Patents by Inventor William E. Hiebert

William E. Hiebert 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: 20120323553
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to recommending data sources. In aspects, a request to provide recommendations of data enrichments for a database is received at a recommendation engine. The recommendation engine may perform static and dynamic analysis of data associated with the database and may further refine recommendations based on policies. The recommendation engine may then provide the recommendations, if any, of data enrichments to allow a software developer, for example, to indicate whether the data enrichments are to be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Muhammad Bilal Aslam, Crystal L. Hoyer, Vishal R. Joshi, Timothy Michael McBride, William E. Hiebert
  • Patent number: 7694277
    Abstract: A client or Web application assembly or group of assemblies is bound to a version of shared assemblies associated with a particular targeted execution environment. The targeted execution environment (and thus the version of shared assemblies associated with it) may be selected or detected. A file such as a configuration file is automatically modified. The selected or detected execution environment may be the same as or different than the local version. The client or Web assembly is automatically bound to the targeted shared assemblies. A user interface enables the selection of a particular execution environment. Alternatively, a user interface informs of the detected targeted execution environment and enables the reconfiguration of the Web assembly. This invention provides a mechanism and process for maintaining legacy software after a new software development tool is installed, without deploying a new version of shared assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Paul J. Yuknewicz, Scott M. Wiltamuth, John J. Rivard, Bradley J. Bartz, Izydor Gryko, Michael Eng, William E. Hiebert, Baiju K. Nair
  • Patent number: 7376935
    Abstract: The subject invention pertains to systems and methods to provide rich and intelligent programmatic assistance across language and compilation boundaries. In essence, the systems and methods can monitor a plurality of compilation units in a software project to determine the language(s) employed therewith and provide intelligent code assistance to the compilation units for the detected language(s). The rich and intelligent assistance can correspond to providing code suggestions, among other things, based on the programming language being utilized and the context of its use. In brief, the herein disclosed techniques provide a seamless design environment to facilitate coding in multiple programming languages amongst a plurality of compilation units in project.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bradley J. Bartz, William E. Hiebert, Ibrahim A. K. Mohamed, Evan G. Kichline
  • Publication number: 20040230967
    Abstract: A client or Web application assembly or group of assemblies is bound to a version of shared assemblies associated with a particular targeted execution environment. The targeted execution environment (and thus the version of shared assemblies associated with it) may be selected or detected. A file such as a configuration file is automatically modified. The selected or detected execution environment may be the same as or different than the local version. The client or Web assembly is automatically bound to the targeted shared assemblies. A user interface enables the selection of a particular execution environment. Alternatively, a user interface informs of the detected targeted execution environment and enables the reconfiguration of the Web assembly. This invention provides a mechanism and process for maintaining legacy software after a new software development tool is installed, without deploying a new version of shared assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Paul J. Yuknewicz, Scott M. Wiltamuth, John J. Rivard, Bradley J. Bartz, Izydor Gryko, Michael Eng, William E. Hiebert, Baiju K. Nair
  • Patent number: 6393437
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for allowing multiple developers of software applications working in client/server computing network to remotely save, test and debug project files such as web pages. The client computer is capable of emulating server side operations to allow the developer to locally test changes to project files before they are saved on the server. The client computer maintains an accurate view of the overall project, but without having to locally copy the entire software project, by storing file information relating to the software project including, for example, metadata, link information, and BOT replacements, and/or a directory structure of the files and folders in the software project that mirrors the directory structure of the software project on the server. Various features include providing developers with the ability to check out, modify and debug files concurrently with other developers, and merging changes made by different developers to the same file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric K. Zinda, Zhenglei Pan, David C. Johnson, William E. Hiebert, Brian R. Marshall, C. Douglas Hodges