Patents by Inventor Rob M. Mensching

Rob M. Mensching 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: 20150263911
    Abstract: Application settings are roamed across multiple computing devices. Provider modules on the computing devices are run to retrieve application settings to be roamed and to roam those application settings across the multiple computing devices. Application setting changes initiated on a particular computing device are added to a history of application setting changes on the particular computing device, and also added to synchronization communication module for communication to one or more additional computing devices of the multiple computing devices. Application setting changes initiated by one of the one or more additional computing devices are received by the particular computing device and added to a history of application setting changes on the particular computing device, and are also incorporated into the application settings on the particular computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Wissam S. Kazan, John E. Brezak, Matthew S. Baker, Todd R. Manion, Rob M. Mensching
  • Patent number: 9077733
    Abstract: Application settings are roamed across multiple computing devices. Provider modules on the computing devices are run to retrieve application settings to be roamed and to roam those application settings across the multiple computing devices. Application setting changes initiated on a particular computing device are added to a history of application setting changes on the particular computing device, and also added to synchronization communication module for communication to one or more additional computing devices of the multiple computing devices. Application setting changes initiated by one of the one or more additional computing devices are received by the particular computing device and added to a history of application setting changes on the particular computing device, and are also incorporated into the application settings on the particular computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Wissam S. Kazan, John E. Brezak, Matthew S. Baker, Todd R. Manion, Rob M. Mensching
  • Publication number: 20140095710
    Abstract: Application settings are roamed across multiple computing devices. Provider modules on the computing devices are run to retrieve application settings to be roamed and to roam those application settings across the multiple computing devices. Application setting changes initiated on a particular computing device are added to a history of application setting changes on the particular computing device, and also added to synchronization communication module for communication to one or more additional computing devices of the multiple computing devices. Application setting changes initiated by one of the one or more additional computing devices are received by the particular computing device and added to a history of application setting changes on the particular computing device, and are also incorporated into the application settings on the particular computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Wissam S. Kazan, John E. Brezak, Matthew S. Baker, Todd R. Manion, Rob M. Mensching
  • Patent number: 8606889
    Abstract: Application settings are roamed across multiple computing devices. Provider modules on the computing devices are run to retrieve application settings to be roamed and to roam those application settings across the multiple computing devices. Application setting changes initiated on a particular computing device are added to a history of application setting changes on the particular computing device, and also added to synchronization communication module for communication to one or more additional computing devices of the multiple computing devices. Application setting changes initiated by one of the one or more additional computing devices are received by the particular computing device and added to a history of application setting changes on the particular computing device, and are also incorporated into the application settings on the particular computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Wissam S. Kazan, John E. Brezak, Matthew S. Baker, Todd R. Manion, Rob M. Mensching
  • Publication number: 20110179149
    Abstract: Application settings are roamed across multiple computing devices. Provider modules on the computing devices are run to retrieve application settings to be roamed and to roam those application settings across the multiple computing devices. Application setting changes initiated on a particular computing device are added to a history of application setting changes on the particular computing device, and also added to synchronization communication module for communication to one or more additional computing devices of the multiple computing devices. Application setting changes initiated by one of the one or more additional computing devices are received by the particular computing device and added to a history of application setting changes on the particular computing device, and are also incorporated into the application settings on the particular computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wissam S. Kazan, John E. Brezak, Matthew S. Baker, Todd R. Manion, Rob M. Mensching
  • Patent number: 7219266
    Abstract: A method for categorizing information regarding a failure in an application program module. The failure may be a crash, a set-up failure or an assert. For a crash, a name of an executable module where the crash occurred in the application program module, a version number of the executable module, a name of a module containing an instruction causing the crash, a version number of the module and an offset into the module with the crashing instruction are determined. This bucket information is then transmitted to a repository for storage in a database. The database may be examined to determine fixes for the bug that caused the crash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kirk A. Glerum, Matthew J. Ruhlen, Eric A. LeVine, Rob M. Mensching, Charles S. Walker
  • Publication number: 20040250170
    Abstract: A method for categorizing information regarding a failure in an application program module. The failure may be a crash, a set-up failure or an assert. For a crash, a name of an executable module where the crash occurred in the application program module, a version number of the executable module, a name of a module containing an instruction causing the crash, a version number of the module and an offset into the module with the crashing instruction are determined. This bucket information is then transmitted to a repository for storage in a database. The database may be examined to determine fixes for the bug that caused the crash.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kirk A. Glerum, Matthew J. Ruhlen, Eric A. LeVine, Rob M. Mensching, Charles S. Walker
  • Patent number: 6785848
    Abstract: A method for categorizing information regarding a failure in an application program module. The failure may be a crash, a set-up failure or an assert. For a crash, a name of an executable module where the crash occurred in the application program module, a version number of the executable module, a name of a module containing an instruction causing the crash, a version number of the module and an offset into the module with the crashing instruction are determined. This bucket information is then transmitted to a repository for storage in a database. The database may be examined to determine fixes for the bug that caused the crash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kirk A. Glerum, Matthew J. Ruhlen, Eric A. LeVine, Rob M. Mensching, Charles S. Walker