Patents by Inventor Raj Biyani
Raj Biyani 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: 8099365Abstract: A multi-merchant purchasing system is configured to identify downloadable products selected by a user for purchase. The identified downloadable products are offered by multiple merchants. The multi-merchant purchasing system enables the user to purchase all of the downloadable products in a single transaction. Specifically, the multi-merchant purchasing system determines payment information associated with the user and, with minimum user-interaction, sends the payment information to applications associated with the merchants for processing. The multi-merchant purchasing system may also be configured to receive purchase information from the merchant applications and maintains the purchase information for the user in a locker. The multi-merchant purchasing system may further be configured to automatically download and install the purchased product onto the user's computing device through a software assistant.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2006Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Vikram Bhambri, Susan Moore Warren, Matthew D. Hempey, Raj Biyani, Sean Nolan
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Publication number: 20090171847Abstract: A multi-merchant purchasing system is configured to identify downloadable products selected by a user for purchase. The identified downloadable products are offered by multiple merchants. The multi-merchant purchasing system enables the user to purchase all of the downloadable products in a single transaction. Specifically, the multi-merchant purchasing system determines payment information associated with the user and, with minimum user-interaction, sends the payment information to applications associated with the merchants for processing. The multi-merchant purchasing system may also be configured to receive purchase information from the merchant applications and maintains the purchase information for the user in a locker. The multi-merchant purchasing system may further be configured to automatically download and install the purchased product onto the user's computing device through a software assistant.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2005Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Vikram Bhambri, Deirdre Walsh, Paul Sausville, Raj Biyani, Thomas Button, Sean Nolan, Susan Warren, Matthew Hempey
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Publication number: 20090157527Abstract: A multi-merchant purchasing system is configured to identify downloadable products selected by a user for purchase. The identified downloadable products are offered by multiple merchants. The multi-merchant purchasing system enables the user to purchase all of the downloadable products in a single transaction. Merchant services are provided by the merchants to facilitate the purchasing of offered items. Interfaces are provided by the multi-merchant purchasing system and merchant services for the system and the services to interact. The interfaces provided by the merchant services enable the multi-merchant purchasing system to obtain information such as item metadata, purchase summary data, locations for downloading the purchased products, locations for obtaining support, and download verification data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2009Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Vikram Bhambri, Deirdre L. Walsh, Paul C. Sausville, Raj Biyani, Thomas L. Button, Sean Nolan, Susan Warren, Matthew D. Hempey
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Patent number: 7548889Abstract: A multi-merchant purchasing system is configured to identify downloadable products selected by a user for purchase. The identified downloadable products are offered by multiple merchants. The multi-merchant purchasing system enables the user to purchase all of the downloadable products in a single transaction. Specifically, the multi-merchant purchasing system determines payment information associated with the user and, with minimum user-interaction, sends the payment information to applications associated with the merchants for processing. The multi-merchant purchasing system may also be configured to receive purchase information from the merchant applications and maintains the purchase information for the user in a locker. The multi-merchant purchasing system may further be configured to automatically download and install the purchased product onto the user's computing device through a software assistant.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2005Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Vikram Bhambri, Deirdre L. Walsh, Paul C. Sausville, Raj Biyani, Thomas L. Button, Sean Nolan, Susan Warren, Matthew D. Hempey
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Publication number: 20070027779Abstract: A multi-merchant purchasing system is configured to identify downloadable products selected by a user for purchase. The identified downloadable products are offered by multiple merchants. The multi-merchant purchasing system enables the user to purchase all of the downloadable products in a single transaction. The multi-merchant purchasing system may also be configured to receive purchase information from the merchant applications and maintains the purchase information for the user in a locker. The multi-merchant purchasing system may further be configured to accept product license information from third party merchants not fully participating in the multi-merchant purchasing system. More specifically, a third party merchant may store product license information related to a user in the multi-merchant purchasing system such that the user may connect to the multi-merchant purchasing system at any time and manage all the user's product licenses in one central location.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2006Publication date: February 1, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Vikram Bhambri, Jascha Kaykas-Wolff, Leonard Peterson, Raj Biyani, Sean Nolan, Anne Warren, Christopher Vigna, Kenneth McNamee
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Publication number: 20070022017Abstract: A multi-merchant purchasing system is configured to identify downloadable products selected by a user for purchase. The identified downloadable products are offered by multiple merchants. The multi-merchant purchasing system enables the user to purchase all of the downloadable products in a single transaction. Specifically, the multi-merchant purchasing system determines payment information associated with the user and, with minimum user-interaction, sends the payment information to applications associated with the merchants for processing. The multi-merchant purchasing system may also be configured to receive purchase information from the merchant applications and maintains the purchase information for the user in a locker. The multi-merchant purchasing system may further be configured to automatically download and install the purchased product onto the user's computing device through a software assistant.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2006Publication date: January 25, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Vikram Bhambri, Susan Warren, Matthew Hempey, Raj Biyani, Sean Nolan
