Patents by Inventor Tobin James Zerba

Tobin James Zerba 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).

  • Integrating a web-based CRM system with a PIM client application
    Patent number: 10223698
    Abstract: A customer relationship management (CRM) system utilizes a form definition, user interface (UI) definitions, and UI code to generate Web pages for interacting with CRM data. A CRM plug-in is configured to execute in conjunction with a personal information manager (PIM) client application and to utilize the same form definition, UI definitions, and UI code utilized by the CRM system to generate the Web-based CRM interface. The UI definitions are utilized to present UI controls for performing CRM-related functionality in the context of a UI generated by the PIM client application. The UI code utilized by the CRM system to implement Web-based UI controls can be utilized to implement the UI controls in the context of the PIM client application. The form definition utilized by the CRM system might be utilized to display CRM fields in the UI presented by the PIM client application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Wayne Carlyle Walsh Parker, III, Michael J. McCormack, Tobin James Zerba, Praveen Upadhyay, Nicholas James Thomson, Sharad Bajaj
  • Authoring and running task-based flows within a computing system
    Patent number: 10191766
    Abstract: A task-based sub-application surfaces only controls that are needed to perform a task, from a plurality of different forms in a parent application. A sub-application system runs the sub-application by executing navigation logic and maintaining a separate navigation stack, so that the user can perform a task without the computer system needing to surface entire forms where only a small subset of the controls on those forms are needed to perform the task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Dallala, Hao Zhou, Tobin James Zerba, Mesganaw G. Anteneh, Indrojit N. Deb, Nirav Shah, Elizabeth Rose Steinke, Shashi Ranjan, Bharath Swaminathan, Richard L. Dickinson, Monisha Rochlani, Tong Gao, Jianjun Wang, Zhi Jun Zhao
  • AUTHORING AND RUNNING TASK-BASED FLOWS WITHIN A COMPUTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170102966
    Abstract: A task-based sub-application surfaces only controls that are needed to perform a task, from a plurality of different forms in a parent application. A sub-application system runs the sub-application by executing navigation logic and maintaining a separate navigation stack, so that the user can perform a task without the computer system needing to surface entire forms where only a small subset of the controls on those forms are needed to perform the task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel Dallala, Hao Zhou, Tobin James Zerba, Mesganaw G. Anteneh, Indrojit N. Deb, Nirav Shah, Elizabeth Rose Steinke, Shashi Ranjan, Bharath Swaminathan, Richard L. Dickinson, Monisha Rochlani, Tong Gao, Jianjun Wang, Zhi Jun Zhao
  • Integrating a Web-based CRM System with a PIM Client Application
    Publication number: 20160371700
    Abstract: A customer relationship management (CRM) system utilizes a form definition, user interface (UI) definitions, and UI code to generate Web pages for interacting with CRM data. A CRM plug-in is configured to execute in conjunction with a personal information manager (PIM) client application and to utilize the same form definition, UI definitions, and UI code utilized by the CRM system to generate the Web-based CRM interface. The UI definitions are utilized to present UI controls for performing CRM-related functionality in the context of a UI generated by the PIM client application. The UI code utilized by the CRM system to implement Web-based UI controls can be utilized to implement the UI controls in the context of the PIM client application. The form definition utilized by the CRM system might be utilized to display CRM fields in the UI presented by the PIM client application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Wayne Carlyle Walsh Parker, III, Michael J. McCormack, Tobin James Zerba, Praveen Upadhyay, Nicholas James Thomson, Sharad Bajaj
  • Integrating a web-based CRM system with a PIM client application
    Patent number: 9390399
    Abstract: A customer relationship management (CRM) system utilizes a form definition, user interface (UI) definitions, and UI code to generate Web pages for interacting with CRM data. A CRM plug-in is configured to execute in conjunction with a personal information manager (PIM) client application and to utilize the same form definition, UI definitions, and UI code utilized by the CRM system to generate the Web-based CRM interface. The UI definitions are utilized to present UI controls for performing CRM-related functionality in the context of a UI generated by the PIM client application. The UI code utilized by the CRM system to implement Web-based UI controls can be utilized to implement the UI controls in the context of the PIM client application. The form definition utilized by the CRM system might be utilized to display CRM fields in the UI presented by the PIM client application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Wayne Carlyle Walsh Parker, III, Michael J. McCormack, Tobin James Zerba, Praveen Upadhyay, Nicholas James Thomson, Sharad Bajaj
  • INTEGRATING A WEB-BASED CRM SYSTEM WITH A PIM CLIENT APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20110314366
    Abstract: A customer relationship management (CRM) system utilizes a form definition, user interface (UI) definitions, and UI code to generate Web pages for interacting with CRM data. A CRM plug-in is configured to execute in conjunction with a personal information manager (PIM) client application and to utilize the same form definition, UI definitions, and UI code utilized by the CRM system to generate the Web-based CRM interface. The UI definitions are utilized to present UI controls for performing CRM-related functionality in the context of a UI generated by the PIM client application. The UI code utilized by the CRM system to implement Web-based UI controls can be utilized to implement the UI controls in the context of the PIM client application. The form definition utilized by the CRM system might be utilized to display CRM fields in the UI presented by the PIM client application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wayne Carlyle Walsh Parker, III, Michael J. McCormack, Tobin James Zerba, Praveen Upadhyay, Nicholas James Thomson, Sharad Bajaj