Patents by Inventor Stephen Jared Maine
Stephen Jared Maine 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: 9916136Abstract: Interfaces for a continuation-based runtime. Some embodiments described herein are directed to a framework using continuation based runtime interface that pertain to an infrastructure for enabling the creation of a wide variety of continuation-based programs that perform a wide-array of tasks. The infrastructure provides a foundation for building continuation-based, declarative applications of various scale and complexity.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Kenneth D. Wolf, Edmund Samuel Victor Pinto, Robert Brian Schmidt, Donald F. Box, Geoffrey M. Kizer, Nathan C. Talbert, Kavita Kamani, Alberto Arias Maestro, David Robert Cliffe, Tirunelveli R. Vishwanath, HongMei Ge, Stephen Jared Maine, Alexander Martin DeJarnatt
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Publication number: 20160274869Abstract: Interfaces for a continuation-based runtime. Some embodiments described herein are directed to a framework using continuation based runtime interface that pertain to an infrastructure for enabling the creation of a wide variety of continuation-based programs that perform a wide-array of tasks. The infrastructure provides a foundation for building continuation-based, declarative applications of various scale and complexity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Kenneth D. Wolf, Edmund Samuel Victor Pinto, Robert Brian Schmidt, Donald F. Box, Geoffrey M. Kizer, Nathan C. Talbert, Kavita Kamani, Alberto Arias Maestro, David Robert Cliffe, Tirunelveli R. Vishwanath, HongMei Ge, Stephen Jared Maine, Alexander Martin DeJarnatt
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Patent number: 9354847Abstract: Namespace for continuation-based runtime. Some embodiments described herein are directed to a framework using continuation based runtime namespaces that pertain to an infrastructure for enabling the creation of a wide variety of continuation-based programs that perform a wide-array of tasks. The infrastructure provides a foundation for building continuation-based, declarative applications of various scale and complexity. In some embodiments, the associated application programming interfaces (APIs) are factored into a hierarchy of namespaces in a manner that balances utility, usability, extensibility, and versionability.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2008Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Kenneth D. Wolf, Edmund Samuel Victor Pinto, Robert Brian Schmidt, Donald F. Box, Geoffrey M. Kizer, Nathan C. Talbert, Kavita Kamani, Alberto Arias Maestro, David Robert Cliffe, Tirunelveli R. Vishwanath, HongMei Ge, Stephen Jared Maine, Alexander Martin DeJarnatt
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Patent number: 8812643Abstract: Encoding and/or decoding of messages. On the encoding end, a composite encoder encodes message from an internal format that is used by internal system components into an external format. However, the composite encoder may encode the outgoing messages into different external formats on a per-message basis. For incoming message, a composite decoder decodes incoming messages from any one of a plurality of external formats into the internal format also on a per-message basis. A per-message report mechanism permits internal system components and the encoding/decoding components to communicate information regarding the encoding or decoding on a per message basis. XML messages can be converted automatically into Binary messages.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2011Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Stephen Jared Maine, Michael J. Coulson, Tirunelveli R. Vishwanath, Erik B. Christensen
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Patent number: 8707249Abstract: A generalized workflow execution model is configured to provide access to workflow elements. A computer system instantiates a generalized workflow execution model that provides access to workflow elements stored in a database that is connected to the workflow execution model. The workflow execution model includes the following: activity models that include both agents which are configured to express the control flow of the activity models and symbols which represent values usable by the activity models and metadata configured to identify the workflow execution model. The computer system also receives user input requesting workflow elements and accesses the database to provide the requested workflow elements using the generalized workflow execution model.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2013Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Stephen Jared Maine, Justin David Brown, Edmund Samuel Victor Pinto
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Publication number: 20130282681Abstract: A generalized workflow execution model is configured to provide access to workflow elements. A computer system instantiates a generalized workflow execution model that provides access to workflow elements stored in a database that is connected to the workflow execution model. The workflow execution model includes the following: activity models that include both agents which are configured to express the control flow of the activity models and symbols which represent values usable by the activity models and metadata configured to identify the workflow execution model. The computer system also receives user input requesting workflow elements and accesses the database to provide the requested workflow elements using the generalized workflow execution model.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventors: Stephen Jared Maine, Justin David Brown, Edmund Samuel Victor Pinto
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Patent number: 8484610Abstract: Embodiments are directed to implementing a generalized workflow execution model configured to provide access to workflow elements. A computer system instantiates a generalized workflow execution model that provides access to workflow elements stored in a database that is connected to the workflow execution model. The workflow execution model includes the following: activity models that include both agents which are configured to express the control flow of the activity models and symbols which represent values usable by the activity models and metadata configured to identify the workflow execution model. The computer system also receives user input requesting workflow elements and accesses the database to provide the requested workflow elements using the generalized workflow execution model.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2010Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Stephen Jared Maine, Justin David Brown, Edmund Samuel Victor Pinto
