Patents by Inventor Stephen A. Turton

Stephen A. Turton 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).

  • Add-on performance advisor
    Patent number: 9582392
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide an add-on advisor that is designed to assist users in managing add-ons for a browser and/or other application programs. In at least some embodiments, the add-on advisor can be implemented to detect newly installed add-ons and provide notifications to a user of the detected add-ons. The notifications regarding new add-ons can be configured with options to permit the user to enable or disable the add-ons. Add-ons that are not explicitly enabled by a user can be prevented from operating by the add-on advisor. Further, in at least some embodiments, the add-on advisor can be implemented to monitor performance impact of add-ons and provide notifications to a user when add-ons adversely affect performance. The user can then interact with the add-on advisor to improve performance by selectively enabling and disabling add-ons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Herman H. Ng, Marc A. Silbey, Paul L. Cutsinger, Li-Hsin Huang, Stephen A. Turton, Bhargavi Hiremagalur
  • ADD-ON PERFORMANCE ADVISOR
    Publication number: 20120066666
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide an add-on advisor that is designed to assist users in managing add-ons for a browser and/or other application programs. In at least some embodiments, the add-on advisor can be implemented to detect newly installed add-ons and provide notifications to a user of the detected add-ons. The notifications regarding new add-ons can be configured with options to permit the user to enable or disable the add-ons. Add-ons that are not explicitly enabled by a user can be prevented from operating by the add-on advisor. Further, in at least some embodiments, the add-on advisor can be implemented to monitor performance impact of add-ons and provide notifications to a user when add-ons adversely affect performance. The user can then interact with the add-on advisor to improve performance by selectively enabling and disabling add-ons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Herman H. Ng, Marc A. Silbey, Paul L. Cutsinger, Li-Hsin Huang, Stephen A. Turton