William N Bliss, 50Lakewood, WA

5852436, Dec 22, 1998

Feb 18, 1997

8/803187

David C. Franklin - Seattle WA
Dean J. Hachamovitch - Seattle WA
William J. Bliss - Woodinville WA
David C. Tuniman - Redmond WA

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 314

345326

A screen saver program is provided within a computer system. The screen saver program includes a note facility for generating notes. The notes facility includes a note-taker interface. The screen saver program is run on the computer system and in response to receiving input from a user, the note-taker interface is displayed on a video display of the computer system. In response to input by the user via the note-taker interface, a note is created. Subsequently, the screen saver program is dismissed and the note is displayed on the video display when the screen saver is dismissed.

5923848, Jul 13, 1999

May 31, 1996

8/658840

David R. Goodhand - Seattle WA
Brian W. MacDonald - Bellevue WA
William J. Bliss - Medina WA
Scott A. Thurlow - Kirkland WA

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 300
G06F 1200

39520049

In an electronic mail system environment, a system and method for automatically checking recipients' names, providing message flags, providing custom forms, and providing an autoresponse feature. Recipients' names are resolved in the background, while the user of the e-mail system is composing the message. The user easily resolves ambiguous names by using a context menu. The resolved ambiguous names are automatically used to create nicknames, which are used to resolve ambiguous names in the future. Message flags allow a sender or recipient to identify required follow-up action and a deadline. The recipient may use the message flags to quickly determine which messages require follow-up action. The e-mail system notifies a recipient when a due date is approaching or when a follow-up action is past due. A custom forms feature allows a user to create and share custom forms without requiring the form to be published or installed by other user.

2016034, Nov 24, 2016

Jul 16, 2015

14/801067

- Redmond WA, US
Larry Waldman - Seattle WA, US
Chad Voss - Seattle WA, US
William J. Bliss - Los Angeles CA, US
Luis Efrain Regalado de Loera - Redmond WA, US

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Redmond WA

G06F 17/30
H04L 12/58
G06F 3/0484

Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure describe a collaborative communication system that may interface with one or more command resources. The collaborative communication system may comprise at least one memory and at least one processor operatively connected with the memory to execute operations. In response to command input being received during authoring in a user interface of the collaborative communication system, a query is processed and passed to a command resource. The query comprises parameters of the command input and a context associated with the authoring. A response is received from the command resource based on the parameters of the command input and the context. The response may comprise result data and parameters for interacting with the collaborative communication system. The result data is presented in the user interface of the collaborative communication system. Other examples are also described.