Patents by Inventor Stephen Lincoln

Stephen Lincoln 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).

  • Publication number: 20240078340
    Abstract: A data processing system implements detecting that a first user device associated with a first user has added a first sponsored content item to a host electronic document by adding a first reference to the first sponsored content item to the host electronic document. The first sponsored content item is stored separately in a memory of a cloud-based service from the host electronic document. The data processing system further implements determining that the first user has permission to share the first sponsored content item with other users of the cloud-based service, generating sponsor information to associate the sponsored content item with the host electronic document to permit users having access to the host electronic document to access the sponsored content item, and storing the sponsor information in a sponsored access datastore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicants: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Lincoln RICE, Sean Lamont Grant LIVINGSTON, Shiguang DONG, Zhenguang CHEN, Vladimir FESICH, Vijay SHARMA
  • Publication number: 20240056470
    Abstract: A method includes: generating a transition probability matrix defining a set of transition probabilities for a set of techniques, each transition probability representing a probability of transitioning from a technique i to a technique j; defining a set of emission probability vectors corresponding to the set of techniques, each emission probability vector representing a probability of detecting a technique i and a probability of preventing a technique i; defining an initial technique vector representing an initial probability distribution of techniques; generating a hidden Markov model correlating a target sequence of observations with a hidden state sequence of techniques based on the transition probability matrix, the set of emission probability vectors, and the initial technique vector; and calculating a sequence of techniques, based on the hidden Markov model, exhibiting greatest probability to yield, for each technique in the sequence of techniques, absence of detection or prevention of the technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Stephen Lincoln, Rajesh Sharma, Jeremy Miller, Stephan Chenette, Albert Lopez
  • Patent number: 11269818
    Abstract: A system enabling smart versioning of files is provided. Techniques disclosed herein enable a system to snap to new versions of a file based on one or more measures of user interactions with the file. For instance, a system can create a new version number for a file based on an amount of time a user has spent editing the file, a number of saves that have occurred, and/or a quantity of data applied to edits of the file. The techniques disclosed herein can also utilize telemetry data to fine tune weightings that are applied to data measuring specific types user activity to provide results that best serve a range of use scenarios and file types. By providing version numbers of a file that are based on user interactions, a system can provide more meaningful version numbers that are aligned with the contents of a file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Lincoln Rice, Jonathan Alexander Bockelman, Marcelo Albuquerque Mas, Joseph Arthur Metzger
  • Patent number: 11250153
    Abstract: Examples described herein generally relate to detecting publication of private links. A list of one or more links created for providing remote access to one or more files can be obtained, where the one or more links can be of a universal resource locator (URL) format. A web search for at least a portion of the URL format of the one or more links can be performed. Results of the web search can be analyzed to determine whether at least the portion of the URL format of the one or more links is located. Where at least the portion of the URL format of the one or more links is located in the web search, a report indicating that the one or more links are located in the web search can be generated and/or the one or more links can be at least temporarily deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Eugene S. Lin, Stephen Lincoln Rice
  • Publication number: 20210073408
    Abstract: Examples described herein generally relate to detecting publication of private links. A list of one or more links created for providing remote access to one or more files can be obtained, where the one or more links can be of a universal resource locator (URL) format. A web search for at least a portion of the URL format of the one or more links can be performed. Results of the web search can be analyzed to determine whether at least the portion of the URL format of the one or more links is located. Where at least the portion of the URL format of the one or more links is located in the web search, a report indicating that the one or more links are located in the web search can be generated and/or the one or more links can be at least temporarily deactivated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Eugene S. LIN, Stephen Lincoln RICE
  • Publication number: 20190294687
    Abstract: A system enabling smart versioning of files is provided. Techniques disclosed herein enable a system to snap to new versions of a file based on one or more measures of user interactions with the file. For instance, a system can create a new version number for a file based on an amount of time a user has spent editing the file, a number of saves that have occurred, and/or a quantity of data applied to edits of the file. The techniques disclosed herein can also utilize telemetry data to fine tune weightings that are applied to data measuring specific types user activity to provide results that best serve a range of use scenarios and file types. By providing version numbers of a file that are based on user interactions, a system can provide more meaningful version numbers that are aligned with the contents of a file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen Lincoln RICE, Jonathan Alexander BOCKELMAN, Marcelo Albuquerque MAS, Joseph Arthur METZGER
  • Publication number: 20190045600
