Patents by Inventor Wissam Kazan
Wissam Kazan 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).
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Patent number: 10921983Abstract: A system described herein includes a receiver component that receives an indication that a user has selected a first selectable buttontab in a toolbar installed in a client application. The system further includes a display component that causes a dashboard to be displayed on a display device in response to receipt of the indication that the user has selected the buttontab. The dashboard includes a content window that displays content and the buttontab, wherein the dashboard is a seamless visual combination of the buttontab and the content window.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Felipe Luis Naranjo, Wissam Kazan, Kevin Michael Babbitt, Russell Scott Randall, Daniel Gwozdz
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Patent number: 10893082Abstract: Within a social network, a user may establish a set of contacts who share with the user various content items and comments related thereto. However, these content items are often hosted by a content source outside of the social network, and the user may have to transition to the content source to view the content item, and then transition back to the social network to submit a comment. Instead, a device may monitor the social network to record shared content items. When the user requests a presentation of the content source, the content items hosted by the content source that have been shared with the user may be included in the presentation. The presentation of the content source may also accept comments from the user regarding a content item, and send the comments to the social network where the content item was shared with the user.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2015Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Wissam Kazan, Amanda Font, Mona Akmal, Samuel DeKoven Grossberg, Francislav P. Penov, Benjamin Nicholas Truelove, Vasudha Chandrasekaran, Shazaan Bahrainwala
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Patent number: 10867123Abstract: A method described herein includes acts of extracting at least one entity from an arbitrary web page being viewed by an individual on a computing device and comparing the at least one entity with social network data of the individual, wherein the social network data comprises a plurality of messages generated by members of a social network of the individual. The method further includes the acts of identifying at least one message in the plurality of messages based at least in part upon the comparing of the at least one entity with the social network data of the individual and causing the at least one message to be displayed on the web page in conjunction with the at least one entity.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2009Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Emre Mehmet Kiciman, Wissam Kazan, Chun-Kai Wang, Aaron C. Hoff, Felipe Luis Naranjo, Francislav P. Penov
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Publication number: 20200012426Abstract: A system described herein includes a receiver component that receives an indication that a user has selected a first selectable buttontab in a toolbar installed in a client application. The system further includes a display component that causes a dashboard to be displayed on a display device in response to receipt of the indication that the user has selected the buttontab. The dashboard includes a content window that displays content and the buttontab, wherein the dashboard is a seamless visual combination of the buttontab and the content window.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Felipe Luis Naranjo, Wissam Kazan, Kevin Michael Babbitt, Russell Scott Randall, Daniel Gwozdz
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Patent number: 10444986Abstract: A system described herein includes a receiver component that receives an indication that a user has selected a first selectable buttontab in a toolbar installed in a client application. The system further includes a display component that causes a dashboard to be displayed on a display device in response to receipt of the indication that the user has selected the buttontab. The dashboard includes a content window that displays content and the buttontab, wherein the dashboard is a seamless visual combination of the buttontab and the content window.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2015Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Felipe Luis Naranjo, Wissam Kazan, Kevin Michael Babbitt, Russell Scott Randall, Daniel Gwozdz
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Patent number: 9716744Abstract: In one embodiment, a mobile device 102 may execute a mobile client 104 to access a remote client 108 on a remote computer device 110. A mobile client 104 may connect to a data network 106. The mobile client 104 may establish a peer-to-peer connection with a remote client 108 executing on a remote computer device 110 over the data network 106.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Rui Zhu, Wissam Kazan, Keping Zhao, Michael Thomas
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Patent number: 9294565Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for providing efficient synchronized data access. A request to access data on a first data provider is received. The requested data on the first data provider is synchronized with a second data provider, such that the first and second data providers respectively comprise a same version of the requested data. A provider score can respectively be determined for the first data provider and for the second data provider, where the provider score utilizes heuristic data that may indicate a data access rate and/or a cost of data access, for the respective first data provider and second data provider. The request for data access can be routed to the data provider that comprises a desired provider score, where a desired provider score may indicate a desired rate of data access and/or cost of data access.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2011Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Wissam Kazan, Marcin Przysucha, Hemantha Ponnuru
