Patents by Inventor Christopher Hugh Pratley
Christopher Hugh Pratley has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20180101822Abstract: A cloud-based broker service may be provided for computing devices in a distributed computing environment. The broker service may aggregate user accounts and user account credentials utilized for accessing online services by the computing devices. The broker service may monitor a context of the computing devices associated with the user accounts. The broker service may then utilize the context, data associated with the user accounts and data associated with the user account credentials to automate tasks and/or provide alerts associated with the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Gary L. Caldwell, Steven Paul Geffner, C. Joe Coplen, Christopher Hugh Pratley, Michael H. Ammerlaan, Steven Todd Zaske
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Patent number: 9842316Abstract: A cloud-based broker service may be provided for computing devices in a distributed computing environment. The broker service may aggregate user accounts and user account credentials utilized for accessing online services by the computing devices. The broker service may monitor a context of the computing devices associated with the user accounts. The broker service may then utilize the context, data associated with the user accounts and data associated with the user account credentials to automate tasks and/or provide alerts associated with the data.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2015Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Gary L. Caldwell, Steven Paul Geffner, C. Joe Coplen, Christopher Hugh Pratley, Michael H. Ammerlaan, Steven Todd Zaske
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Publication number: 20160092404Abstract: Technologies are described herein for obtaining and processing intent-based feedback. Authored content may be generated by the use of one or more layouts. The generated layouts may then be utilized to present the content to the author or other user. The author may further provide feedback to request the generated layout be adjusted or re-generated. The feedback may include overriding feedback that overrides the intent interpretation used in the layout, and/or intent feedback that changes or adds more intent data for the content data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Karim Farouki, Joshua Axelrod, David Benjamin Lee, Christopher Hugh Pratley, Jennifer Michelstein Halberstam, Dusan Lukic, Dragan Slaveski, Milos Lazarevic, Milos Raskovic
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Publication number: 20160092405Abstract: Technologies are described herein for content authoring based on user intent. During content authoring, intent data can be obtained along with content data. The intent data may be obtained directly from the author or inferred from documents related to the content data. The intent data indicates the author's intent as to how to present the content data without utilizing explicit formatting instructions. A layout may be generated for the content data based on the intent data. Additional data may be utilized to generate the layout, such as the capabilities of a display device and the preferences of the content consumer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: David Benjamin Lee, Karim Farouki, Ilya Tumanov, Nathaniel George Freier, Zeyad Rajabi, Jennifer Michelstein Halberstam, Benoît Barabé, Douglas Maxwell Taylor, Lana Michelle Millson, Christopher Hugh Pratley
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Publication number: 20160085786Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for transforming data into consumable content. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a computing device can execute a transformation engine for transforming data into the consumable content. The computing device can be configured to analyze the data to identify relationships within data elements or other portions of the data. The computing device also can determine a visualization model to apply to the data and to choose a world based upon the determined visualization model. The computing device can obtain rules associated with the selected or chosen world, and can apply the rules to the data to generate the output. In some embodiments, the computing device can be configured to obtain and apply feedback to the output.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Jennifer Michelstein Halberstam, David Benjamin Lee, Nathaniel George Freier, Katrika Morris, Christopher Hugh Pratley, Brett David Brewer, Sarah Faulkner, Steven Richard Hollasch, Ilya Tumanov
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Publication number: 20160078405Abstract: A cloud-based broker service may be provided for computing devices in a distributed computing environment. The broker service may aggregate user accounts and user account credentials utilized for accessing online services by the computing devices. The broker service may monitor a context of the computing devices associated with the user accounts. The broker service may then utilize the context, data associated with the user accounts and data associated with the user account credentials to automate tasks and/or provide alerts associated with the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Gary L. Caldwell, Steven Paul Geffner, C. Joe Coplen, Christopher Hugh Pratley, Michael H. Ammerlaan, Steven Todd Zaske
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Patent number: 9244533Abstract: Techniques for managing a presentation of information in a gesture-based system, where gestures are derived from a user's body position or motion in the physical space, may enable a user to use gestures to control the manner in which the information is presented or to otherwise interact with the gesture-based system. A user may present information to an audience to an audience using gestures that control aspects of the system, or multiple users may work together using gestures to control aspects of the system. Thus, in an example embodiment, a single user can control the presentation of information to the audience via gestures. In another example embodiment, multiple participants can share control of the presentation via gestures captured by a capture device or otherwise interact with the system to control aspects of the presentation.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2009Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Joseph F. Friend, Christopher Hugh Pratley, Ashok Kuppusamy, Steven Bathiche, Robert Scott Dietz
