Patents by Inventor Shelley Gu

Shelley Gu 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).

  • Mapping identities to documents to enable multiple user logins
    Patent number: 8813249
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system and method for enabling multiple users to access, edit and save content items using a shared computing device. The method and system described herein utilizes an identification table to identify previous associations between each user and each content item. If it is determined that a previous association exists between a particular user and the content item, the particular user may interact with the content item. If however, it is determined that a previous association does not exist, the particular user may attempt to utilize another user's credentials to interact with the content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Shelley Gu
  • MAPPING IDENTITIES TO DOCUMENTS TO ENABLE MULTIPLE USER LOGINS
    Publication number: 20130111606
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system and method for enabling multiple users to access, edit and save content items using a shared computing device. The method and system described herein utilizes an identification table to identify previous associations between each user and each content item. If it is determined that a previous association exists between a particular user and the content item, the particular user may interact with the content item. If however, it is determined that a previous association does not exist, the particular user may attempt to utilize another user's credentials to interact with the content item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Shelley Gu