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Patent number: 9292358Abstract: Users that access their personal information from a home computer typically only need access to data, and do not need to remotely control the desktops of their home computers. By providing a remote access server that coordinates access to the file system of a user device, such as a home computer, a remote device, such as a mobile phone, can send commands to the user device. The remote device sends requests including commands to the server. The user device periodically requests these commands from the server. An application on the user device processes these commands, and in response provides the requested information to the server. The server responds to the requests from the remote device with the requested information from the user device.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2011Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Wissam Kazan, Marcin Przysucha, Aleksandra Kopczynska, Hemantha Ponnuru, Gnana Kasturi Ganapathy, Elizabeth Evans
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Publication number: 20160034182Abstract: A system described herein includes a receiver component that receives an indication that a user has selected a first selectable buttontab in a toolbar installed in a client application. The system further includes a display component that causes a dashboard to be displayed on a display device in response to receipt of the indication that the user has selected the buttontab. The dashboard includes a content window that displays content and the buttontab, wherein the dashboard is a seamless visual combination of the buttontab and the content window.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Felipe Luis Naranjo, Wissam Kazan, Kevin Michael Babbitt, Russell Scott Randall, Daniel Gwozdz
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Publication number: 20160028782Abstract: Within a social network, a user may establish a set of contacts who share with the user various content items and comments related thereto. However, these content items are often hosted by a content source outside of the social network, and the user may have to transition to the content source to view the content item, and then transition back to the social network to submit a comment. Instead, a device may monitor the social network to record shared content items. When the user requests a presentation of the content source, the content items hosted by the content source that have been shared with the user may be included in the presentation. The presentation of the content source may also accept comments from the user regarding a content item, and send the comments to the social network where the content item was shared with the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Wissam Kazan, Amanda Font, Mona Akmal, Samuel DeKoven Grossberg, Francislav P. Penov, Benjamin Nicholas Truelove, Vasudha Chandrasekaran, Shazaan Bahrainwala
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Patent number: 9189122Abstract: A system described herein includes a receiver component that receives an indication that a user has selected a first selectable buttontab in a toolbar installed in a client application. The system further includes a display component that causes a dashboard to be displayed on a display device in response to receipt of the indication that the user has selected the buttontab. The dashboard includes a content window that displays content and the buttontab, wherein the dashboard is a seamless visual combination of the buttontab and the content window.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2009Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Felipe Luis Naranjo, Wissam Kazan, Kevin Michael Babbitt, Russell Scott Randall, Daniel Gwozdz
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Patent number: 9153000Abstract: Within a social network, a user may establish a set of contacts who share with the user various content items and comments related thereto. However, these content items are often hosted by a content source outside of the social network, and the user may have to transition to the content source to view the content item, and then transition back to the social network to submit a comment. Instead, a device may monitor the social network to record shared content items. When the user requests a presentation of the content source, the content items hosted by the content source that have been shared with the user may be included in the presentation. The presentation of the content source may also accept comments from the user regarding a content item, and send the comments to the social network where the content item was shared with the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2010Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Wissam Kazan, Amanda Font, Mona Akmal, Samuel DeKoven Grossberg, Francislav P. Penov, Benjamin Nicholas Truelove, Vasudha Chandrasekaran, Shazaan Bahrainwala
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Patent number: 8683311Abstract: A method described herein includes receiving data that identifies a web page, wherein the data that identifies the web page is desirably displayed to a first individual and resolving the web page to generate a markup language document, wherein the markup language document comprises unstructured data. The method also includes extracting portions of the markup language document and generating a structured data object, wherein the structured data object includes the portions of the markup language document. The method further includes causing a summary of the web page to be displayed to the first individual, wherein the summary of the web page is based at least in part upon the structured data object.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2009Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Francislav P. Penov, Patrick Jakubowski, Wissam Kazan, Amandeep S. Ghag, György K. Schadt
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Publication number: 20130110979Abstract: In one embodiment, a mobile device 102 may execute a mobile client 104 to access a remote client 108 on a remote computer device 110. A mobile client 104 may connect to a data network 106. The mobile client 104 may establish a peer-to-peer connection with a remote client 108 executing on a remote computer device 110 over the data network 106.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2011Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Rui Zhu, Wissam Kazan, Keping Zhao, Michael Thomas