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Patent number: 9208216Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for transforming data into consumable content. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a computing device can execute a transformation engine for transforming data into the consumable content. The computing device can be configured to analyze the data to identify relationships within data elements or other portions of the data. The computing device also can determine a visualization model to apply to the data and to choose a world based upon the determined visualization model. The computing device can obtain rules associated with the selected or chosen world, and can apply the rules to the data to generate the output. In some embodiments, the computing device can be configured to obtain and apply feedback to the output.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2015Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jennifer P Michelstein, David Benjamin Lee, Nathaniel George Freier, Katrika Morris, Christopher Hugh Pratley, Brett David Brewer, Sarah Faulkner, Steven Richard Hollasch, Ilya Tumanov
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Patent number: 9195968Abstract: A cloud-based broker service may be provided for computing devices in a distributed computing environment. The broker service may aggregate user accounts and user account credentials utilized for accessing online services by the computing devices. The broker service may monitor a context of the computing devices associated with the user accounts. The broker service may then utilize the context, data associated with the user accounts and data associated with the user account credentials to automate tasks and/or provide alerts associated with the data.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2011Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Gary L. Caldwell, Steven Paul Geffner, C. Joe Coplen, Christopher Hugh Pratley, Michael H. Ammerlaan, Steven Todd Zaske
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Patent number: 9146115Abstract: A location enhanced meeting service (“LEM Service”) may provide a geographical based map indicating meeting locations for a selected day. The user can view locations of meetings for a scheduled day, along with travel times. Conditions impacting travel time may be provided to the user along with updated estimated travel times and suggested alternative routes. The scale of the map may be based on the geographical diversity of the attendees. A user can view a location enhanced meeting map for particular meeting, and obtain directions to the meeting. The user can also request to view attendee's locations to the meeting on the map prior to the meeting. If an attendee is expected to be late, the user may establish a voice conference with that attendee. If a user is expected to be late to a meeting, the user may provide a notification to the other attendees of the meeting.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2011Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Steven Paul Geffner, Gary Caldwell, C. Joe Coplen, Christopher Hugh Pratley, Michael Ammerlaan, Steve Zaske
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Publication number: 20150199605Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for creating variations when transforming data into consumable content. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a computing device can execute a transformation engine for transforming data into the consumable content. The computing device can be configured to analyze the data to identify relationships among data elements or other portions of the data, and to identify any possible approaches to transforming the data (“worlds”) based upon the relationships and the data. The worlds can be ranked and selected based upon rank. The computing device can obtain rules associated with the selected and apply the rules to the data to generate the output. In some embodiments, the computing device can be configured to obtain and apply feedback regarding the world selection.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2015Publication date: July 16, 2015Inventors: Jennifer P. Michelstein, David Benjamin Lee, Katrika Morris, Christopher Hugh Pratley, Sarah Faulkner, Steven Richard Hollasch, Nathaniel George Freier, Hai Liu, Chad Garrett Waldman, Brett David Brewer
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Publication number: 20150178376Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for transforming data into consumable content. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a computing device can execute a transformation engine for transforming data into the consumable content. The computing device can be configured to analyze the data to identify relationships within data elements or other portions of the data. The computing device also can determine a visualization model to apply to the data and to choose a world based upon the determined visualization model. The computing device can obtain rules associated with the selected or chosen world, and can apply the rules to the data to generate the output. In some embodiments, the computing device can be configured to obtain and apply feedback to the output.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2015Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Jennifer P Michelstein, David Benjamin Lee, Nathaniel George Freier, Katrika Morris, Christopher Hugh Pratley, Brett David Brewer, Sarah Faulkner, Steven Richard Hollasch, lIya Tumanov
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Patent number: 9009092Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for creating variations when transforming data into consumable content. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a computing device can execute a transformation engine for transforming data into the consumable content. The computing device can be configured to analyze the data to identify relationships among data elements or other portions of the data, and to identify any possible approaches to transforming the data (“worlds”) based upon the relationships and the data. The worlds can be ranked and selected based upon rank. The computing device can obtain rules associated with the selected and apply the rules to the data to generate the output. In some embodiments, the computing device can be configured to obtain and apply feedback regarding the world selection.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2012Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jennifer Michelstein, David Benjamin Lee, Katrika Morris, Christopher Hugh Pratley, Sarah Faulkner, Steven Richard Hollasch, Nathaniel George Freier, Hai Liu, Chad Garrett Waldman, Brett David Brewer
