Patents by Inventor Susan Moore Warren

Susan Moore Warren 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).

  • Extended data collection for multi-merchant purchasing environment for downloadable products
    Patent number: 8099365
    Abstract: A multi-merchant purchasing system is configured to identify downloadable products selected by a user for purchase. The identified downloadable products are offered by multiple merchants. The multi-merchant purchasing system enables the user to purchase all of the downloadable products in a single transaction. Specifically, the multi-merchant purchasing system determines payment information associated with the user and, with minimum user-interaction, sends the payment information to applications associated with the merchants for processing. The multi-merchant purchasing system may also be configured to receive purchase information from the merchant applications and maintains the purchase information for the user in a locker. The multi-merchant purchasing system may further be configured to automatically download and install the purchased product onto the user's computing device through a software assistant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Vikram Bhambri, Susan Moore Warren, Matthew D. Hempey, Raj Biyani, Sean Nolan
  • DIGITAL CONTENT PURCHASE MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20110060660
    Abstract: A multi-merchant purchasing system is configured to identify downloadable products selected by a user for purchase. The identified downloadable products are offered by multiple merchants. The multi-merchant purchasing system enables the user to purchase multiple downloadable products in a single transaction. Specifically, the multi-merchant purchasing system determines payment information associated with the user and, with little to no user-interaction, sends the payment information to applications associated with the merchants for processing. The multi-merchant purchasing system may also be configured to receive purchase information from the merchant applications and maintains the purchase information for the user in a locker. The multi-merchant purchasing system may further be configured to automatically download and install the purchased product onto the user's computing device through a software assistant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Vikram Bhambri, Susan Moore Warren, Matthew D. Hempey, Raj Bivani, Sean Nolan