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Publication number: 20130019027Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for providing efficient synchronized data access. A request to access data on a first data provider is received. The requested data on the first data provider is synchronized with a second data provider, such that the first and second data providers respectively comprise a same version of the requested data. A provider score can respectively be determined for the first data provider and for the second data provider, where the provider score utilizes heuristic data that may indicate a data access rate and/or a cost of data access, for the respective first data provider and second data provider. The request for data access can be routed to the data provider that comprises a desired provider score, where a desired provider score may indicate a desired rate of data access and/or cost of data access.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Wissam Kazan, Marcin Przysucha, Hemantha Ponnuru
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Publication number: 20120317237Abstract: Users that access their personal information from a home computer typically only need access to data, and do not need to remotely control the desktops of their home computers. By providing a remote access server that coordinates access to the file system of a user device, such as a home computer, a remote device, such as a mobile phone, can send commands to the user device. The remote device sends requests including commands to the server. The user device periodically requests these commands from the server. An application on the user device processes these commands, and in response provides the requested information to the server. The server responds to the requests from the remote device with the requested information from the user device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2011Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Wissam Kazan, Marcin Przysucha, Aleksandra Kopczynska, Hemantha Ponnuru, Gnana Kasturi Ganapathy, Elizabeth Evans
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Publication number: 20120150971Abstract: Within a social network, a user may establish a set of contacts who share with the user various content items and comments related thereto. However, these content items are often hosted by a content source outside of the social network, and the user may have to transition to the content source to view the content item, and then transition back to the social network to submit a comment. Instead, a device may monitor the social network to record shared content items. When the user requests a presentation of the content source, notifications of the content items hosted by the content source that have been shared with the user, including an identifier of the contact sharing the content item with the user (e.g., a depiction or avatar representation of the contact and a link to a social profile of the contact) may be included in the presentation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2010Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Shazaan Bahrainwala, Wissam Kazan, Amanda Font, Mona Akmal, Francislav P. Penov, Patrick Jakubowski, Benjamin Nicholas Truelove, Vasudha Chandrasekaran
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Publication number: 20120151383Abstract: Within a social network, a user may establish a set of contacts who share with the user various content items and comments related thereto. However, these content items are often hosted by a content source outside of the social network, and the user may have to transition to the content source to view the content item, and then transition back to the social network to submit a comment. Instead, a device may monitor the social network to record shared content items. When the user requests a presentation of the content source, the content items hosted by the content source that have been shared with the user may be included in the presentation. The presentation of the content source may also accept comments from the user regarding a content item, and send the comments to the social network where the content item was shared with the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2010Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Wissam Kazan, Amanda Font, Mona Akmal, Samuel DeKoven Grossberg, Francislav P. Penov, Benjamin Nicholas Truelove, Vasudha Chandrasekaran, Shazaan Bahrainwala
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Patent number: 8005801Abstract: A method and system for optimizing data storage in a storage device. A trigger corresponding to predefined events is received, initiating the optimization of file storage in a storage device. The files are sorted into a list of candidate files according to metadata corresponding to each of the files. A subset of the sorted list of files is selected for compression, based on the position of the candidate files in the sorted list of candidate files. The files comprising the subset of sorted files is compressed by reducing the files in size. The metadata corresponding to the compressed files is updated to reflect the event of the compression.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2008Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Wissam Kazan, Adrain Chandley
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Publication number: 20110145698Abstract: A method described herein includes receiving data that identifies a web page, wherein the data that identifies the web page is desirably displayed to a first individual and resolving the web page to generate a markup language document, wherein the markup language document comprises unstructured data. The method also includes extracting portions of the markup language document and generating a structured data object, wherein the structured data object includes the portions of the markup language document. The method further includes causing a summary of the web page to be displayed to the first individual, wherein the summary of the web page is based at least in part upon the structured data object.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2009Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Francislav P. Penov, Patrick Jakubowski, Wissam Kazan, Amandeep S. Ghag, György K. Schadt