Patents by Inventor Steven E. Lucco

Steven E. Lucco 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: 11120407
    Abstract: An apparatus for a real-time collaboration in calendar is described herein. The apparatus includes a state change module to receive a change notification at a second calendar client rendering a shared calendar. The apparatus also includes an identification module to retrieve an identification (ID) of calendar content, a change in a user interface state, and an extent of a calendar view from a first data structure. Finally, the apparatus includes a replica module of the second client to retrieve calendar content from a second data structure using the ID as an index value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Peter L. Engrav, Aaron E. Erlandson, Trevor J. Harris, Malia M. Douglas, Rachel Sirkin, Caitlin E. Ashley-Rollman, Steven E. Lucco
  • Publication number: 20200364673
    Abstract: An apparatus for a real-time collaboration in calendar is described herein. The apparatus includes a state change module to receive a change notification at a second calendar client rendering a shared calendar. The apparatus also includes an identification module to retrieve an identification (ID) of calendar content, a change in a user interface state, and an extent of a calendar view from a first data structure. Finally, the apparatus includes a replica module of the second client to retrieve calendar content from a second data structure using the ID as an index value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Peter L. Engrav, Aaron E. Erlandson, Trevor J. Harris, Malia M. Douglas, Rachel Sirkin, Caitlin E. Ashley-Rollman, Steven E. Lucco
  • Patent number: 9652207
    Abstract: Static type checking can be performed on types and values defined in modules in a system that dynamically composes programs from modules. The types and values do not share a global namespace. Each module defines its own module universe, disjoint from other modules. A language mechanism can establish a local name binding to one module within the content of another module. When type checking at compile time an environment can be established that corresponds to a runtime instance of the program. The static type system can be arranged to align with the runtime values, such that the names used to refer to objects at runtime are the same as the names used to refer to the types of those objects in the static type system. Aliases of a particular type are resolved to a known compile time description of the type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC.
    Inventors: Lucas J. Hoban, Mads Torgersen, Charles P. Jazdzewski, Anders Hejlsberg, Steven E. Lucco, Joseph J. Pamer
  • Patent number: 9639335
    Abstract: Type inference is used to provide the benefits of static type checking without explicitly declaring type in the source code. Type inference that proceeds in a bottom up direction is augmented by contextual typing that proceeds in a top down direction. Contextual typing types enclosed expressions by associating the type of a directly enclosing expression with the enclosed expression. Object literals, function literals and array literals enclosed in assignment and call expressions, can be contextually typed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC.
    Inventors: Lucas J. Hoban, Mads Torgersen, Charles P. Jazdzewski, Anders Hejlsberg, Steven E. Lucco, Joseph J. Pamer
  • Patent number: 9563412
    Abstract: Statically extensible types allow a static type system to model the behavior of dynamic object model extension in dynamic runtime systems. Static types that model dynamically extended types can be extended using additional declarations in the same compilation. Declarations for a particular type can come from multiple independent sources which can have been defined at multiple points in time. Extension declarations can use the same syntax as the initial type declaration. Hence presence of one or more declarations for the same type in a compilation can indicate that the type has been extended. These features allow static type checking of dynamic plug-ins to be supported using statically extensible types. Declarations and extension declarations for a type can be merged together to create an extended type that enables different processing paths and dependencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC.
