Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Paul J Roy

Mark Wagner

Aaron DeYonker

Majd Bakar

Stuart Ozer

Victor S Lee

Michael James Miles

Cale Carter

Stefan David Weitz

Andrew J Jaffray

Pradeep K Jha

Ambarish Chitnis

Gregory Bershansky

Arthesh Satish Kumar

Jeffrey W Huth

Dinko Bajric

Somenath Dey

Alex Polak

Amiya Gupta

Khalid Al-Azzawe

Richard Masao Hawes

Methods and devices for determining third party content to display on one or more webpages may include receiving an identification of at least one third party content for analysis. The methods and devices may include receiving third party content performance metric information for the at least one third party content based on an analysis of the at least one third party content. The methods and devices may include determining whether the third party content performance metric information is within a performance threshold level and sending a third party content control message that prevents the at least one third party content from presentation on the webpage based at least on the third party content performance metric information exceeding the performance threshold level.

Web page performance improvement system

Various embodiments pertain to techniques for decreasing an amount of time to a browser onload event by asynchronously loading web page content. In various embodiments, frames are utilized to trigger an onload event before all content in a web page is loaded. In some embodiments, various components of the web page, such as advertisements, are provided in frames, and the loading of the components is triggered by an onload event of the frame. In other words, an empty frame can be provided for the purposes of triggering both a frame onload event and an onload event for the web page. The frame onload event can cause a page script to be executed effective to load the components into the frames. In some embodiments, two or more nested frames are utilized to provide asynchronous loading of web page components while maintaining compatibility of the advertisement or multimedia items and the web page.

Reducing ad impact to browser onload event

A gateway controls access to a region of a network by either granting or denying a client machine access to the network region based on whether a particular program is running on the client machine. A program is installed on the client machine which sends a detectable indication that the program is running. When it is detected that the program is running, the gateway allows the client machine access to the network region. When the program is not detected to be running, the gateway denies the client machine access to the network region.

Network access control based on program state

Techniques and processes for subsidizing network access via content and advertising revenue are described. In one implementation, a user installs a context bar tool on the user's computing device. To access a network (e.g., a wireless network), the user activates the context bar tool and requests access to a network, such as the Internet. A network services provider detects the context bar tool and provides network access to the user. A content and ads service gathers content and advertising and populates a context bar graphic interface that is displayed on the user's device with the content and advertising. Providers of the content and advertising pay for this exposure and thus generate revenue that can be used to offset the cost of providing the network access and other network services.

Contextually aware client application

Systems and methods for remotely scheduling tasks that are transmitted to a set top box and implemented on the set top box. A task service includes a website that provides program guide data to users. From the program guide data, a user selects a task. The website generates a notification that includes the task and certain identifiers, including a set top box identifier and a sequence number. The notification is sent to a notification service, that repeatedly sends the notification to a broadcast service. The broadcast service ensures that the notification is transmitted to the set top box. The set top box detects the notification from the set top box identifier and implements the task on the set top box unless the task has been previously handled.

Remote task scheduling for a set top box

A pipeline may include a first stage and a second stage for executing data processing services and a data host communicatively coupled to the first and second stages. The data host provides for storing and communicating data, wherein the storing and communicating are asynchronous one to another. Execution of the first data processing service is asynchronous with respect to execution of the second data processing service.

Asynchronous pipeline

Systems and methods for remotely scheduling tasks that are transmitted to a set top box and implemented on the set top box. A task service includes a website that provides program guide data to users. From the program guide data, a user selects a task. The website generates a notification that includes the task and certain identifiers, including a set top box identifier and a sequence number. The notification is sent to a notification service, that repeatedly sends the notification to a broadcast service. The broadcast service ensures that the notification is transmitted to the set top box. The set top box detects the notification from the set top box identifier and implements the task on the set top box unless the task: has been previously handled.

Methods, systems, and computer program products for generating a data stream for broadcast to one or more client systems. A source identifier identifies where the data for the data stream may be obtained. Scheduling information associated with the identifier determines when the data should be added to the data stream for broadcast. The data is requested and received from the data source using the identifier and added to the data stream to arrive at the one or more client systems in accordance with the scheduling information. The generated data stream may comprise one or more sub-streams. The scheduling information may be checked or validated to assure consistency and accuracy. Client systems may simultaneously receive data, including real-time data, from multiple sources.

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Paul J Roy