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Patent number: 8990140Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for transforming data into consumable content. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a computing device can execute a transformation engine for transforming data into the consumable content. The computing device can be configured to analyze the data to identify relationships within data elements or other portions of the data. The computing device also can determine a visualization model to apply to the data and to choose a world based upon the determined visualization model. The computing device can obtain rules associated with the selected or chosen world, and can apply the rules to the data to generate the output. In some embodiments, the computing device can be configured to obtain and apply feedback to the output.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jennifer Michelstein, David Benjamin Lee, Nathaniel George Freier, Katrika Morris, Christopher Hugh Pratley, Brett David Brewer, Sarah Faulkner, Steven Richard Hollasch, Ilya Tumanov
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Publication number: 20140025619Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for creating variations when transforming data into consumable content. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a computing device can execute a transformation engine for transforming data into the consumable content. The computing device can be configured to analyze the data to identify relationships among data elements or other portions of the data, and to identify any possible approaches to transforming the data (“worlds”) based upon the relationships and the data. The worlds can be ranked and selected based upon rank. The computing device can obtain rules associated with the selected and apply the rules to the data to generate the output. In some embodiments, the computing device can be configured to obtain and apply feedback regarding the world selection.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jennifer Michelstein, David Benjamin Lee, Katrika Morris, Christopher Hugh Pratley, Sarah Faulkner, Steven Richard Hollasch, Nathaniel George Freier, Hai Liu, Chad Garrett Waldman, Brett David Brewer
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Publication number: 20130332475Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for transforming data into consumable content. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a computing device can execute a transformation engine for transforming data into the consumable content. The computing device can be configured to analyze the data to identify relationships within data elements or other portions of the data. The computing device also can determine a visualization model to apply to the data and to choose a world based upon the determined visualization model. The computing device can obtain rules associated with the selected or chosen world, and can apply the rules to the data to generate the output. In some embodiments, the computing device can be configured to obtain and apply feedback to the output.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2012Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jennifer Michelstein, David Benjamin Lee, Nathaniel George Freier, Katrika Morris, Christopher Hugh Pratley, Brett David Brewer, Sarah Faulkner, Steven Richard Hollasch, Ilya Tumanov
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Patent number: 8584020Abstract: A system (and corresponding method) that employs wiki-type models to consider authoring rather than composition in an application environment is provided. The innovation enables collaborative information and templates to be used to enhance quality, productivity, etc. within a software application environment. These wiki-type models can provide features, functions and benefits related to, but not limited to, general information, auto-fills, formats, schema, conversions, preferences, etc.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2007Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Ajitesh Kishore, Brian Meek, Christopher Hugh Pratley, Alexander G. Gounares, Lewis Charles Levin
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Publication number: 20130096813Abstract: A location enhanced meeting service (“LEM Service”) may provide a geographical based map indicating meeting locations for a selected day. The user can view locations of meetings for a scheduled day, along with travel times. Conditions impacting travel time may be provided to the user along with updated estimated travel times and suggested alternative routes. The scale of the map may be based on the geographical diversity of the attendees. A user can view a location enhanced meeting map for particular meeting, and obtain directions to the meeting. The user can also request to view attendee's locations to the meeting on the map prior to the meeting. If an attendee is expected to be late, the user may establish a voice conference with that attendee. If a user is expected to be late to a meeting, the user may provide a notification to the other attendees of the meeting.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Steven Paul Geffner, Gary Caldwell, C. Joe Coplen, Christopher Hugh Pratley, Michael Ammerlaan, Steve Zaske
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Publication number: 20130067549Abstract: A cloud-based broker service may be provided for computing devices in a distributed computing environment. The broker service may aggregate user accounts and user account credentials utilized for accessing online services by the computing devices. The broker service may monitor a context of the computing devices associated with the user accounts. The broker service may then utilize the context, data associated with the user accounts and data associated with the user account credentials to automate tasks and/or provide alerts associated with the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Gary L. Caldwell, Steven Paul Geffner, C. Joe Coplen, Christopher Hugh Pratley, Michael H. Ammerlaan, Steven Todd Zaske
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Patent number: D798335Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2016Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Burns Montgomery, Valerie Rosen, Christopher Hugh Pratley, Erez Kikin Gil, David Mark Alexander, Yasuhiko Mori