Christopher Neil Evans
Dentist in Redmond, WA

6795967, Sep 21, 2004

Jan 26, 1999

09/238133

Christopher A. Evans - Redmond WA
Christopher T. Sager - Stanwood WA
Darren Mitchell - Seattle WA

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 300

719310, 719320, 717121

An operating system registry contains multiple “identities. ” One of these identities is designated the current identity. An application executing on a multitasking computer system uses information stored in the current identity to configure the application, for example to provide a user-specific user interface. When an application opens, it registers with an identity manager using objects known as “connection points. ” To switch identities, a user supplies the name of an identity to switch to. The identity manager then uses the registered connection points to query each of the applications for permission to switch identities. If all the registered connection points grant permission to switch identities, then the identity manager switches the current identity by changing information in the registry. The identity manager then notifies all applications, via their registered connection points, that a change to the registry has been made so that the applications can take appropriate action.

6799286, Sep 28, 2004

Apr 21, 2000

09/556494

Christopher A. Evans - Redmond WA
Giampiero M. Sierra - Seattle WA
Jennifer L. Shetterly - Bellevue WA
Satoshi Nakajima - Redmond WA
Todd Berkebile - Bellevue WA

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 1100

714 57, 345710, 713202

Methods and arrangements are provided that automatically display error information during a logon process or other similar process. The method and arrangements automatically display error information associated with a user input field through the use of non-modal display mechanisms within a graphical user interface. The method and arrangements monitor user input activities and automatically stop displaying the error information upon subsequent user input. The methods and arrangements may also stop the display of the error information after a defined period of time has elapsed. A tip balloon is one type of a non-modal display mechanism that does require the user to respond and does not interfere graphically and/or operationally with the ongoing graphical user interface supported process.

2004000, Jan 8, 2004

Jun 27, 2002

10/183657

Craig Bellinson - Bellevue WA, US
Christopher Evans - Sammamish WA, US
Harry Fravert - Redmond WA, US
William Taylor - Kirkland WA, US

G06F015/173

709/225000, 709/229000

The present invention provides a system and method for controlling whether a user may access certain Internet sites when using a computer. The system and method are carried out on a personal computer having a local ratings cache, a cache refresher, a local ratings interpreter and an allow-block list. When the computer user attempts to access an Internet site referenced by a specified Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”), the invention determines whether the URL is referenced on the allow-block list and, if so, allows or disallows access to the site referenced by the URL accordingly. If the URL is not referenced on the allow-block list, the invention obtains a content category from either the local ratings cache or, if not contained therein, a ratings service. If the content category may be viewed by a person in the user's age group, as determined by reference to an age group map cross-referencing age group to permissibly viewable categories for each such age group, the local ratings interpreter permits access to the Internet site referenced by the specified URL; otherwise, access is not allowed. A copy of the settings for the user, such as the age group, the allow-block list and the age group map, are stored on a content settings service so that the user's settings can be accessed and used on any computer the user is operating.

7137066, Nov 14, 2006

Apr 5, 2001

09/827993

Roland L. Fernandez - Woodinville WA, US
Christopher A. Evans - Sammamish WA, US
Richard W. Stoakley - Seattle WA, US
Scott S. Hysom - Bellevue WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 3/00, G06F 3/14

715522, 715744, 715762, 715765

A binary theme file format provides optimized access to retrieve graphical component theme property data. The binary format includes data structures storing a set of defined visual characteristics for graphical component classes, parts, and states. The data structure includes a hierarchy of theme data. A theme manager quickly retrieves theme property data by indexing into the binary file with a unique theme handle. The theme manager accesses state, part, class, and global property sections to retrieve theme data. Jump tables and jump-to-parent references allow for quickly traversing property data sections. Packed data sections have packed objects having the necessary property data for frequently used graphical components. A custom image region data section provides border data for nontransparent image borders. A sampled colors section facilitates rendering of images with solid sections.

2006022, Oct 5, 2006

Mar 30, 2005

11/093921

Jordan Schwartz - Seattle WA, US
Christopher Evans - Sammamish WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 9/00

715730000

A method and apparatus for displaying media describe automatically processing metadata of each of a plurality of shared media objects to determine a display characteristic, and automatically displaying each of the plurality of shared media objects according to its display characteristic. A system for displaying media describes a media library to store a plurality of shared media objects and metadata of each of the plurality of shared media objects, a processor to automatically determine a display characteristic based on the metadata of each of the plurality of shared media objects, and a passive media display apparatus to automatically display each of the plurality of shared media objects according to its display characteristic. The display characteristic may be order, duration, frequency, transition, and effect.

