Patents by Inventor Robert R. Novitskey

Robert R. Novitskey 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: 10255587
    Abstract: An electronic messaging client caches copies of a subset of electronic messages available in a remote store in a local store of a user device. When the user device is in an online state, the client provides for the blended presentation of electronic messages such that a user can concurrently view information about the electronic messages that have been cached in the local store as well as information about electronic messages that are stored only in the remote store. The client also presents a blended state associated with a container of electronic messages to a user of a user device and enables a user to execute a search of cached electronic messages stored in a local store as well as of electronic messages stored in the remote store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Justin B. Mahood, Robert R. Novitskey, Shri Vidhya Alagesan, Ryan E. Gregg, Somanath Krishnaswamy, Bruce D. Wiedemann, Saurabh Kumar, Joshua A. Meisels
  • Patent number: 9590927
    Abstract: A system and method for improved client and server communications, more particularly, an improved protocol that may be used for communication between a client and a server, such as in an email environment. Many features are provided for improved communications. An email server may provide the best message body available for an email message, may transfer an entire data object if requested property or properties are not well defined within the data object, may provide progress data for use in tracking download progress, and may send error information for a data object having an error. Email changes may be optimized at an email server component, even if the email changes occurred at another email server component. An email server may maintain a table of changes that occur to folders at an associated data store, and may notify a subscribed email client component of changes that occur in the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph R. Warren, Karl Froelich, Remi A. Lemarchand, Robert R. Novitskey, Ronald E. Gray, Aaron Hartwell, Brendan Power, Brent Curtis, Nicole A. Bonilla
  • Patent number: 9524329
    Abstract: Embodiments herein change the way item syncing is handled and tracked between two devices. Changes to items are tracked in accordance with well defined property groups and each group is tracked independently of the other. For example, one group could contain large data items, e.g., attachments, while another group could include highly volatile properties like a follow-up flag. The present invention increases the sync rates between a client and a server by syncing only select portions of an item that have changed, without monitoring the change of each individual property within the item. Accordingly, if a change is made to a small data property (e.g., follow-up flag) on a relatively large email message, such change will not trigger a large download to a client running under a cached mode, nor will there be a requirement for high storage and processing for tracking each individual property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Alec C. Dun, Joseph R. Warren, Robert R. Novitskey
  • Publication number: 20130297709
    Abstract: A system and method for improved client and server communications, more particularly, an improved protocol that may be used for communication between a client and a server, such as in an email environment. Many features are provided for improved communications. An email server may provide the best message body available for an email message, may transfer an entire data object if requested property or properties are not well defined within the data object, may provide progress data for use in tracking download progress, and may send error information for a data object having an error. Email changes may be optimized at an email server component, even if the email changes occurred at another email server component. An email server may maintain a table of changes that occur to folders at an associated data store, and may notify a subscribed email client component of changes that occur in the table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Joseph R. Warren, Karl Froelich, Remi A. Lemarchand, Robert R. Novitskey, Ronald E. Gray, Aaron Hartwell, Brendan Power, Brent Curtis, Nicole A. Bonilla
  • Publication number: 20130185649
    Abstract: An electronic messaging client caches copies of a subset of electronic messages available in a remote store in a local store of a user device. When the user device is in an online state, the client provides for the blended presentation of electronic messages such that a user can concurrently view information about the electronic messages that have been cached in the local store as well as information about electronic messages that are stored only in the remote store. The client also presents a blended state associated with a container of electronic messages to a user of a user device and enables a user to execute a search of cached electronic messages stored in a local store as well as of electronic messages stored in the remote store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Justin B. Mahood, Robert R. Novitskey, Shri Vidhya Alagesan, Ryan E. Gregg, Somanath Krishnaswamy, Bruce D. Wiedemann, Saurabh Kumar, Joshua A. Meisels
  • Patent number: 8473560
    Abstract: A system and method for improved client and server communications, more particularly, an improved protocol that may be used for communication between a client and a server, such as in an email environment. Many features are provided for improved communications. An email server may provide the best message body available for an email message, may transfer an entire data object if requested property or properties are not well defined within the data object, may provide progress data for use in tracking download progress, and may send error information for a data object having an error. Email changes may be optimized at an email server component, even if the email changes occurred at another email server component. An email server may maintain a table of changes that occur to folders at an associated data store, and may notify a subscribed email client component of changes that occur in the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph R. Warren, Karl Froelich, Remi A. Lemarchand, Robert R. Novitskey, Ronald E. Gray, Aaron Hartwell, Brendan Power, Brent Curtis, Nicole A. Bonilla
  • Publication number: 20130159389