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Publication number: 20060167819Abstract: A multi-merchant purchasing system is configured to identify downloadable products selected by a user for purchase. The identified downloadable products are offered by multiple merchants. The multi-merchant purchasing system enables the user to purchase all of the downloadable products in a single transaction. Specifically, the multi-merchant purchasing system determines payment information associated with the user and, with minimum user-interaction, sends the payment information to applications associated with the merchants for processing. The multi-merchant purchasing system may also be configured to receive purchase information from the merchant applications and maintains the purchase information for the user in a locker. The multi-merchant purchasing system may further be configured to automatically download and install the purchased product onto the user's computing device through a software assistant.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2005Publication date: July 27, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Vikram Bhambri, Deirdre Walsh, Paul Sausville, Raj Biyani, Thomas Button, Sean Nolan, Susan Warren, Matthew Hempey
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Publication number: 20060167810Abstract: A multi-merchant purchasing system is configured to identify downloadable products selected by a user for purchase. The identified downloadable products are offered by multiple merchants. The multi-merchant purchasing system enables the user to purchase all of the downloadable products in a single transaction. Specifically, the multi-merchant purchasing system determines payment information associated with the user and, with minimum user-interaction, sends the payment information to applications associated with the merchants for processing. The multi-merchant purchasing system may also be configured to receive purchase information from the merchant applications and maintains the purchase information for the user in a locker. The multi-merchant purchasing system may further be configured to automatically download and install the purchased product onto the user's computing device through a software assistant.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2005Publication date: July 27, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Vikram Bhambri, Deirdre Walsh, Paul Sausville, Raj Biyani, Thomas Button, Sean Nolan, Susan Warren, Matthew Hempey
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Publication number: 20060167809Abstract: A multi-merchant purchasing system is configured to identify downloadable products selected by a user for purchase. The identified downloadable products are offered by multiple merchants. The multi-merchant purchasing system enables the user to purchase all of the downloadable products in a single transaction. Specifically, the multi-merchant purchasing system determines payment information associated with the user and, with minimum user-interaction, sends the payment information to applications associated with the merchants for processing. The multi-merchant purchasing system may also be configured to receive purchase information from the merchant applications and maintains the purchase information for the user in a locker. The multi-merchant purchasing system may further be configured to automatically download and install the purchased product onto the user's computing device through a software assistant.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2005Publication date: July 27, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Vikram Bhambri, Deirdre Walsh, Paul Sausville, Raj Biyani, Thomas Button, Sean Nolan, Susan Warren, Matthew Hempey
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Publication number: 20060167812Abstract: A multi-merchant purchasing system is configured to identify downloadable products selected by a user for purchase. The identified downloadable products are offered by multiple merchants. The multi-merchant purchasing system enables the user to purchase all of the downloadable products in a single transaction. Specifically, the multi-merchant purchasing system determines payment information associated with the user and, with minimum user-interaction, sends the payment information to applications associated with the merchants for processing. The multi-merchant purchasing system may also be configured to receive purchase information from the merchant applications and maintains the purchase information for the user in a locker. The multi-merchant purchasing system may further be configured to automatically download and install the purchased product onto the user's computing device through a software assistant.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2005Publication date: July 27, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Vikram Bhambri, Deidre Walsh, Paul Sausville, Raj Biyani, Thomas Button, Sean Nolan, Susan Warren, Matthew Hempey
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Publication number: 20060167811Abstract: A multi-merchant purchasing system is configured to identify downloadable products selected by a user for purchase. The identified downloadable products are offered by multiple merchants. The multi-merchant purchasing system enables the user to purchase all of the downloadable products in a single transaction. Specifically, the multi-merchant purchasing system determines payment information associated with the user and, with minimum user-interaction, sends the payment information to applications associated with the merchants for processing. The multi-merchant purchasing system may also be configured to receive purchase information from the merchant applications and maintains the purchase information for the user in a locker. The multi-merchant purchasing system may further be configured to automatically download and install the purchased product onto the user's computing device through a software assistant.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2005Publication date: July 27, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Vikram Bhambri, Deirdre Walsh, Paul Sausville, Raj Biyani, Thomas Button, Sean Nolan, Susan Warren, Matthew Hempey