Patents by Inventor Ryan B. Elgram
Ryan B. Elgram 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).
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Patent number: 10750349Abstract: Device linking is described. In one or more implementations, data is maintained at a network service that describes characteristics of a plurality of devices that are associated with a user account of the network service. A communication is formed to be received by one of the plurality of devices that includes a portion of the data that pertains to another one of the plurality of devices and that is suitable by the receiving device to discover the other one of the plurality of devices to initiate a local network connection between the devices.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Min Liu, Anthony V. Discolo, Edmund Hon-Sum Lui, Kean Ee Lim, Ryan B. Elgram, Donald F. Box, Martin J. Gudgin, Zhangwei Xu, Todd R. Manion, Grant Gardner, Jeremy L. Dewey, Shiraz J. Cupala, Curt A. Steeb
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Publication number: 20180234831Abstract: Device linking is described. In one or more implementations, data is maintained at a network service that describes characteristics of a plurality of devices that are associated with a user account of the network service. A communication is formed to be received by one of the plurality of devices that includes a portion of the data that pertains to another one of the plurality of devices and that is suitable by the receiving device to discover the other one of the plurality of devices to initiate a local network connection between the devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Min Liu, Anthony V. Discolo, Edmund Hon-Sum Lui, Kean Ee Lim, Ryan B. Elgram, Donald F. Box, Martin J. Gudgin, Zhangwei Xu, Todd R. Manion, Grant Gardner, Jeremy L. Dewey, Shiraz J. Cupala, Curt A. Steeb
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Patent number: 9967730Abstract: Device linking is described. In one or more implementations, data is maintained at a network service that describes characteristics of a plurality of devices that are associated with a user account of the network service. A communication is formed to be received by one of the plurality of devices that includes a portion of the data that pertains to another one of the plurality of devices and that is suitable by the receiving device to discover the other one of the plurality of devices to initiate a local network connection between the devices.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Min Liu, Anthony V. Discolo, Edmund Hon-Sum Lui, Kean Ee Lim, Ryan B. Elgram, Donald F. Box, Martin J. Gudgin, Zhangwei Xu, Todd R. Manion, Grant Gardner, Jeremy L. Dewey, Shiraz J. Cupala, Curt A. Steeb
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Publication number: 20170164180Abstract: Device linking is described. In one or more implementations, data is maintained at a network service that describes characteristics of a plurality of devices that are associated with a user account of the network service. A communication is formed to be received by one of the plurality of devices that includes a portion of the data that pertains to another one of the plurality of devices and that is suitable by the receiving device to discover the other one of the plurality of devices to initiate a local network connection between the devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2017Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Min Liu, Anthony V. Discolo, Edmund Hon-Sum Lui, Kean Ee Lim, Ryan B. Elgram, Donald F. Box, Martin J. Gudgin, Zhangwei Xu, Todd R. Manion, Grant Gardner, Jeremy L. Dewey, Shiraz J. Cupala, Curt A. Steeb
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Patent number: 9579570Abstract: Device linking is described. In one or more implementations, data is maintained at a network service that describes characteristics of a plurality of devices that are associated with a user account of the network service. A communication is formed to be received by one of the plurality of devices that includes a portion of the data that pertains to another one of the plurality of devices and that is suitable by the receiving device to discover the other one of the plurality of devices to initiate a local network connection between the devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2013Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Min Liu, Anthony V. Discolo, Edmund Hon-Sum Lui, Kean Ee Lim, Ryan B. Elgram, Donald F. Box, Martin J. Gudgin, Zhangwei Xu, Todd R. Manion, Grant Gardner, Jeremy L. Dewey, Shiraz J. Cupala, Curt A. Steeb
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Publication number: 20130318247Abstract: Device linking is described. In one or more implementations, data is maintained at a network service that describes characteristics of a plurality of devices that are associated with a user account of the network service. A communication is formed to be received by one of the plurality of devices that includes a portion of the data that pertains to another one of the plurality of devices and that is suitable by the receiving device to discover the other one of the plurality of devices to initiate a local network connection between the devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2013Publication date: November 28, 2013Inventors: Min Liu, Anthony V. Discolo, Edmund Hon-Sum Lui, Kean Ee Lim, Ryan B. Elgram, Donald F. Box, Martin J. Gudgin, Zhangwei Xu, Todd R. Manion, Grant Gardner, Jeremy L. Dewey, Shiraz J. Cupala, Curt A. Steeb
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Patent number: 8469816Abstract: Device linking is described. In one or more implementations, data is maintained at a network service that describes characteristics of a plurality of devices that are associated with a user account of the network service. A communication is formed to be received by one of the plurality of devices that includes a portion of the data that pertains to another one of the plurality of devices and that is suitable by the receiving device to discover the other one of the plurality of devices to initiate a local network connection between the devices.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2011Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Min Liu, Anthony V. Discolo, Edmund Hon-Sum Lui, Kean Ee Lim, Ryan B. Elgram, Donald F. Box, Martin J. Gudgin, Zhangwei Xu, Todd R. Manion, Grant Gardner, Jeremy L. Dewey, Shiraz J. Cupala, Curt A. Steeb
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Publication number: 20130090169Abstract: Device linking is described. In one or more implementations, data is maintained at a network service that describes characteristics of a plurality of devices that are associated with a user account of the network service. A communication is formed to be received by one of the plurality of devices that includes a portion of the data that pertains to another one of the plurality of devices and that is suitable by the receiving device to discover the other one of the plurality of devices to initiate a local network connection between the devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Min Liu, Anthony V. Discolo, Edmund Hon-Sum Lui, Kean Ee Lim, Ryan B. Elgram, Donald F. Box, Martin J. Gudgin, Zhangwei Xu, Todd R. Manion, Grant Gardner, Jeremy L. Dewey, Shiraz J. Cupala, Curt A. Steeb