    Abstract: Utilizing dynamic heuristic transitions between local and remote data for displaying electronic communications is provided. A computer may load one or more folders associated with the electronic communications. The computer may then determine an initial mode for viewing the electronic communications. The computer may then display the remote data upon determining that the initial mode for viewing the electronic communications is an online mode or display the local data upon determining that the initial mode is offline. The computer may then synchronize local data and the remote data to update the local data. The computer may then automatically transition from displaying the remote data to displaying the local data after the update of the local data. The computer may also automatically transition from displaying the local data to displaying the remote data after determining that the local data is out of date.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Justin Bradley Mahood, Keshav S. Rajan, Saurabh Kumar, Andrew John Sullivan, Ryan Edward Gregg, Bruce D. Wiedemann, Robert R. Novitskey
  • Patent number: 8423621
    Abstract: A system and method for improved client and server communications, more particularly, an improved protocol that may be used for communication between a client and a server, such as in an email environment. Many features are provided for improved communications. An email server may provide the best message body available for an email message, may transfer an entire data object if requested property or properties are not well defined within the data object, may provide progress data for use in tracking download progress, and may send error information for a data object having an error. Email changes may be optimized at an email server component, even if the email changes occurred at another email server component. An email server may maintain a table of changes that occur to folders at an associated data store, and may notify a subscribed email client component of changes that occur in the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph R. Warren, Karl Froelich, Remi A. Lemarchand, Robert R. Novitskey, Ronald E. Gray, Aaron Hartwell, Brendan Power, Brent Curtis, Nicole A. Bonilla
  • Publication number: 20120209928
    Abstract: A system and method for improved client and server communications, more particularly, an improved protocol that may be used for communication between a client and a server, such as in an email environment. Many features are provided for improved communications. An email server may provide the best message body available for an email message, may transfer an entire data object if requested property or properties are not well defined within the data object, may provide progress data for use in tracking download progress, and may send error information for a data object having an error. Email changes may be optimized at an email server component, even if the email changes occurred at another email server component. An email server may maintain a table of changes that occur to folders at an associated data store, and may notify a subscribed email client component of changes that occur in the table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph R. Warren, Karl Froelich, Remi A. Lemarchand, Robert R. Novitskey, Ronald E. Gray, Aaron Hartwell, Brendan Power, Brent Curtis, Nicole A. Bonilla
  • Publication number: 20110218963
    Abstract: Embodiments herein change the way item syncing is handled and tracked between two devices. Changes to items are tracked in accordance with well defined property groups and each group is tracked independently of the other. For example, one group could contain large data items, e.g., attachments, while another group could include highly volatile properties like a follow-up flag. The present invention increases the sync rates between a client and a server by syncing only select portions of an item that have changed, without monitoring the change of each individual property within the item. Accordingly, if a change is made to a small data property (e.g., follow-up flag) on a relatively large email message, such change will not trigger a large download to a client running under a cached mode, nor will there be a requirement for high storage and processing for tracking each individual property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alec C. Dun, Joseph R. Warren, Robert R. Novitskey
  • Publication number: 20110161448
    Abstract: A system and method for improved client and server communications, more particularly, an improved protocol that may be used for communication between a client and a server, such as in an email environment. Many features are provided for improved communications. An email server may provide the best message body available for an email message, may transfer an entire data object if requested property or properties are not well defined within the data object, may provide progress data for use in tracking download progress, and may send error information for a data object having an error. Email changes may be optimized at an email server component, even if the email changes occurred at another email server component. An email server may maintain a table of changes that occur to folders at an associated data store, and may notify a subscribed email client component of changes that occur in the table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph R. Warren, Karl Froelich, Remi A. Lemarchand, Robert R. Novitskey, Ronald E. Gray, Aaron Hartwell, Brendan Power, Brent Curtis, Nicole A. Bonilla
  • Patent number: 7962585
    Abstract: Embodiments herein change the way item syncing is handled and tracked between two devices. Changes to items are tracked in accordance with well defined property groups and each group is tracked independently of the other. For example, one group could contain large data items, e.g., attachments, while another group could include highly volatile properties like a follow-up flag. The present invention increases the sync rates between a client and a server by syncing only select portions of an item that have changed, without monitoring the change of each individual property within the item. Accordingly, if a change is made to a small data property (e.g., follow-up flag) on a relatively large email message, such change will not trigger a large download to a client running under a cached mode, nor will there be a requirement for high storage and processing for tracking each individual property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alec C. Dun, Joseph R. Warren, Robert R. Novitskey
  • Patent number: 7899872
    Abstract: A system and method for improved client and server communications, more particularly, an improved protocol that may be used for communication between a client and a server, such as in an email environment. Many features are provided for improved communications. An email server may provide the best message body available for an email message, may transfer an entire data object if requested property or properties are not well defined within the data object, may provide progress data for use in tracking download progress, and may send error information for a data object having an error. Email changes may be optimized at an email server component, even if the email changes occurred at another email server component. An email server may maintain a table of changes that occur to folders at an associated data store, and may notify a subscribed email client component of changes that occur in the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph R. Warren, Karl Froelich, Remi A. Lemarchand, Robert R. Novitskey, Ronald E. Gray, Aaron Hartwell, Brendan Power, Brent Curtis, Nicole A. Bonilla