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Patent number: 8239562Abstract: A system for aggregating context information for messages includes a context container that associates names with context values and metadata for context entries. The system further includes a network protocol component configured to read messages from a network transport, an encoder component configured translate messages from a raw format into a canonical message format. The canonical message format is an enveloped message containing an application payload and message metadata. The context container is associated with a message in the canonical format. The system further includes an extraction component configured to retrieve context from a native network transport protocol and insert the context values and metadata into the context container, a plurality of additional protocol components configured to add, remove, or modify entries in the context container, and one or more higher level application components configured to operate on the canonical message using the context entries.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2012Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Nicholas A. Allen, Justin David Brown, Stephen Jared Maine, Stephen J. Millet, Edmund Samuel Victor Pinto, Tirunelveli R. Vishwanath
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Publication number: 20120110204Abstract: A system for aggregating context information for messages includes a context container that associates names with context values and metadata for context entries. The system further includes a network protocol component configured to read messages from a network transport, an encoder component configured translate messages from a raw format into a canonical message format. The canonical message format is an enveloped message containing an application payload and message metadata. The context container is associated with a message in the canonical format. The system further includes an extraction component configured to retrieve context from a native network transport protocol and insert the context values and metadata into the context container, a plurality of additional protocol components configured to add, remove, or modify entries in the context container, and one or more higher level application components configured to operate on the canonical message using the context entries.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2012Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Nicholas A. Allen, Justin David Brown, Stephen Jared Maine, Stephan J. Millet, Edmund Samuel Victor Pinto, Tirunelveli R. Vishwanath
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Patent number: 8145794Abstract: Encoding and/or decoding of messages. On the encoding end, a composite encoder encodes message from an internal format that is used by internal system components into an external format. However, the composite encoder may encode the outgoing messages into different external formats on a per-message basis. For incoming message, a composite decoder decodes incoming messages from any one of a plurality of external formats into the internal format also on a per-message basis. A per-message report mechanism permits internal system components and the encoding/decoding components to communicate information regarding the encoding or decoding on a per message basis. This permits a higher level of collaboration and complexity in the encoding and decoding process.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2008Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Natasha H. Jethanandani, Stephen Jared Maine, Evgeny Osovetsky, Krishnan R. Rangachari, Tirunelveli R. Vishwanath
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Patent number: 8108540Abstract: A system for aggregating context information for messages. The system includes a context container. The context container associates names with context values and metadata for context entries. The system further includes a network protocol component configured to read messages from a network transport, an encoder component configured translate messages from a raw format into a canonical message format. The canonical message format is an enveloped message containing an application payload and message metadata. The context container is associated with a message in the canonical format.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2008Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Nicholas A. Allen, Justin David Brown, Stephen Jared Maine, Stephen J. Millet, Edmund Samuel Victor Pinto, Tirunelveli R. Vishwanath
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Publication number: 20110264702Abstract: Encoding and/or decoding of messages. On the encoding end, a composite encoder encodes message from an internal format that is used by internal system components into an external format. However, the composite encoder may encode the outgoing messages into different external formats on a per-message basis. For incoming message, a composite decoder decodes incoming messages from any one of a plurality of external formats into the internal format also on a per-message basis. A per-message report mechanism permits internal system components and the encoding/decoding components to communicate information regarding the encoding or decoding on a per message basis. XML messages can be converted automatically into Binary messages.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Stephen Jared Maine, Michael J. Coulson, Tirunelvei R. Vishwanath, Erik B. Christensen
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Publication number: 20110231812Abstract: Embodiments are directed to implementing a generalized workflow execution model configured to provide access to workflow elements. A computer system instantiates a generalized workflow execution model that provides access to workflow elements stored in a database that is connected to the workflow execution model. The workflow execution model includes the following: activity models that include both agents which are configured to express the control flow of the activity models and symbols which represent values usable by the activity models and metadata configured to identify the workflow execution model. The computer system also receives user input requesting workflow elements and accesses the database to provide the requested workflow elements using the generalized workflow execution model.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2010Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Stephen Jared Maine, Justin David Brown, Edmund Samuel Victor Pinto
