Patents by Inventor Todd Dale Ostermeier

Todd Dale Ostermeier 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).

  • Method, system, and medium for event based versioning and visibility for content releases
    Patent number: 10423992
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for event-based versioning and visibility for content releases. In general, embodiments of the invention categorize content releases, wherein each release can have a different designation, such as, for example, public, limited, limited for down-level clients, etc. Content (e.g., applications, store pages, ratings, reviews, etc.) offered by a content provider (e.g., an online store) can be associated with a specified operating system/store release. Different versions of the same content can potentially be associated with different specified operating system/store releases. When a content release is unveiled, the categorization for the content release can be updated so that the corresponding content is publicly available without changes to the content itself. Accordingly, content can be tied to a system event helping ensure a consistent view of the content and minimizing the number of operations for changing content visibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Zoe Miriam Wydroug, Asha D'Costa, Todd Dale Ostermeier, Deepak Babu Mukunthu Iyappan Babu, Andre C. Chen
  • EVENT-BASED VERSIONING AND VISIBILITY FOR CONTENT RELEASES
    Publication number: 20140372239
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for event-based versioning and visibility for content releases. In general, embodiments of the invention categorize content releases, wherein each release can have a different designation, such as, for example, public, limited, limited for down-level clients, etc. Content (e.g., applications, store pages, ratings, reviews, etc.) offered by a content provider (e.g., an online store) can be associated with a specified operating system/store release. Different versions of the same content can potentially be associated with different specified operating system/store releases. When a content release is unveiled, the categorization for the content release can be updated so that the corresponding content is publicly available without changes to the content itself. Accordingly, content can be tied to a system event helping ensure a consistent view of the content and minimizing the number of operations for changing content visibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Zoe Miriam Wydroug, Asha D'Costa, Todd Dale Ostermeier, Deepak Babu Mukunthu Iyappan Babu, Andre C. Chen