  • Patent number: 7730150
    Abstract: A system and method for improved client and server communications, more particularly, an improved protocol that may be used for communication between a client and a server, such as in an email environment. Many features are provided for improved communications. An email server may provide the best message body available for an email message, may transfer an entire data object if requested property or properties are not well defined within the data object, may provide progress data for use in tracking download progress, and may send error information for a data object having an error. Email changes may be optimized at an email server component, even if the email changes occurred at another email server component. An email server may maintain a table of changes that occur to folders at an associated data store, and may notify a subscribed email client component of changes that occur in the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph R. Warren, Karl Froelich, Remi A. Lemarchand, Nicole A. Bonilla, Robert R. Novitskey, Ronald E. Gray, Aaron Hartwell, Brendan Power, Brent Curtis
  • Patent number: 7620688
    Abstract: A system and method for improved client and server communications, more particularly, an improved protocol that may be used for communication between a client and a server, such as in an email environment. Many features are provided for improved communications. An email server may provide the best message body available for an email message, may transfer an entire data object if requested property or properties are not well defined within the data object, may provide progress data for use in tracking download progress, and may send error information for a data object having an error. Email changes may be optimized at an email server component, even if the email changes occurred at another email server component. An email server may maintain a table of changes that occur to folders at an associated data store, and may notify a subscribed email client component of changes that occur in the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph R. Warren, Min Zhong, Karl Froelich, Nicole A. Bonilla, Robert R. Novitskey, Alec Dun, Ronald Eric Gray, Aaron Hartwell, Steven F. Goddard, Brendan Power
  • Patent number: 7594022
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to regulating client requests in an electronic messaging environment. A client sends a data request to a messaging server. The messaging server receives the client data request and determines that the messaging server is unable to process the client data request. The messaging server adaptively generates a wait hint and sends a server response that includes the adaptively generated wait hint. The client receives the server response including the adaptively generated wait hint. The client waits a specified wait time in accordance with the adaptively generated wait hint to reduce the load on the messaging server. The client resends the data request subsequent to waiting the specified wait time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph R. Warren, Robert R. Novitskey, Amit Kripalani, Alexander C. Dun
  • Patent number: 7519916
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing tailored bandwidth profiles for a given operating environment are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron J. Hartwell, David Raissipour, Ronald E. Gray, Robert R. Novitskey
  • Publication number: 20080208998
    Abstract: A system and method for improved client and server communications, more particularly, an improved protocol that may be used for communication between a client and a server, such as in an email environment. Many features are provided for improved communications. An email server may provide the best message body available for an email message, may transfer an entire data object if requested property or properties are not well defined within the data object, may provide progress data for use in tracking download progress, and may send error information for a data object having an error. Email changes may be optimized at an email server component, even if the email changes occurred at another email server component. An email server may maintain a table of changes that occur to folders at an associated data store, and may notify a subscribed email client component of changes that occur in the table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph R. Warren, Karl Froelich, Remi A. Lemarchand, Robert R. Novitskey, Ronald E. Gray, Aaron Hartwell, Brendan Power, Brent Curtis, Nicole A. Bonilla
  • Patent number: 7386590
    Abstract: A system and method for improved client and server communications, more particularly, an improved protocol that may be used for communication between a client and a server, such as in an email environment. Many features are provided for improved communications. An email server may provide the best message body available for an email message, may transfer an entire data object if requested property or properties are not well defined within the data object, may provide progress data for use in tracking download progress, and may send error information for a data object having an error. Email changes may be optimized at an email server component, even if the email changes occurred at another email server component. An email server may maintain a table of changes that occur to folders at an associated data store, and may notify a subscribed email client component of changes that occur in the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph R. Warren, Karl Froelich, Remi A. Lemarchand, Robert R. Novitskey, Ronald E. Gray, Aaron Hartwell, Brendan Power, Brent Curtis, Nicole A. Bonilla
  • Publication number: 20080126496
    Abstract: A system and method for improved client and server communications, more particularly, an improved protocol that may be used for communication between a client and a server, such as in an email environment. Many features are provided for improved communications. An email server may provide the best message body available for an email message, may transfer an entire data object if requested property or properties are not well defined within the data object, may provide progress data for use in tracking download progress, and may send error information for a data object having an error. Email changes may be optimized at an email server component, even if the email changes occurred at another email server component. An email server may maintain a table of changes that occur to folders at an associated data store, and may notify a subscribed email client component of changes that occur in the table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph R. Warren, Karl Froelich, Remi A. Lemarchand, Nicole A. Bonilla, Robert R. Novitskey, Ronald E. Gray, Aaron Hartwell, Brendan Power, Brent Curtis