Patents by Inventor Simon C. Muzio

Simon C. Muzio 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: 8850325
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can scale a content feed in terms of the amount of content delivered in order to facilitate satisfactory experiences in connection with a social network. In particular, the architecture can utilize a content feed to disseminate content between members of a network community, generally relative to a particular social circle of a given user. The architecture can maintain a personal space for the user and display to the personal space content provided by a content feed. Content provided to the personal space (as well as that retrieved from the personal space) can be scaled based upon a variety of commitment characteristics associated with the social circle. In addition, the architecture can employ smart dispersal of content and can intelligently acquire additional content from the user or import suitable settings from disparate users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lili Cheng, Owen Charles Braun, Alice Jane Bernheim Brush, Alex D Daley, Susan T. Dumais, Dragos A Manolescu, Henricus (Erik) Johannes Maria Meijer, Simon C Muzio, John Oberon, Rebecca Ann Norlander
  • Publication number: 20100169789
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can scale a content feed in terms of the amount of content delivered in order to facilitate satisfactory experiences in connection with a social network. In particular, the architecture can utilize a content feed to disseminate content between members of a network community, generally relative to a particular social circle of a given user. The architecture can maintain a personal space for the user and display to the personal space content provided by a content feed. Content provided to the personal space (as well as that retrieved from the personal space) can be scaled based upon a variety of commitment characteristics associated with the social circle. In addition, the architecture can employ smart dispersal of content and can intelligently acquire additional content from the user or import suitable settings from disparate users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lili Cheng, Owen Charles Braun, Alice Jane Bernheim Brush, Alex D. Daley, Susan T. Dumais, Dragos A. Manolescu, Henricus (Erik) Johannes Maria Meijer, Simon C. Muzio, John Oberon, Rebecca Ann Norlander
  • Publication number: 20100169134
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can facilitate, enrich, or nurture relationships in a business enterprise environment. In particular, the architecture can construct a set of profiles associated with entities of the enterprise (e.g., employees, teams, departments, or the enterprise) based upon a wide range of transactions (e.g., behavior, activity, productivity, relationships, explicit or implicit feedback from collaborators . . . ) relating to the entity. Based upon these profiles, the architecture can determine a set of tasks and also identify advantageous relationships, wherein the tasks and relationships are deemed to facilitate accomplishing an objective to benefit the enterprise or entity. In addition, the architecture can nurture or cultivate the advantageous relationships by suggesting suitable behavior or performing opportunistic actions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lili Cheng, Owen Charles Braun, Eric I-Chao Chang, Susan T. Dumais, Dragos A. Manolescu, Henricus (Erik) Johannes Maria Meijer, Simon C. Muzio, John Oberon, Jeff Sandquist
  • Patent number: 5801692
    Abstract: Audio-visual user interface controls provide audio and a visual feedback in response to user input events in a graphical user interface environment of a computer. A variety of audio and visual responses of a control assist the user in understanding its operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Simon C. Muzio, Randall R. Omel, Barry J. Linnett