Catherine A Wissink

US Patent:

8429626, Apr 23, 2013

Filed:

Feb 15, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/707655

Inventors:

Cameron B. Lerum - Renton WA, US
Catherine A. Wissink - Medina WA, US
Roxanne M. Seubert - Bellevue WA, US
Sushmita Subramanian - Redmond WA, US
Vivek R. Rao - Redmond WA, US
Yaron Hezroni - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/45
G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717143, 717100, 717110, 717142

Abstract:

Aspects of the present invention are directed at obtaining user feedback and causing a package of content updates to be created and distributed based on the received feedback. In accordance with one embodiment, a method is provided for creating a package that contains one or more content updates configured to change the content that is displayed by default when a program executes. More specifically, the method includes obtaining input that describes one or more content updates. In this regard, the input received may include the user-defined content that will be displayed when the program executes and the identity of the content displayed by default. Then, the method assembles selected content updates into a package that is suitable for transmission over a network connection. When the package is assembled, processing is provided that allows the content updates in the package to be implemented on a remote computing device.

US Patent:

20050091035, Apr 28, 2005

Filed:

Oct 22, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/691424

Inventors:

Michael Kaplan - Redmond WA, US
Catherine Wissink - Medina WA, US
Julie Bennett - Medina WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F017/20

US Classification:

704008000

Abstract:

A system and method is provided for handling the collation of linguistic symbols of different languages that may have various types of compressions (e.g., from 2-to-1 to 8-to-1). A symbol table of the symbols identified as Unicode code points is generated, with each symbol tagged with a highest compression type of that symbol by sorting the compression tables of the various languages. During a sorting operation with respect to a given string, the tag of a symbol in the string is checked to identify the highest compression type of compressions beginning with that symbol, and the compression tables for the language with compression types equal or lower than the highest compression type of the symbol are searched using a binary search method to find a matching compression for the symbols in the string. A common search module is used to perform binary searches through compression tables of different compression types.

US Patent:

20060100857, May 11, 2006

Filed:

Nov 5, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/981891

Inventors:

Catherine Wissink - Medina WA, US
Michael Kaplan - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/21

US Classification:

704010000

Abstract:

A user interface is provided to facilitate a collation creation process that automatically establishes collation support for sorted linguistic data. Through this user interface, the provider of the sorted linguistic data may participate in the collation creation process by answering queries concerning the sorted linguistic data. The provider's input is integrated into the sorted linguistic data before the collation creation process is applied to the sorted linguistic data. The user interface enables the interaction between the provider of the sorted linguistic data and the collation creation process. The user interface provides information concerning the sorted linguistic data, such as Unicode codepoints and character properties. The user interface provides visual cues identifying distinctions among the strings in the sorted linguistic data.

US Patent:

20060101015, May 11, 2006

Filed:

Nov 5, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/981843

Inventors:

Catherine Wissink - Medina WA, US
Michael Kaplan - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707006000

Abstract:

A collation creation process is provided to automatically establish collation support for sorted linguistic data. The sorted linguistic data is examined to determine if it matches an existing collation support. If not, a new collation support is created for the sorted linguistic data. The provider of the sorted linguistic data may participate in the collation creation process by answering queries concerning the sorted linguistic data. The provider's input is integrated into the sorted linguistic data before the collation creation process is applied to the sorted linguistic data. A user interface is provided that enables the interaction between the provider of the sorted linguistic data and the collation creation process. The user interface provides visual cues identifying distinctions among the strings in the sorted linguistic data.

US Patent:

20070226201, Sep 27, 2007

Filed:

Mar 24, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/388678

Inventors:

Cameron Lerum - Renton WA, US
Catherine Wissink - Medina WA, US
Emma Archer - Sammamish WA, US
Roxanne Seubert - Bellevue WA, US
Sushmita Subramanian - Redmond WA, US
Vivek Rao - Bellevue WA, US
Yaron Hezroni - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707004000

Abstract:

As a user interacts with a program, an object may be presented that, when invoked, allows the user to provide feedback about content encountered when using a program. In accordance with one embodiment, a method is provided that collects feedback from the user at a centralized computer system. The method includes allowing a user to generate an event in order to provide feedback while using a program. In response to the event being generated, the method collects a set of data that includes (1) contextual data from which the source of the content may be identified; (2) the identity of the content selected by the user; and (3) user generated feedback that describes an issue with the content. Then, the set of data is communicated from a computer associated with the user to a centralized computer system.

US Patent:

20090030903, Jan 29, 2009

Filed:

Feb 8, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/028725

Inventors:

Catherine A. Wissink - Medina WA, US
Michael S. Kaplan - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707 6, 707E17017

Abstract:

A collation creation process is provided to automatically establish collation support for sorted linguistic data. The sorted linguistic data is examined to determine if it matches an existing collation support. If not, a new collation support is created for the sorted linguistic data. The provider of the sorted linguistic data may participate in the collation creation process by answering queries concerning the sorted linguistic data. The provider's input is integrated into the sorted linguistic data before the collation creation process is applied to the sorted linguistic data. A user interface is provided that enables the interaction between the provider of the sorted linguistic data and the collation creation process. The user interface provides visual cues identifying distinctions among the strings in the sorted linguistic data.

US Patent:

20140019956, Jan 16, 2014

Filed:

Apr 22, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/867415

Inventors:

Microsoft Corporation - , US
Catherine A. Wissink - Medina WA, US
Roxanne M. Seubert - Bellevue WA, US
Sushmita Subramanian - Redmond WA, US
Vivek R. Rao - Redmond WA, US
Yaron Hezroni - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/445

US Classification:

717172

Abstract:

Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to obtaining user feedback and causing a package of content updates to be created and distributed based on the received feedback. In accordance with one embodiment, a method is provided for creating a package that contains one or more content updates that are configured for implementation on a remote device.

US Patent:

20150309787, Oct 29, 2015

Filed:

Jul 9, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/795654

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Catherine A. Wissink - Redmond WA, US
Roxanne M. Seubert - Redmond WA, US
Sushmita Subramanian - Redmond WA, US
Vivek R. Rao - Redmond WA, US
Yaron Hezroni - Redmond WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 9/445
H04L 29/08

Abstract:

Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to obtaining user feedback and causing a package of content updates to be created and distributed based on the received feedback. In accordance with one embodiment, a method is provided for creating a package that contains one or more content updates that are configured for implementation on a remote device.