    Inventors: Lucas J. Hoban, Mads Torgersen, Charles P. Jazdzewski, Anders Hejlsberg, Steven E. Lucco, Joseph J. Pamer
  • Patent number: 8978007
    Abstract: A dynamic programming environment includes a dynamic runtime infrastructure configured to receive static metadata as source text in a source code written in a dynamic programming language. The dynamic runtime infrastructure determines an object representation based on the static metadata from the source text in the source code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Lucas J. Hoban, Mark B. Shields, Steven E. Lucco, Charles P. Jazdzewski, Anders Hejlsberg
  • Publication number: 20140372993
    Abstract: A function in a type system can be overloaded using specified constants. The constant can be can be the result of evaluating an expression to: a string, a number, a Boolean, a pattern or any type of constant. The return type of the function can depend on the specified constant that is passed into the function. The return type of the function can depend on the type of the specified constant that is passed into the function. The type of the parameter that is passed into the function can depend on the value of the constant. The function overloads can be validated to ensure that the constant-based overload is a subtype of a more general overload. A constant can be an expression used at compile time during type checking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Lucas J. Hoban, Jonathan D. Turner, Mads Torgersen, Charles P. Jazdzewski, Joseph J. Pamer, Steven E. Lucco, Anders Hejlsberg, Robert A. Paveza
  • Publication number: 20140282442
    Abstract: Statically extensible types allow a static type system to model the behavior of dynamic object model extension in dynamic runtime systems. Static types that model dynamically extended types can be extended using additional declarations in the same compilation. Declarations for a particular type can come from multiple independent sources which can have been defined at multiple points in time. Extension declarations can use the same syntax as the initial type declaration. Hence presence of one or more declarations for the same type in a compilation can indicate that the type has been extended. These features allow static type checking of dynamic plug-ins to be supported using statically extensible types. Declarations and extension declarations for a type can be merged together to create an extended type that enables different processing paths and dependencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lucas J. Hoban, Mads Torgersen, Charles P. Jazdzewski, Anders Hejlsberg, Steven E. Lucco, Joseph J. Pamer
  • Publication number: 20140282443
    Abstract: Type inference is used to provide the benefits of static type checking without explicitly declaring type in the source code. Type inference that proceeds in a bottom up direction is augmented by contextual typing that proceeds in a top down direction. Contextual typing types enclosed expressions by associating the type of a directly enclosing expression with the enclosed expression. Object literals, function literals and array literals enclosed in assignment and call expressions, can be contextually typed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lucas J. Hoban, Mads Torgersen, Charles P. Jazdzewski, Anders Hejlsberg, Steven E. Lucco, Joseph J. Pamer
  • Publication number: 20140282441
    Abstract: Static type checking can be performed on types and values defined in modules in a system that dynamically composes programs from modules. The types and values do not share a global namespace. Each module defines its own module universe, disjoint from other modules. A language mechanism can establish a local name binding to one module within the content of another module. When type checking at compile time an environment can be established that corresponds to a runtime instance of the program. The static type system can be arranged to align with the runtime values, such that the names used to refer to objects at runtime are the same as the names used to refer to the types of those objects in the static type system. Aliases of a particular type are resolved to a known compile time description of the type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lucas J. Hoban, Mads Torgersen, Charles P. Jazdzewski, Anders Hejlsberg, Steven E. Lucco, Joseph J. Pamer
  • Publication number: 20130007702
    Abstract: A dynamic programming environment includes a dynamic runtime infrastructure configured to receive static metadata as source text in a source code written in a dynamic programming language. The dynamic runtime infrastructure determines an object representation based on the static metadata from the source text in the source code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lucas J. Hoban, Mark B. Shields, Steven E. Lucco, Charles P. Jazdzewski, Anders Hejlsberg
  • Patent number: 8302149
    Abstract: A distributed security system is provided. The distributed security system uses a security policy that is written in a policy language that is transport and security protocol independent as well as independent of cryptographic technologies. This security policy can be expressed using the language to create different security components allowing for greater scalability and flexibility. By abstracting underlying protocols and technologies, multiple environments and platforms can be supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Giovanni M. Della-Libera, Christopher G. Kaler, Scott A. Konersmann, Butler W. Lampson, Paul J. Leach, Bradford H. Lovering, Steven E. Lucco, Stephen J. Millet, Richard F. Rashid, John P. Shewchuk
  • Patent number: 8176085
    Abstract: Modular forest automata (MFA) provide a unified description of partially-ordered regular tree patterns. MFAs provide simple methods for determinization, sub-typing, intersection, and complementation of these patterns. MFAs support high-performance pattern analysis and matching. Modular forest transducers, in conjunction with modular forest automata, enable compilers to place semantic actions on any state transition while supporting efficient transformation of labeled, directed graphs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Giovanni M. Della-Libera, Steven E. Lucco
  • Patent number: 7949787