2005027, Dec 8, 2005

Aug 10, 2005

11/200565

Giampiero Sierra - Seattle WA, US
Christopher Evans - Sammamish WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F009/00, G06F009/44

713001000, 713002000, 717115000

Methods and arrangements are provided that can be used to identify users to an operating system during initialization through an advanced graphical user interface (GUI). The resulting GUI can be visually compelling and functional while advantageously remaining easy for the developer to create, maintain and modify. A markup language rendering engine is loaded substantially near the beginning of an operating system initialization procedure, and provided with markup language code that solicits at least one user input associated with a user logon process when rendered by the markup language rendering engine. The markup language code can be written in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Dynamic HTML, eXtensible Markup Language (XML), eXtensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML), Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML), etc.

7818789, Oct 19, 2010

Jan 24, 2008

12/019438

Craig Adam Beilinson - Bellevue WA, US
Raymond J. Chen - Redmond WA, US
Ramkumar Ramasubramanian - Bellevue WA, US
Dennis L. Davis - Bothell WA, US
Christopher A. Evans - Sammamish WA, US
Eric R. Flo - Sammamish WA, US
Sterling M. Reasor - Bellevue WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 21/00, G06F 15/16

726 4, 726 1, 726 17

This invention is directed to provide a method for enabling an administrator to monitor and selectively limit the computer functions available to a user. The method is carried out on a personal computer by an administrator, and administrator decisions can be enforced on other personal computers in a local network. The invention enables an administrator to restrict a user's logon hours, logon duration, access to computer functions, and access to applications based on content rating. In addition, the administrator may temporarily restrict or extend normally allowed access privileges. The invention also allows for the monitoring, auditing, and reporting of a user's computer function usage to an administrator.

2010008, Apr 8, 2010

Sep 28, 2009

12/586922

Jeffrey David Henshaw - Redmond WA, US
Alexander Irvin Hopmann - Seattle WA, US
Christopher Andrew Evans - Sammamish WA, US
Daniel Evan Socolof - Las Vegas NV, US

Deep Rock Drive Partners Inc. - Las Vegas NV

G06Q 50/00, G06Q 30/00, G06Q 10/00

705 5, 705 145, 705 10, 705 9, 705 1445

Ticket scarcity management system adjusts event promotion and ticketed sales methodologies to maintain optimal sales conditions for an interactive event.

2009011, May 7, 2009

Sep 9, 2008

12/207398

Robert A. Relyea - Bellevue WA, US
Jeffrey L. Bogdan - Bellevue WA, US
Richard W. Stoakley - Seattle WA, US
Gregory L. Raiz - Bellevue WA, US
Roland L. Fernandez - Woodinville WA, US
Aaron B. Tinling - Seattle WA, US
Christopher A. Evans - Sammamish WA, US
Louis Amadio - Sammamish WA, US

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

G06F 17/00

715234

A programming interface provides functions for generating applications, documents, media presentations and other content. These functions allow developers to obtain services from an operating system, object model service, or other system or service.

7441182, Oct 21, 2008

Oct 23, 2003

10/692453

Craig Beilinson - Bellevue WA, US
Benjamin L. Perry - Seattle WA, US
Christopher A. Evans - Sammamish WA, US
Clint Jorgenson - Carnation WA, US
Jae Pum Park - Redmond WA, US
Linda Hong - Kirkland WA, US
Pritvinath Obla - Kirkland WA, US
Anthony T. Chor - Bellevue WA, US
Wei Feng - Seattle WA, US
Alexander Castro - Issaquah WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 17/00

715229, 715201, 382181

Systems and methods for digital negatives are described. In one aspect, a digital negative is created on a computing device from a digital image. The digital image is linked to the digital negative. In response to a save operation associated with the digital image, a new digital image is generated and bi-directionally connected to the digital negative. In response to a revert operation associated with the new digital image, contents of the new digital image are replaced with contents of the digital negative.