Patents by Inventor Zachary L. Russell

Zachary L. Russell 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: 11061939
    Abstract: A system for dynamic content delivery is provided. The system includes a control component to determine location, preferences, and state of a user. A delivery component dynamically selects and provides content to the user as a function of the user's location, preferences, and state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin T. Shields, William T. Flora, Bret P. O'Rourke, John Mark Miller, Eric P. Wilfrid, Nigel S. Keam, Steven N. Bathiche, Oliver R. Roup, Zachary L. Russell, Marc Randall Whitten
  • Publication number: 20190278790
    Abstract: A system for dynamic content delivery is provided. The system includes a control component to determine location, preferences, and state of a user. A delivery component dynamically selects and provides content to the user as a function of the user's location, preferences, and state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Kevin T. Shields, William T. Flora, Bret P. O'Rourke, John Mark Miller, Eric P. Wilfrid, Nigel S. Keam, Steven N. Bathiche, Oliver R. Roup, Zachary L. Russell, Jon Marcus Randall Whitten
  • Patent number: 10331708
    Abstract: A system for dynamic content delivery is provided. The system includes a control component to determine location, preferences, and state of a user. A delivery component dynamically selects and provides content to the user as a function of the user's location, preferences, and state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin T. Shields, William T. Flora, Bret P. O'Rourke, John Mark Miller, Eric P. Wilfrid, Nigel S. Keam, Steven N. Bathiche, Oliver R. Roup, Zachary L. Russell, Jon Marcus Randall Whitten
  • Patent number: 8100756
    Abstract: A system that facilitates enhancing a game, game play or playability of a game may include an experience component, a game component and an alteration component. The experience component can collect a portion of data related to a game in which the portion of data indicates at least one of a tip or a tactic for the game. The game component can dynamically incorporate the portion of data into the game during game play to enhance playability of such game for a user with assistance provided by at least one of the tip or the tactic. The alteration component may alter the game during game play.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bret P. O'Rourke, Eric P. Wilfrid, Nigel S. Keam, Steven Bathiche, James M. Alkove, Zachary L. Russell, Jon Marcus Randall Whitten, Boyd C. Multerer, Andrew D. Wilson
  • Patent number: 7653875
    Abstract: Systems and methods directed at providing browser sensitive web content are provided. A web server is configured to receiving a request from a client and to identify a browser in the client from which the request was initiated. A browser specific cascading style sheet (CSS) corresponding to the identified browser is determined. The browser specific CSS includes instructions that enable the browser to handle elements that are provided by a certain version of a CSS standard. The web server incorporates the browser specific CSS into web content and provides the web content with the browser specific CSS to the client in response to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Claire A. Jennings, Douglas A. Boyce, Zachary L. Russell
  • Publication number: 20090088233
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates enhancing a game, game play or playability of a game. An experience component can collect a portion of data related to a game in which the portion of data indicates at least one of a tip or a tactic for the game. A game component can dynamically incorporate the portion of data into the game during game play to enhance playability of such game for a user with assistance provided by at least one of the tip or the tactic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bret P. O'Rourke, Eric P. Wilfrid, Nigel S. Keam, Steven Bathiche, James M. Alkove, Zachary L. Russell, Jon Marcus Randall Whitten, Boyd C. Multerer, Andrew D. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20090006551
    Abstract: A system for sharing collective information is provided. The system includes a profile component that receives information regarding a user's profile. A detection component determines profiles of other users related to the user's profile and a content component relays data associated with the other users in view of the user's profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shai Guday, Nigel Stuart Keam, Steven N. Bathiche, James Morris Alkove, Zachary L. Russell, Jon Marcus Randall Whitten, Boyd C. Multerer, Andrew David Wilson
  • Publication number: 20090005079
    Abstract: A system for dynamic content delivery is provided. The system includes a control component to determine location, preferences, and state of a user. A delivery component dynamically selects and provides content to the user as a function of the user's location, preferences, and state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin T. Shields, William T. Flora, Bret P. O'Rourke, John Mark Miller, Eric P. Wilfrid, Nigel S. Keam, Steven N. Bathiche, Oliver R. Roup, Zachary L. Russell, Jon Marcus Randall Whitten
  • Publication number: 20090002178
    Abstract: A system that facilitates personalized sensing is provided. The system includes a sensing component that determines one or more user states based in part on a detected context and a mood component that employs the detected user states to indicate a dynamic condition of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shai Guday, Bret P. O'Rourke, Eric Peter Wilfrid, Zachary L. Russell, Boyd C. Multerer, Andrew David Wilson