Patents by Inventor Steven Paul Geffner

Steven Paul Geffner 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: 20180101822
    Abstract: A cloud-based broker service may be provided for computing devices in a distributed computing environment. The broker service may aggregate user accounts and user account credentials utilized for accessing online services by the computing devices. The broker service may monitor a context of the computing devices associated with the user accounts. The broker service may then utilize the context, data associated with the user accounts and data associated with the user account credentials to automate tasks and/or provide alerts associated with the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Gary L. Caldwell, Steven Paul Geffner, C. Joe Coplen, Christopher Hugh Pratley, Michael H. Ammerlaan, Steven Todd Zaske
  • Patent number: 9842316
    Abstract: A cloud-based broker service may be provided for computing devices in a distributed computing environment. The broker service may aggregate user accounts and user account credentials utilized for accessing online services by the computing devices. The broker service may monitor a context of the computing devices associated with the user accounts. The broker service may then utilize the context, data associated with the user accounts and data associated with the user account credentials to automate tasks and/or provide alerts associated with the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Gary L. Caldwell, Steven Paul Geffner, C. Joe Coplen, Christopher Hugh Pratley, Michael H. Ammerlaan, Steven Todd Zaske
  • Publication number: 20160078405
    Abstract: A cloud-based broker service may be provided for computing devices in a distributed computing environment. The broker service may aggregate user accounts and user account credentials utilized for accessing online services by the computing devices. The broker service may monitor a context of the computing devices associated with the user accounts. The broker service may then utilize the context, data associated with the user accounts and data associated with the user account credentials to automate tasks and/or provide alerts associated with the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Gary L. Caldwell, Steven Paul Geffner, C. Joe Coplen, Christopher Hugh Pratley, Michael H. Ammerlaan, Steven Todd Zaske
  • Patent number: 9195968
    Abstract: A cloud-based broker service may be provided for computing devices in a distributed computing environment. The broker service may aggregate user accounts and user account credentials utilized for accessing online services by the computing devices. The broker service may monitor a context of the computing devices associated with the user accounts. The broker service may then utilize the context, data associated with the user accounts and data associated with the user account credentials to automate tasks and/or provide alerts associated with the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Gary L. Caldwell, Steven Paul Geffner, C. Joe Coplen, Christopher Hugh Pratley, Michael H. Ammerlaan, Steven Todd Zaske
  • Patent number: 9146115
    Abstract: A location enhanced meeting service (“LEM Service”) may provide a geographical based map indicating meeting locations for a selected day. The user can view locations of meetings for a scheduled day, along with travel times. Conditions impacting travel time may be provided to the user along with updated estimated travel times and suggested alternative routes. The scale of the map may be based on the geographical diversity of the attendees. A user can view a location enhanced meeting map for particular meeting, and obtain directions to the meeting. The user can also request to view attendee's locations to the meeting on the map prior to the meeting. If an attendee is expected to be late, the user may establish a voice conference with that attendee. If a user is expected to be late to a meeting, the user may provide a notification to the other attendees of the meeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Paul Geffner, Gary Caldwell, C. Joe Coplen, Christopher Hugh Pratley, Michael Ammerlaan, Steve Zaske
  • Publication number: 20130096813
    Abstract: A location enhanced meeting service (“LEM Service”) may provide a geographical based map indicating meeting locations for a selected day. The user can view locations of meetings for a scheduled day, along with travel times. Conditions impacting travel time may be provided to the user along with updated estimated travel times and suggested alternative routes. The scale of the map may be based on the geographical diversity of the attendees. A user can view a location enhanced meeting map for particular meeting, and obtain directions to the meeting. The user can also request to view attendee's locations to the meeting on the map prior to the meeting. If an attendee is expected to be late, the user may establish a voice conference with that attendee. If a user is expected to be late to a meeting, the user may provide a notification to the other attendees of the meeting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Paul Geffner, Gary Caldwell, C. Joe Coplen, Christopher Hugh Pratley, Michael Ammerlaan, Steve Zaske
  • Publication number: 20130067549
    Abstract: A cloud-based broker service may be provided for computing devices in a distributed computing environment. The broker service may aggregate user accounts and user account credentials utilized for accessing online services by the computing devices. The broker service may monitor a context of the computing devices associated with the user accounts. The broker service may then utilize the context, data associated with the user accounts and data associated with the user account credentials to automate tasks and/or provide alerts associated with the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Gary L. Caldwell, Steven Paul Geffner, C. Joe Coplen, Christopher Hugh Pratley, Michael H. Ammerlaan, Steven Todd Zaske
  • Patent number: 8134553
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for rendering documents containing three-dimensional objects. A client computer receives a request to display a document. If a program utilized to create the document is not available to display the document, the client computer transmits a request to a server computer to render the document, including the rendering of any three-dimensional objects contained therein. In response to receiving the request, the server computer determines whether the document contains any three-dimensional objects. If the document contains three-dimensional objects, the server computer renders the three-dimensional objects. Once the three-dimensional objects have been rendered, the remaining portion of the document is also rendered. The rendered version of the document is then returned to the client computer in response to the original request to render the document. The rendered document is then displayed on the client computer by a standard viewer application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shailesh Saini, Steven Paul Geffner, Gary Allan Pritting
  • Patent number: 7996476
    Abstract: Data is received defining a time period during which a notification of receipt should not be provided when an electronic message is received. Data may also be received defining certain types of messages for which notification of receipt should be provided during the time period. During the duration of the time period, no notification of receipt is provided for received electronic messages that are not within one of the specified types. After the time period has elapsed, notification of receipt is provided for electronic messages received during the time period and for which no notification of receipt was previously provided. Electronic messages may be sent during the time period and electronic messages received prior to the time period may be displayed for reading during the time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Paul Geffner, Tao Huang, Sandhya D. Jain
  • Publication number: 20100115033
    Abstract: Data is received defining a time period during which a notification of receipt should not be provided when an electronic message is received. Data may also be received defining certain types of messages for which notification of receipt should be provided during the time period. During the duration of the time period, no notification of receipt is provided for received electronic messages that are not within one of the specified types. After the time period has elapsed, notification of receipt is provided for electronic messages received during the time period and for which no notification of receipt was previously provided. Electronic messages may be sent during the time period and electronic messages received prior to the time period may be displayed for reading during the time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Paul Geffner, Tao Huang, Sandhya D. Jain
  • Publication number: 20090079729
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for rendering documents containing three-dimensional objects. A client computer receives a request to display a document. If a program utilized to create the document is not available to display the document, the client computer transmits a request to a server computer to render the document, including the rendering of any three-dimensional objects contained therein. In response to receiving the request, the server computer determines whether the document contains any three-dimensional objects. If the document contains three-dimensional objects, the server computer renders the three-dimensional objects. Once the three-dimensional objects have been rendered, the remaining portion of the document is also rendered. The rendered version of the document is then returned to the client computer in response to the original request to render the document. The rendered document is then displayed on the client computer by a standard viewer application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shailesh Saini, Steven Paul Geffner, Gary Allan Pritting