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).

  • Patent number: 10921983
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Felipe Luis Naranjo, Wissam Kazan, Kevin Michael Babbitt, Russell Scott Randall, Daniel Gwozdz
  • Patent number: 10893082
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Wissam Kazan, Amanda Font, Mona Akmal, Samuel DeKoven Grossberg, Francislav P. Penov, Benjamin Nicholas Truelove, Vasudha Chandrasekaran, Shazaan Bahrainwala
  • Patent number: 10867123
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Emre Mehmet Kiciman, Wissam Kazan, Chun-Kai Wang, Aaron C. Hoff, Felipe Luis Naranjo, Francislav P. Penov
  • Publication number: 20200012426
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Felipe Luis Naranjo, Wissam Kazan, Kevin Michael Babbitt, Russell Scott Randall, Daniel Gwozdz
  • Patent number: 10444986
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Felipe Luis Naranjo, Wissam Kazan, Kevin Michael Babbitt, Russell Scott Randall, Daniel Gwozdz
  • Patent number: 9716744
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Rui Zhu, Wissam Kazan, Keping Zhao, Michael Thomas
  • Patent number: 9294565
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Wissam Kazan, Marcin Przysucha, Hemantha Ponnuru
  • Patent number: 9292358
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Wissam Kazan, Marcin Przysucha, Aleksandra Kopczynska, Hemantha Ponnuru, Gnana Kasturi Ganapathy, Elizabeth Evans
  • Publication number: 20160034182
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Felipe Luis Naranjo, Wissam Kazan, Kevin Michael Babbitt, Russell Scott Randall, Daniel Gwozdz
  • Publication number: 20160028782
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Wissam Kazan, Amanda Font, Mona Akmal, Samuel DeKoven Grossberg, Francislav P. Penov, Benjamin Nicholas Truelove, Vasudha Chandrasekaran, Shazaan Bahrainwala
  • Patent number: 9189122
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Felipe Luis Naranjo, Wissam Kazan, Kevin Michael Babbitt, Russell Scott Randall, Daniel Gwozdz
  • Patent number: 9153000
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Wissam Kazan, Amanda Font, Mona Akmal, Samuel DeKoven Grossberg, Francislav P. Penov, Benjamin Nicholas Truelove, Vasudha Chandrasekaran, Shazaan Bahrainwala
  • Patent number: 8683311
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Francislav P. Penov, Patrick Jakubowski, Wissam Kazan, Amandeep S. Ghag, György K. Schadt
  • Publication number: 20130110979
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Rui Zhu, Wissam Kazan, Keping Zhao, Michael Thomas
  • Publication number: 20130019027
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Wissam Kazan, Marcin Przysucha, Hemantha Ponnuru
  • Publication number: 20120317237
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Wissam Kazan, Marcin Przysucha, Aleksandra Kopczynska, Hemantha Ponnuru, Gnana Kasturi Ganapathy, Elizabeth Evans
  • Publication number: 20120150971
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shazaan Bahrainwala, Wissam Kazan, Amanda Font, Mona Akmal, Francislav P. Penov, Patrick Jakubowski, Benjamin Nicholas Truelove, Vasudha Chandrasekaran
  • Publication number: 20120151383
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Wissam Kazan, Amanda Font, Mona Akmal, Samuel DeKoven Grossberg, Francislav P. Penov, Benjamin Nicholas Truelove, Vasudha Chandrasekaran, Shazaan Bahrainwala
  • Patent number: 8005801
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Wissam Kazan, Adrain Chandley
  • Publication number: 20110145698
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Francislav P. Penov, Patrick Jakubowski, Wissam Kazan, Amandeep S. Ghag, György K. Schadt