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Patent number: 8015483Abstract: A computerized system that implements a type system can process one or more XML documents that comprise unknown schema elements, which may not correlate within one or more types in the type system. In one implementation, for example, a computer system receives one or more XML document feeds and deserializes only those schema elements that correlate with one or more system types. The computer system further passes the unknown schema elements to a buffer. An application program, such as an XML reader, can extract the unknown schema elements from the buffer as appropriate. In one implementation, for example, the application program maintains its own types separately from the system types. The application program can then correlate its application-specific types with the buffered schema elements to deserialize and process the buffered schema elements.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2007Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Tirunelveli R. Vishwanath, Stephen Jared Maine
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Patent number: 7779139Abstract: The transformation of data between binary data and hierarchical data, such as might be processed by an Infoset Processor. When data is received from a network in binary format, the transformation module transforms the binary data into a hierarchical data representation of the binary data, and then provides the transformed data to message processors (e.g., Infoset processors) that understand the hierarchical schema. The transformation module may also transform hierarchical data into binary data for transmission on a network.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2008Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Tirunelveli R. Vishwanath, Stephen Jared Maine, Erik B. Christensen, Michael J. Coulson
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Publication number: 20100169862Abstract: Namespace for continuation-based runtime. Some embodiments described herein are directed to a framework using continuation based runtime namespaces that pertain to an infrastructure for enabling the creation of a wide variety of continuation-based programs that perform a wide-array of tasks. The infrastructure provides a foundation for building continuation-based, declarative applications of various scale and complexity. In some embodiments, the associated application programming interfaces (APIs) are factored into a hierarchy of namespaces in a manner that balances utility, usability, extensibility, and versionability.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2008Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Kenneth D. Wolf, Edmund Samuel Victor Pinto, Robert Brian Schmidt, Donald F. Box, Geoffrey M. Kizer, Nathan C. Talbert, Kavita Kamani, Alberto Arias Maestro, David Robert Cliffe, Tirunelveli R. Vishwanath, HongMei Ge, Stephen Jared Maine, Alexander Martin DeJarnatt
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Publication number: 20100153570Abstract: A system for aggregating context information for messages. The system includes a context container. The context container associates names with context values and metadata for context entries. The system further includes a network protocol component configured to read messages from a network transport, an encoder component configured translate messages from a raw format into a canonical message format. The canonical message format is an enveloped message containing an application payload and message metadata. The context container is associated with a message in the canonical format.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2008Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Nicholas A. Allen, Justin David Brown, Stephen Jared Maine, Stephen J. Millet, Edmund Samuel Victor Pinto, Tirunelveli R. Vishwanath
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Publication number: 20090234971Abstract: Encoding and/or decoding of messages. On the encoding end, a composite encoder encodes message from an internal format that is used by internal system components into an external format. However, the composite encoder may encode the outgoing messages into different external formats on a per-message basis. For incoming message, a composite decoder decodes incoming messages from any one of a plurality of external formats into the internal format also on a per-message basis. A per-message report mechanism permits internal system components and the encoding/decoding components to communicate information regarding the encoding or decoding on a per message basis. This permits a higher level of collaboration and complexity in the encoding and decoding process.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2008Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Natasha H. Jethanandani, Stephen Jared Maine, Evgeny Osovetsky, Krishnan R. Rangachari, Tirunelveli R. Vishwanath
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Publication number: 20080270624Abstract: The transformation of data between binary data and hierarchical data, such as might be processed by an Infoset Processor. When data is received from a network in binary format, the transformation module transforms the binary data into a hierarchical data representation of the binary data, and then provides the transformed data to message processors (e.g., Infoset processors) that understand the hierarchical schema. The transformation module may also transform hierarchical data into binary data for transmission on a network.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Tirunelveli R. Vishwanath, Stephen Jared Maine, Erik B. Christensen, Michael J. Coulson
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Publication number: 20080098373Abstract: A computerized system that implements a type system can process one or more XML documents that comprise unknown schema elements, which may not correlate within one or more types in the type system. In one implementation, for example, a computer system receives one or more XML document feeds and deserializes only those schema elements that correlate with one or more system types. The computer system further passes the unknown schema elements to a buffer. An application program, such as an XML reader, can extract the unknown schema elements from the buffer as appropriate. In one implementation, for example, the application program maintains its own types separately from the system types. The application program can then correlate its application-specific types with the buffered schema elements to deserialize and process the buffered schema elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2007Publication date: April 24, 2008Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Tirunelveli R. Vishwanath, Stephen Jared Maine