Gursharan S Sidhu, 78928 13Th Ave E, Seattle, WA 98102

7620902, Nov 17, 2009

Apr 20, 2005

11/110622

Todd R. Manion - Redmond WA, US
Aaron W. Cunningham - Redmond WA, US
Noah Horton - Sammamish WA, US
Gursharan S. Sidhu - Seattle WA, US
Sandeep K. Singhal - Kirkland WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 3/048

715758, 715751, 715752, 715753, 715757, 715759, 715769, 709204

A computer implemented method and system enable users to create a social network providing access to other users. By providing access to such networks via a visual presentation, the system renders content available for access by other network members. Access is sometimes provided through propagation of metadata or other uniquely identifying indicia associated with the social network to all or at least certain other network members.

7631270, Dec 8, 2009

Jun 22, 2006

11/473761

Aaron W. Cunningham - Redmond WA, US
David Jones - Seattle WA, US
Marieke I. Watson - Redmond WA, US
Patrice Lynn Miner - Kirkland WA, US
Bill Begorre - Redmond WA, US
Gursharan S. Sidhu - Seattle WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 3/048

715772, 715771, 715779

Described is a technology by which network connectivity information may be communicated via a single notifications area (e. g. , system tray) icon, including by representing different images of the icon to display different types/states of connectivity and different types of media connections. For example, the icon may indicate whether Internet connectivity is present, and whether the connection is wired or wireless. The icon may regularly transition between at least two images to communicate different variables, e. g. , types of connectivity and/or different types of media connections. The icon may be interactive to provide a tooltip, flyout and/or context menu related to the network state, and the icon may change in response to the networking state change event, e. g. , be updated when a different capability connection is detected, when a different interface is detected, and/or when a wireless network with a different signal quality is detected.

7747568, Jun 29, 2010

Apr 7, 2006

11/400612

David Howell - Seattle WA, US
David Milstein - Redmond WA, US
Kuansan Wang - Bellevue WA, US
Linda Criddle - Kirkland WA, US
Michael D Malueg - Renton WA, US
Scott Forbes - Redmond WA, US
Gursharan Sidhu - Seattle WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 17/30
G06F 17/00

707610, 707999003, 707999004, 70799901

A method and system for collecting contextual information in order to provide a requested service is provided. A service provider and a user may exchange a conversation and/or contextual information relating to a service over a communication channel. Based on the received user contextual information, the server may determine an appropriate source for obtaining more information relating to the requested service from the user. The server contacts the appropriate source and obtains information from it. Additionally, the server identifies the user interfaces for collecting more information relating to the requested service from the user. The server may transmit a set of contextual information, such as embedded instructions for invoking the user interfaces on a user's device, over the communication channel. While the user interacts with the user interfaces, new user's contextual information may be obtained by the server.

7987355, Jul 26, 2011

Apr 21, 2006

11/408894

Gursharan Sidhu - Seattle WA, US
Noah Horton - Sammamish WA, US
Sandeep K. Singhal - Kirkland WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

H04L 29/00

713150, 713165, 713168, 713175, 713193

A system may publish authenticated contact information in a publicly available index store, retrieve the contact information, and validate it. The claimed method and system may provide a client-based, server optional approach to publishing. The publicly available index store may be a distributed hash table used in a peer-to-peer network. The system may be used in other secure directory service applications where a server may not be available or where server trust may be minimal.

8019067, Sep 13, 2011

Mar 7, 2006

11/370097

Jonathan J. Cadiz - Redmond WA, US
Gursharan S. Sidhu - Seattle WA, US
Jai Srinivasan - Kirkland WA, US
Xuedong Huang - Bellevue WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

H04M 3/42

37920104, 379225, 379219, 379156, 370259

A user interface for a telephone system may include a telephone portion operable to provide telephone administration functionality for each of a plurality of telephones of a telephone system. The telephone portion may include a telephone icon corresponding to at least one telephone of the plurality of telephones, the telephone icon operable to provide the telephone administration functionality for the at least one telephone. Other portions of the user interface may include an external line portion, an extension portion, or a user portion, which may include, respectively, an external line icon, an extension icon, and a user icon, where each icon may provide associated administration functionality. Accordingly, the user interface allows an administrator of the telephone system to easily view and administer the devices and elements of the telephone system.

8050255, Nov 1, 2011

May 10, 2006

11/432163

Gursharan S Sidhu - Seattle WA, US
Kuansan Wang - Bellevue WA, US
Michael D Malueg - Renton WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

H04L 12/66

370353, 370354, 370401, 704270, 709223

A method and system for routing a call connection signal and corresponding contextual information to an appropriate destination is provided. A call center and at least one user may exchange signals, and/or contextual information during a call set-up phase. Relevant contextual information and other detailed information may be identified and collected from their corresponding sources. Based on the relevant contextual information and other detailed information, one or more appropriate routed destinations may be determined. In addition, contextual information may be tailored for each of the determined routed destinations. The call connection signal and the tailored contextual information are routed to each routed destination. In this manner, necessary contextual information may be readily available for the routed destination at the time of the call connection and thus the routed destination can provide a faster service.

8069208, Nov 29, 2011

Apr 21, 2006

11/408895

Gursharan Sidhu - Seattle WA, US
Noah Horton - Sammamish WA, US
Sandeep K. Singhal - Kirkland WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 13/00

709206

A system for providing secure asynchronous message publishing and retrieval in a serverless environment. The system may be used on ad-hoc and segmented networks such as peer-to-peer networks. The system may provide a method of sending and storing asynchronous message requests/responses via a Distributed Hash Table (DHT), a method for establishing RSS feeds via the asynchronous messaging service, a method for publishing a request for Internet Message buddy authorization and of retrieving pending buddy requests.

8086842, Dec 27, 2011

Apr 21, 2006

11/408894

Gursharan Sidhu - Seattle WA, US
Noah Horton - Sammamish WA, US
Sandeep K. Singhal - Kirkland WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

H04L 29/00

713150, 713165, 713168, 713175, 713193

A system may publish authenticated contact information in a publicly available index store, retrieve the contact information, and validate it. The claimed method and system may provide a client-based, server optional approach to publishing. The publicly available index store may be a distributed hash table used in a peer-to-peer network. The system may be used in other secure directory service applications where a server may not be available or where server trust may be minimal.