hughson, Jr., Krishna Kotipalli, Piero Sierra
  • Patent number: 7100106
    Abstract: A system and method of mirroring operations performed on linked files and folders is disclosed. A file and a folder are stored on a computer-readable medium. The file contains at least one reference to at least one image, stylesheet or object stored in the folder. Whenever a file operation is performed on the file, a substantially similar folder operation is performed on the folder and on each image, stylesheet and object contained in the folder. Similarly, whenever a folder operation is performed on the folder and its contents, a substantially similar file operation is performed on the file. By mirroring operations performed on linked files and folders, the system and method of the present invention helps users to manage the linked files and folders as a single entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alan Ramaley, Sankar Ramasubramanian, Michael Schmidt, Piero Sierra
  • Publication number: 20050091673
    Abstract: A system and process for interacting with a system in an insecure state is described. Before logging into a secure state of a computer system, a user is able to access limited information including calendar information regarding meetings for that day and the like. In some aspects of the invention, a user may interact with a displayed note pad for receiving handwritten or typed notes. Aspects of the described system and method permit a user to quickly review or interact with a computer prior to logging into a secured state of the computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Rhoten, Suresh Velagapudi, Ravipal Soin, Sterling Reasor, John Stephens, William Mak, Jerry Hughson, Krishna Kotipalli, Piero Sierra