Patents by Inventor Ulrike A. Anders

Ulrike A. Anders 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).

  • Managing permissions in a collaborative workspace
    Patent number: 8464161
    Abstract: An approach for managing permissions in a collaborative workspace involves providing a permissions user interface presentation without loosing a context associated with a collaborative workspace user interface presentation. The permissions user interface presentation visually organizes a set of workspace members into two or more permission level categories. The permissions user interface presentation also allows a user to efficiently add new workspace members from a local system or an alternative system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jason D. Giles, Alixandra M. Han, Ulrike A. Anders
  • Automated set-up of a collaborative workspace
    Patent number: 8341532
    Abstract: An approach to setting up a collabortive workspace involves receiving a user's instructions to convert an object to a collaborative workspace. In response to this instruction, the approach creates the collaborative workspace in a substantially automated manner. The approach may thereby facilitate the provisioning of a collaborative workspace, eliminating or at least reducing the manual effort involved in setting up a collaborative workspace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Patricia A. Ryan, Suri Raman, Ulrike A. Anders, Jason D. Giles
  • MANAGING PERMISSIONS IN A COLLABORATIVE WORKSPACE
    Publication number: 20090307604
    Abstract: An approach for managing permissions in a collaborative workspace involves providing a permissions user interface presentation without loosing a context associated with a collaborative workspace user interface presentation. The permissions user interface presentation visually organizes a set of workspace members into tow or more permission level categories. The permissions user interface presentation also allows a user to efficiently add new workspace members from a local system or an alternative system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jason D. Giles, Alixandra M. Han, Ulrike A. Anders
  • AUTOMATED SET-UP OF A COLLABORATIVE WORKSPACE
    Publication number: 20090307605
    Abstract: An approach to setting up a collabortive workspace involves receiving a user's instructions to convert an object to a collaborative workspace. In response to this instruction, the approach creates the collaborative workspace in a substantially automated manner. The approach may thereby facilitate the provisioning of a collaborative workspace, eliminating or at least reducing the manual effort involved in setting up a collaborative workspace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patricia A. Ryan, Suri Raman, Ulrike A. Anders, Jason D. Giles