Michael A Affronti, 43162 S Portland Ave UNIT 2, Brooklyn, NY 11217

8402096, Mar 19, 2013

Jun 24, 2008

12/144642

Michael Affronti - Seattle WA, US
Andrew Brauninger - Seattle WA, US
Robert Emmett Mccann - Redmond WA, US
James Edelen - Seattle WA, US
Jorge Pereira - Seattle WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 15/16
H04W 4/00
G06F 15/177

709206, 709204, 455466, 715734

Automatic conversation techniques are described. An apparatus may comprise a computing device having an incoming message module operative to receive an incoming message, a conversation identification module communicatively coupled to the incoming message module, the conversation identification module operative to determine the incoming message is part of a conversation thread, and associate the incoming message with the conversation thread by setting a conversation identifier property of the incoming message to a conversation identifier for the conversation thread, and a conversation manager module communicatively coupled to the conversation identification module, the conversation manager module operative to determine a conversation rule is associated with the conversation thread, and apply the conversation rule to the incoming message. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

8631079, Jan 14, 2014

Jun 20, 2008

12/142851

Michael Anthony Affronti - Seattle WA, US
Andrew Russell Brauninger - Seattle WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 15/16

709206, 709205, 709207

Technologies are described herein for displaying a list of file attachments associated with a message thread an email application. The messages associated with the message thread are identified, along with any file attachments attached to those messages. An aggregated attachment list is generated containing an entry for each file attachment associated with the message thread. The aggregated attachment list associated with the message thread is then displayed in a window of the email application.

2006012, Jun 8, 2006

Oct 14, 2005

11/250662

Cameron Stillion - Redmond WA, US
Glenn Frankel - Atlanta GA, US
Michael Affronti - Seattle WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 17/30

707010000

A sharing infrastructure is directed at providing a framework for sharing resources between initiators and participants. The sharing infrastructure is designed to manage and direct various sharing providers, articulate information about sharing relationships, and to provide a framework for pluggable data sharing, data discovery, schema translation, and conflict resolution. The infrastructure allows for common sharing operations to be implemented in a more centralized fashion, and eases the cost of implementing new sharing providers. An extensible and pluggable provider model eases remote and local configuration; schema mapping; and protocol handling. A sharing protocol is defined that relates to establishing and managing a sharing relationship.

2007003, Feb 15, 2007

Aug 15, 2005

11/204897

Michael Affronti - Seattle WA, US
Aaron Hartwell - Duvall WA, US
Ina Teegan - Bellevue WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 15/16

709206000

Syndication feed resources, such as those adhering to the Really Simply Syndication (RSS) protocol are accessed, and syndication feed items are acquired from syndication feeds that are available. The syndication feed items are converted to a format compatible with an electronic mail module of an information workflow application so that the converted syndication feed items may be handled by the information workflow application as if they are electronic mail messages. The converted syndicated feed items may be assigned an account within the information workflow application and be synchronized according to the synchronization schedule set forth and may be delivered to the location that is also set forth including a mail folder where electronic mail messages are also placed. Additionally, the converted syndicated feed items may be displayed in a window or preview pane, forwarded, flagged, handled according to user-defined and application-defined mail rules for electronic mail messages, etc.

2009023, Sep 17, 2009

Mar 11, 2008

12/046432

Melissa Rodden Morrell MacBeth - Seattle WA, US
Ryan Edward Gregg - Redmond WA, US
Jesse Clay Satterfield - Seattle WA, US
Andrew Mark Coates - Redmond WA, US
Kumiko Yada - Renton WA, US
Richard P. Grutzmacher - Seattle WA, US
Michael Anthony Affronti - Seattle WA, US
Owen C. Braun - Seattle WA, US

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

G06F 3/048
G06F 15/16

715780, 709206, 715835, 715808, 715809

Technologies are described herein for providing users of a messaging application with controls that perform one or more selected actions with a message. Any number of default custom action controls may be displayed in a gallery. The selection of a custom action control performs various actions to an active message. New custom action controls may be created and existing controls modified to provide any number of desired actions. Dialogs provide user-friendly interfaces that allow a user to assign the desired functionality to a custom action control. The custom action controls may be organized into groups and shared between messaging applications and computers.

2009031, Dec 24, 2009

Jun 20, 2008

12/142927

Robert Emmett McCann - Seattle WA, US
Michael Anthony Affronti - Seattle WA, US
Andrew Russell Brauninger - Seattle WA, US
Jorge Pereira - Seattle WA, US

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

G06F 3/00

715752

Technologies are described herein for a user interface uniting two primary components, a list view and a reading pane, within a message reading application. Technologies are also described for synchronizing status and parameters between the two primary user interface components. In particular, a user interface for reading messages can represent all components of a conversation with both a list view for presenting a message map, and a reading pane for presenting a content view. The list view can present a list of messages grouped by conversation. The reading pane window can contain smaller windows or frames. Each of the smaller windows or frames can contain a message within a given conversation. Synchronization provided between the list view and a reading pane can allow message selection in one of the user interface components to cause display and selection of the corresponding message in the other user interface component.

2009031, Dec 24, 2009

Jun 24, 2008

12/145498

Michael Anthony Affronti - Seattle WA, US
Nathaniel Eric Breskin-Auer - Bellevue WA, US
Robert Emmett McCann - Seattle WA, US

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

G06F 15/16
G06F 3/048

715753, 709228

Technologies are described herein for providing multi-modal communication through modal-specific interfaces. In one method, a communication in a first modality is received from a first interface across a computer network. The communication is converted into a second modality. Upon converting the communication into the second modality, the communication is provided to a second interface across the computer network.

2009032, Dec 31, 2009

Jun 27, 2008

12/147611

Robert Emmett McCann - Redmond WA, US
Michael Affronti - Seattle WA, US
Andrew Brauninger - Redmond WA, US
James Edelen - Redmond WA, US

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

G06F 3/048
G06F 17/30

715853, 707 3, 707E17108

Techniques for the aggregate and hierarchical display of grouped items spanning multiple storage locations are described. Some techniques may aggregate items in response to user input identifying a scope for item retrieval. The user input may identify a scope such as selection of a local storage location or a search query for retrieving items. The aggregated items may span multiple storage locations and include items within the identified scope and related items outside the identified scope. A group of aggregated items are presented in a hierarchical display within a user interface. The hierarchical display may visually differentiate items inside and outside of the identified scope, and may identify parent-child relationship between related items. An aggregate header for the group of aggregated items may be displayed indicating total items in the group and a status for items in the group within the identified scope. Other embodiments are described and claimed.