    Abstract: Systems and methods for open content model Web service messaging in a networked computing environment are described. In one aspect, a transport neutral message is generated that includes message recipient, endpoint addressing information, and one or more reference properties. The reference properties include selectively opaque message context. The transport neutral message is bound to a transport protocol for communication to the message recipient. At least a portion of the selectively opaque message context is not directed to the message recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Donald F. Box, Christopher G. Kaler, David E. Langworthy, Steven E. Lucco, John Shewchuk, Luis Felipe Cabrera, Craig A Critchley, Geary L. Eppley, Bradford H. Lovering, Jeffrey C. Schlimmer, David Wortendyke, Henrik F. Nielsen
  • Patent number: 7925966
    Abstract: A group identifier represents an association between each of a number of different abbreviated namespace identifiers with a corresponding hierarchical namespace (e.g., an XML namespace). A hierarchically-structured document (e.g., an XML document) is accessed by a computing system that determines that the group identifier is associated with the hierarchically-structured document. Hence, when using the abbreviated namespace identifiers in the hierarchically-structured document, the computing system knows that the corresponding namespace is associated with the designated portions of the hierarchically-structured document. Also, a schema description language document (e.g., an XSD document) may specify multiple target namespaces for a single element. Accordingly, groupings of elements may be included in different namespaces to creating overlapping or even nested namespaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher G. Kaler, Allen L. Brown, Robert G. Atkinson, Steven E. Lucco
  • Patent number: 7899047
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing a virtual network are disclosed. At least one layer of abstraction is created between network service applications and conventional network protocols by inserting an adaptive dispatcher between applications and network transport services on each machine in a network. The message protocol in the virtual network is extensible, allowing application programs to create new headers within any message as needed. The adaptive dispatcher contains handlers that route and dispatch messages within the virtual network based on arbitrary content within each message, including any combination of headers and/or data content. Each device on the virtual network has a virtual address to which messages are directed, allowing devices to move within the network without reconfiguring routing tables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Luis F. Cabrera, Erik B. Christensen, Giovanni M. Della-Libera, Christopher G. Kaler, David E. Levin, Bradford H. Lovering, Steven E. Lucco, Stephen J. Millet, John P. Shewchuk, Robert S. Wahbe, David A. Wortendyke
  • Patent number: 7809938
    Abstract: A distributed security system is provided. The distributed security system uses a security policy that is written in a policy language that is transport and security protocol independent as well as independent of cryptographic technologies. This security policy can be expressed using the language to create different security components allowing for greater scalability and flexibility. By abstracting underlying protocols and technologies, multiple environments and platforms can be supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Giovanni M. Della-Libera, Christopher G. Kaler, Scott A. Konersmann, Butler W. Lampson, Paul J. Leach, Bradford H. Lovering, Steven E. Lucco, Stephen J. Millet, Richard F. Rashid, John P. Shewchuk
  • Patent number: 7752431
    Abstract: A distributed security system is provided. The distributed security system uses a security policy that is written in a policy language that is transport and security protocol independent as well as independent of cryptographic technologies. This security policy can be expressed using the language to create different security components allowing for greater scalability and flexibility. By abstracting underlying protocols and technologies, multiple environments and platforms can be supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Giovanni M. Della-Libera, Christopher G. Kaler, Scott A. Konersmann, Butler W. Lampson, Paul J. Leach, Bradford H. Lovering, Steven E. Lucco, Stephen J. Millet, Richard F. Rashid, John P. Shewchuk
  • Patent number: 7730041
    Abstract: Serialization and deserialization using data contracts. The data contract specifies data types that are serialized and deserialized for data objects that are associated with the data contract. During serialization, the data contract associated with the data object is identified. Then, the data fields that correspond to those specified data field types are extracted from the data object and serialized into a serialization format. During deserialization, the serialization mechanism receives a serialized data structure having a particular serialization format. A data contract is then identified as being associated with the serialized data structure. After deserialization of the serialized data structure into abstract data, a corresponding data object is populated with data fields that correspond only with those data field types specified in the data contract. Accordingly, data abstraction is enabled while serializing and deserializing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas M. Purdy, Sowmyanarayanan K. Srinivasan, Bradford H. Lovering, Donald F. Box, Gopala Krishna R. Kakivaya, Natasha H. Jethanandani, Stefan H. Pharies, Stephen T. Swartz, Steven E. Lucco
  • Patent number: 7702924
    Abstract: Reliable end-to-end messaging in which tracking and acknowledgement information are contained in the electronic message that is visible to layers above the transport layer, thereby being independent of what transport protocols, and whether different transport protocols, are used to communicate between the two end points. Furthermore, acknowledgment messages may identify multiple ranges of sequence numbers corresponding to received electronic messages, thereby permitting further flexibility and completeness in acknowledging received messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David E. Langworthy, Christopher G. Kaler, Luis Felipe Cabrera, Patrick J. Helland, Steven E. Lucco, John P. Shewchuk