    Abstract: The present invention describes a method for measuring and evaluating operating parameters in lighting technologies for smart switches. Said method is characterized in that from the acquisition and filtering of data the measurement of current consumption, determination of technology type, detection of the irregular behavior in the operation of the at least one lighting device and determination and selection of the dimming mode are obtained through different functions which comprise a number of steps which, when performed, obtain the different results corresponding to each function and which are used and sent to a central module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Leobardo Stephen Lincoln Strange ZENTENO, Dan Nurko ELLIOT
  • Publication number: 20190045609
    Abstract: The present invention refers to an Electrical Power System (EPS) or Power Supply for a smart dimmer for controlling the intensity of illumination of a dimmable lighting load within an electrical installation that has two or three wires in the switch box (two-wire and three-wire switches). The Power Supply is able to detect and control different types of lighting technologies, such as incandescent or LED bulbs. The Power Supply also provides a voltage signal indicating the current consumed by the lighting loads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Gerardo Gomez Soto, Leobardo Stephen Lincoln Strange ZENTENO, Dan Nurko Elliot, Jorge Ivan Ramirez LIRA
  • Patent number: 10201064
    Abstract: The present invention refers to an Electrical Power System (EPS) or Power Supply for a smart dimmer for controlling the intensity of illumination of a dimmable lighting load within an electrical installation that has two or three wires in the switch box (two-wire and three-wire switches). The Power Supply is able to detect and control different types of lighting technologies, such as incandescent or LED bulbs. The Power Supply also provides a voltage signal indicating the current consumed by the lighting loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: KLEVERNESS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Gerardo Gomez Soto, Leobardo Stephen Lincoln Strange Zenteno, Dan Nurko Elliot, Jorge Ivan Ramirez Lira
  • Patent number: 10201059
    Abstract: The present invention describes a method for measuring and evaluating operating parameters in lighting technologies for smart switches. Said method is characterized in that from the acquisition and filtering of data the measurement of current consumption, determination of technology type, detection of the irregular behavior in the operation of the at least one lighting device and determination and selection of the dimming mode are obtained through different functions which comprise a number of steps which, when performed, obtain the different results corresponding to each function and which are used and sent to a central module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: KLEVERNESS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Leobardo Stephen Lincoln Strange Zenteno, Dan Nurko Elliot
  • Patent number: 10021765
    Abstract: The present invention refers to an intelligent switch device for controlling lighting devices within an electrical installation, so as to control the switching on, off, and intensity of illumination by means of a mobile or web application and a user interface, in a local or remote manner; and a central control system that allows the intelligent switch devices to be configured and controlled by radio communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: KLEVERNESS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Dan Nurko Elliot, Marco Polo Leyva Rios, Hector Munguia Abundis, Fidel Nahum Castillo Barcenas, Nelly Adriana Estrada Flores, Josue Saul Rosario Garcia, Francisco Antonio Puc Poot, Leobardo Stephen Lincoln Strange Zenteno, Gerardo Gomez Soto, Edmundo Leyva Rios, Carlos Mucino Ramirez, Samuel Nurko Yomtow
  • Publication number: 20060241868
    Abstract: An embodiment of a system for managing files generated from biological probe arrays is described that comprises a first generator that produces a first data file comprising a plurality of raw intensity values, and metadata comprising a first identifier that uniquely identifies the first data file; a second generator that produces a second data file comprising a plurality of processed intensity values each representing a probe feature on a biological probe array, and metadata comprising a second identifier different than the first identifier that uniquely identifies the second data file and a pointer to the first identifier; and a file indexer that stores the metadata for the first and second data files in a cache database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: Affymetrix, INC.
    Inventors: Shaw Sun, Andrew Kimbrough, Luis Jevons, Gregory Fisher, Stephen Lincoln, Shantanu Kaushikkar
  • Publication number: 20050095587
    Abstract: The present invention provides purified disease detection and treatment molecule polynucleotides (mddt). Also encompassed are the polypeptides (MDDT) encoded by mddt. The invention also provides for the use of mddt, or complements, oligonucleotides, or fragments thereof in diagnostic assays. The invention further provides for vectors and host cells containing mddt for the expression of MDDT. The invention additionally provides for the use of isolated and purified MDDT to induce anitbodies and to screen libraries of compounds and the use of anti-MDDT antibodies in diagnostic assays. Also provided are microarrays containing mddt and methods of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2001
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Scott Panzer, Peter Shapiro, Steven Banville, Purvi Shah, Michael Chalup, Simon Chang, Alice Chen, Steven D'sa, Stefan Amshey, Christopher Dahl, Tam Dam, Susan Daniels, Gerard Dufour, Vincent Flores, Willy Fong, Lila Greenawalt, Jennifer Jackson, Anissa Jones, Tommy Liu, Ann Roseberry Lincoln, Bruce Rosen, Frank Russo, Theresa Stockdreher, Abel Daffo, Rachel Wright, Pierre Yap, Jimmy Yu, Diana Bradley, Shawn Bratcher, Wensheng Chen, Howard Cohen, David Hodgson, Stephen Lincoln, Stuart Jackson