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).

  • Patent number: 8099365
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Vikram Bhambri, Susan Moore Warren, Matthew D. Hempey, Raj Biyani, Sean Nolan
  • Publication number: 20090171847
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vikram Bhambri, Deirdre Walsh, Paul Sausville, Raj Biyani, Thomas Button, Sean Nolan, Susan Warren, Matthew Hempey
  • Publication number: 20090157527
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Vikram Bhambri, Deirdre L. Walsh, Paul C. Sausville, Raj Biyani, Thomas L. Button, Sean Nolan, Susan Warren, Matthew D. Hempey
  • Patent number: 7548889
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Vikram Bhambri, Deirdre L. Walsh, Paul C. Sausville, Raj Biyani, Thomas L. Button, Sean Nolan, Susan Warren, Matthew D. Hempey
  • Publication number: 20070027779
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Vikram Bhambri, Jascha Kaykas-Wolff, Leonard Peterson, Raj Biyani, Sean Nolan, Anne Warren, Christopher Vigna, Kenneth McNamee
  • Publication number: 20070022017
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Vikram Bhambri, Susan Warren, Matthew Hempey, Raj Biyani, Sean Nolan
  • Publication number: 20060167819
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Vikram Bhambri, Deirdre Walsh, Paul Sausville, Raj Biyani, Thomas Button, Sean Nolan, Susan Warren, Matthew Hempey
  • Publication number: 20060167810
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Vikram Bhambri, Deirdre Walsh, Paul Sausville, Raj Biyani, Thomas Button, Sean Nolan, Susan Warren, Matthew Hempey
  • Publication number: 20060167809
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Vikram Bhambri, Deirdre Walsh, Paul Sausville, Raj Biyani, Thomas Button, Sean Nolan, Susan Warren, Matthew Hempey
  • Publication number: 20060167812
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Vikram Bhambri, Deidre Walsh, Paul Sausville, Raj Biyani, Thomas Button, Sean Nolan, Susan Warren, Matthew Hempey
  • Publication number: 20060167811
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Vikram Bhambri, Deirdre Walsh, Paul Sausville, Raj Biyani, Thomas Button, Sean Nolan, Susan Warren, Matthew Hempey