Patents by Inventor William James Bliss

William James Bliss 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).

  • Patent number: 11947167
    Abstract: Fiber optic terminals, tools and methods for adjusting a split ratio of a fiber optic terminal are disclosed. In one embodiment, a tool for adjusting a split ratio of a fiber optic terminal includes an axle for insertion into a port of the fiber optic terminal, and a terminal engagement body disposed about the axle. The terminal engagement body includes a terminal engagement feature for engaging an alignment feature within the fiber optic terminal, wherein the axle is free to rotate with respect to the terminal engagement body, and a set-point indicator. The tool further includes an end piece coupled to the axle, and a plurality of set-point markers, wherein rotation of the end piece causes rotation of the axle and an alignment between one set-point marker of the plurality of set-point markers with the set-point indicator indicates the split ratio of the fiber optic terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jody Todd Bliss, Douglas Llewellyn Butler, Agnivo Gosai, Martin Hempstead, Blake Paul Lee, William James Miller, Pinhas Yehuda Rosenfelder, Peter Gerard Wigley
  • Publication number: 20240070240
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, devices, and machine-readable mediums which utilize digital tracking tags attached to data to monitor and/or control the data as it moves between applications and/or computing devices. The digital tracking tag may be embedded in the data (e.g., as a digital watermark) or associated with the data e.g., as metadata. In some examples, the digital tracking tag may include an address of a tracking database with which to record one or more events related to the data. For example, recipients, senders, or other participants in a data transfer event may register the data transfer event with the tracking database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: William James BLISS
  • Patent number: 11847193
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, devices, and machine-readable mediums which utilize digital tracking tags attached to data to monitor and/or control the data as it moves between applications and/or computing devices. The digital tracking tag may be embedded in the data (e.g., as a digital watermark) or associated with the data e.g., as metadata. In some examples, the digital tracking tag may include an address of a tracking database with which to record one or more events related to the data. For example, recipients, senders, or other participants in a data transfer event may register the data transfer event with the tracking database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: William James Bliss
  • Publication number: 20230152944
    Abstract: Described herein is a user interface that enables messages within a collaborative workspace environment to be propagated to different workspaces that are associated with different tabs in the collaborative workspace environment. Thus, a comment made in a workspace associated with a first tab is reflected in a workspace associated with a different tab and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: William James Bliss, Larry Jin, Richard Taylor, Pedro DeRose
  • Patent number: 11550449
    Abstract: Described herein is a user interface that enables messages within a collaborative workspace environment to be propagated to different workspaces that are associated with different tabs in the collaborative workspace environment. Thus, a comment made in a workspace associated with a first tab is reflected in a workspace associated with a different tab and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: William James Bliss, Larry Jin, Richard Taylor, Pedro DeRose
  • Publication number: 20220129526
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, devices, and machine-readable mediums which utilize digital tracking tags attached to data to monitor and/or control the data as it moves between applications and/or computing devices. The digital tracking tag may be embedded in the data (e.g., as a digital watermark) or associated with the data e.g., as metadata. In some examples, the digital tracking tag may include an address of a tracking database with which to record one or more events related to the data. For example, recipients, senders, or other participants in a data transfer event may register the data transfer event with the tracking database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventor: William James Bliss
  • Publication number: 20220027021
    Abstract: Described herein is a user interface that enables messages within a collaborative workspace environment to be propagated to different workspaces that are associated with different tabs in the collaborative workspace environment. Thus, a comment made in a workspace associated with a first tab is reflected in a workspace associated with a different tab and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: William James Bliss, Larry Jin, Richard Taylor, Pedro DeRose
  • Patent number: 11137879
    Abstract: Described herein is a user interface that enables messages within a collaborative workspace environment to be propagated to different workspaces that are associated with different tabs in the collaborative workspace environment. Thus, a comment made in a workspace associated with a first tab is reflected in a workspace associated with a different tab and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: William James Bliss, Larry Jin, Richard Taylor, Pedro DeRose
  • Patent number: 10404765
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to providing a cross-iframe solution for instructing embedded content to reuse current in-browser app instances but to load different content. In this manner, a new in-browser app instance does not have to be loaded each time a context switch is performed. More specifically, cross-iframe communications are used to instruct an existing in-browser app instance to load new content such as, for example, a new embedded document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: William James Bliss, Siddharth Uppal
  • Publication number: 20180124131
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to providing a cross-iframe solution for instructing embedded content to reuse current in-browser app instances but to load different content. In this manner, a new in-browser app instance does not have to be loaded each time a context switch is performed. More specifically, cross-iframe communications are used to instruct an existing in-browser app instance to load new content such as, for example, a new embedded document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: William James Bliss, Siddharth Uppal
  • Publication number: 20180121038
    Abstract: Described herein is a system and methods for enabling a user to seamlessly switch between different workspaces, groups and/or conversations is a collaborative workspace environment using a set of contextual canvases. The canvases are provided in a user interface and are associated with different contexts. Further, each canvas is used to display an associated entity. Thus, when a new context in the collaborative workspace environment is selected, the canvases are updated and used to display entities that are related to or otherwise associated with the newly selected context.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: William James Bliss, Larry Jin, Richard Taylor, Pedro DeRose, Brian MacDonald, Mira Lane
  • Publication number: 20180121406
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for embedding a service provider display within a user interface for a collaborative workspace environment. The display may be generated based on information and resources provided by a service provider. The display may be used to select content provided by the service provider. Information gathered by the display may then be used by the service provider to provide one or more entities relating to the requested content to the collaborative workplace environment. The entities may be stored and used to generate a display of the selected content from the service provider. In some examples, the entities may be shared within the collaborative workspace environment such that other users may generate a similar view using the entities provided by the service provider. In some examples, the entities may comprise a URL relating to a webpage associated with the selected content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: William James Bliss, Larry Jin, Richard Taylor, Pedro DeRose
  • Publication number: 20180121499
    Abstract: Techniques for targeted mentions for user correlation to a search term are described. According to various implementations, users interact over a network-based service to engage in conversations (e.g., text, voice, video, and so forth), exchange content, collaborate on projects, and so forth. In the course of these interactions, users that author content and/or interact with content can discuss certain subject matter and can tag (“targeted mention”) certain users as being knowledgeable in the subject matter. The targeted mention is then discoverable during a search process to surface a correlation between a particular user and the particular subject matter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Anand Kumar Joshi, William James Bliss
  • Publication number: 20180121039
    Abstract: Described herein is a user interface that enables messages within a collaborative workspace environment to be propagated to different workspaces that are associated with different tabs in the collaborative workspace environment. Thus, a comment made in a workspace associated with a first tab is reflected in a workspace associated with a different tab and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: William James Bliss, Larry Jin, Richard Taylor, Pedro DeRose