Patents by Inventor Robert W. Piper

Robert W. Piper 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: 10366055
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter decreases duplicate entries and loops in an activity record. An exemplary method comprises analyzing a new entry from a user to determine an originating service and a type of activity and extracting an identifying portion of the new entry. The identifying portion includes a predetermined number of characters at a beginning of the entry. Additionally, the predetermined number of characters is based on a likelihood of duplicates in the activity record. The identifying portion is compared to a list of prior entries from the user, and an exclusion action is performed, if the new entry matches one in the list of prior entries. The exclusion action may be to hide the new entry, to delete the new entry, or to collapse the new entry into a matching prior entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Robert M. Dolin, Oludare Victor Obasanjo, Douglas R. Pearce, Seung-Hae Park, Gyorgy K. Schadt, Robert W. Piper, Kerstin Weinberg
  • Publication number: 20150058303
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter decreases duplicate entries and loops in an activity record. An exemplary method comprises analyzing a new entry from a user to determine an originating service and a type of activity and extracting an identifying portion of the new entry. The identifying portion includes a predetermined number of characters at a beginning of the entry. Additionally, the predetermined number of characters is based on a likelihood of duplicates in the activity record. The identifying portion is compared to a list of prior entries from the user, and an exclusion action is performed, if the new entry matches one in the list of prior entries. The exclusion action may be to hide the new entry, to delete the new entry, or to collapse the new entry into a matching prior entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Robert M. Dolin, Oludare Victor Obasanjo, Douglas R. Pearce, Seung-Hae Park, Gyorgy K. Schadt, Robert W. Piper, Kerstin Weinberg
  • Patent number: 8886664
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method for decreasing duplicate entries and loops in an activity record such as on a user's page on a social networking site. An exemplary method comprises analyzing a new entry from a user to determine an originating service and a type of activity and extracting an identifying portion of the new entry. The identifying portion is compared to a list of prior entries from the user, and an exclusion action is performed, if the new entry matches one in the list of prior entries. The exclusion action may be to hide the new entry, to delete the new entry, or to collapse the new entry into a matching prior entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Robert M. Dolin, Oludare Victor Obasanjo, Douglas R. Pearce, Seung-Hae Park, György K. Schadt, Robert W. Piper, Kerstin Weinberg
  • Patent number: 8572199
    Abstract: Dynamically providing instant comments. A first instruction is received for activating an instant commenting tool for enabling instant commenting on a web media object on an online environment. The web media object is identified by the activated instant commenting tool in response to the received first instruction. An instant comment session is provided for a first user to leave comments to the web media object. The comments from the first user from the provided instant comment session are recorded. The recorded comments are rendered as a persistent portion of the web media object on the online environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Robert W. Piper, Peter Jules Van Caeneghem
  • Publication number: 20110282893
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method for decreasing duplicate entries and loops in an activity record such as on a user's page on a social networking site. An exemplary method comprises analyzing a new entry from a user to determine an originating service and a type of activity and extracting an identifying portion of the new entry. The identifying portion is compared to a list of prior entries from the user, and an exclusion action is performed, if the new entry matches one in the list of prior entries. The exclusion action may be to hide the new entry, to delete the new entry, or to collapse the new entry into a matching prior entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Robert M. Dolin, Oludare Victor Obasanjo, Douglas R. Pearce, Seung-Hae Park, György K. Schadt, Robert W. Piper, Kerstin Weinberg
  • Publication number: 20090083383
    Abstract: Dynamically providing instant comments. A first instruction is received for activating an instant commenting tool for enabling instant commenting on a web media object on an online environment. The web media object is identified by the activated instant commenting tool in response to the received first instruction. An instant comment session is provided for a first user to leave comments to the web media object. The comments from the first user from the provided instant comment session are recorded. The recorded comments are rendered as a persistent portion of the web media object on the online environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert W. Piper, Peter Jules Van Caeneghem
  • Patent number: 6969074
    Abstract: A ski-sled frame that can be detachably mounted to a standard pair of skis by attaching the frame to a standard set of ski bindings. The ski-sled may include a seat for carrying the rider, a frame supporting the seat, handles for balance and that aid in steering the ski-sled, and mounting means for attaching the ski-sled to a pair of skis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Inventor: Robert W. Piper