Patents by Inventor Robert M. Kowal

Robert M. Kowal 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).

  • Authoring of demonstration environments
    Patent number: 8727779
    Abstract: An authoring system is provided for generating a demonstration payload, which is installable on a target electronic device to create a demonstration environment on the target electronic device. The authoring system includes a build interface operative to receive authoring inputs which specify characteristics of the demonstration environment. The authoring inputs include specification of promotional media to be played during a promotional mode of the demonstration environment, and specification of mock user data to be accessible during a tryout mode of the demonstration environment. The system further includes an assembler module operative to generate the demonstration payload based upon the authoring inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: John Eversole, David Gunasegaram, Robert M. Kowal
  • AUTHORING OF DEMONSTRATION ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20100287472
    Abstract: An authoring system is provided for generating a demonstration payload, which is installable on a target electronic device to create a demonstration environment on the target electronic device. The authoring system includes a build interface operative to receive authoring inputs which specify characteristics of the demonstration environment. The authoring inputs include specification of promotional media to be played during a promotional mode of the demonstration environment, and specification of mock user data to be accessible during a tryout mode of the demonstration environment. The system further includes an assembler module operative to generate the demonstration payload based upon the authoring inputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Eversole, David Gunasegaram, Robert M. Kowal