Patents by Inventor Ron E. Critchfield

Ron E. Critchfield 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).

  • ENTITLEMENT CARDS AND USER LICENSE REDEMPTION IN ONLINE SERVICES
    Publication number: 20140244525
    Abstract: Entitlement cards having an offer term and number of user licenses for a subscription to an online service can be applied to existing subscriber accounts to add or otherwise adjust the number of user licenses associated with the subscription. When an entitlement card is added to an account, the system automatically adjusts the amount of time for each user license so that an entire value of an entitlement subscription is used and a same expiry date is maintained even when adding new user licenses to an existing account. A user interface is provided that enables a customer to change the number of user licenses for a subscription when redeeming an entitlement card to their account and view a new end date for the subscription as a whole resulting from a change in user licenses during a current subscription.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jignesh Kacharia, Ron E. Critchfield, Keerti Rane, Albert Chik Shi Shen, Peter Richard Ricci, Paul Raymond Lenehan, Aliaksandr Bulankou, Michael Pierce, Tulasi Pratipati, Anand Doshi, Prachi Subhash Jadhav, Rajesh Shanmukam
  • Customization of network documents
    Patent number: 6647531
    Abstract: User-selected customization information for a network (e.g., HTML) document is stored at a server with reference to user identifying information that uniquely identifies the user. Whenever the user navigates back to the network address of the HTML document, the user is identified automatically and receives a customized HTML document formed in accordance with the customization information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steven A. Isaac, Mark B. Grossman, Ron E. Critchfield, Michael H. Tuchen, James S. Gwertzman, Paul A. McDaniel
  • Customization of network documents by accessing customization information on a server computer using uniquie user identifiers
    Patent number: 6632248
    Abstract: User-selected customization information for a network (e.g., HTML) document is stored at a server with reference to user identifying information that uniquely identifies the user. Whenever the user navigates back to the network address of the HTML document, the user is identified automatically and receives a customized HTML document formed in accordance with the customization information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steven A. Isaac, Mark B. Grossman, Ron E. Critchfield, Michael H. Tuchen, James S. Gwertzman, Paul A. McDaniel
  • Customization of network documents
    Publication number: 20020143853
    Abstract: User-selected customization information for a network (e.g., HTML) document is stored at a server with reference to user identifying information that uniquely identifies the user. Whenever the user navigates back to the network address of the HTML document, the user is identified automatically and receives a customized HTML document formed in accordance with the customization information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steven A. Isaac, Mark B. Grossman, Ron E. Critchfield, Michael H. Tuchen, James S. Gwertzman, Paul A. McDaniel
  • Customization of network documents using customization informations stored on the server computer
    Patent number: 6424981
    Abstract: User-selected customization information for a network (e.g., HTML) document is stored at a server with reference to user identifying information that uniquely identifies the user. Whenever the user navigates back to the network address of the HTML document, the user is identified automatically and receives a customized HTML document formed in accordance with the customization information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steven A. Isaac, Mark B. Grossman, Ron E. Critchfield, Michael H. Tuchen, James S. Gwertzman, Paul A. McDaniel