Patents by Inventor William Raymond Hoffman

William Raymond Hoffman 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: 7664724
    Abstract: A schema-based service for Internet access to per-user services data, wherein access to data is based on each user's identity. The service includes a schema that defines rules and a structure for each user's data, and also includes methods that provide access to the data in a defined way. The services schema thus corresponds to a logical document containing the data for each user. The user manipulates (e.g., reads or writes) data in the logical document by data access requests through defined methods. In one implementation, the services schemas are arranged as XML documents, and the services provide methods that control access to the data based on the requesting user's identification, defined role and scope for that role. In this way, data can be accessed by its owner, and shared to an extent determined by the owner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Mark H. Lucovsky, Shaun Douglas Pierce, Ramu Movva, Jagadeesh Kalki, David Benjamin Auerbach, Peter Sewall Ford, Yun-Qi Yuan, Yi-Wen Guu, Samuel John George, William Raymond Hoffman, Jay Christopher Jacobs, Paul Andrew Steckler, Walter C. Hsueh, Kendall D. Keil, Burra Gopal, Steven D. White, Paul J. Leach, Richard B. Ward, Philip Michael Smoot, Lijiang Fang, Michael B. Taylor, Suresh Kannan, Winnie C. Wu
  • Patent number: 7302634
    Abstract: A schema-based service for Internet access to per-user services data, wherein access to data is based on each user's identity. The service includes a schema that defines rules and a structure for each user's data, and also includes methods that provide access to the data in a defined way. The services schema thus corresponds to a logical document containing the data for each user. The user manipulates (e.g., reads or writes) data in the logical document by data access requests through defined methods. In one implementation, the services schemas are arranged as XML documents, and the services provide methods that control access to the data based on the requesting user's identification, defined role and scope for that role. In this way, data can be accessed by its owner, and shared to an extent determined by the owner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Mark H. Lucovsky, Shaun Douglas Pierce, Steven D. White, Ramu Movva, Jagadeesh Kalki, David Benjamin Auerbach, Peter Sewall Ford, Jay Christopher Jacobs, Paul Andrew Steckler, Walter C. Hsueh, Kendall D. Keil, Burra Gopal, Suresh Kannan, Yi-Wen Guu, Samuel John George, William Raymond Hoffman, Philip Michael Smoot, Lijiang Fang, Michael B. Taylor, Winnie C. Wu, Paul J. Leach, Richard B. Ward, Yun-Qi Yuan
  • Publication number: 20030131073
    Abstract: A schema-based contacts service for Internet access to per-user contact data, wherein access to data is based on each user's identity. The contacts service includes a schema that defines rules and a structure for each user's data, and also includes methods that provide access to the data in a defined way. The contacts schema thus corresponds to a logical document containing the data for each user. The user manipulates (e.g., reads or writes) data in the logical document by data access requests through defined methods. In one implementation, the contacts schemas are arranged as XML documents, and the services provide methods that control access to the data based on the requesting user's identification, defined role and scope for that role. In this way, data can be accessed by its owner, and shared to an extent determined by the owner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Mark H. Lucovsky, Shaun Douglas Pierce, Steven D. White, Ramu Movva, Jagadeesh Kalki, David Benjamin Auerbach, Peter Sewall Ford, Jay Christopher Jacobs, Paul Andrew Steckler, Walter C. Hsueh, Kendall D. Keil, Burra Gopal, Suresh Kannan, Yi-Wen Guu, Samuel John George, William Raymond Hoffman, Philip Michael Smoot, Lijiang Fang, Michael B. Taylor, Winnie C. Wu, Paul J. Leach, Richard B. Ward