Patents by Inventor James E. Oker

James E. Oker 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).

  • Adaptive meeting management
    Patent number: 9111263
    Abstract: A template and/or knowledge associated with a synchronous meeting are obtained by a computing device. The computing device then adaptively manages the synchronous meeting based at least in part on the template and/or knowledge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jin Li, James E. Oker, Rajesh K. Hegde, Dinei Afonso Ferreira Florencio, Michel Pahud, Sharon K. Cunnington, Philip A. Chou, Zhengyou Zhang
  • Generating media presentations
    Patent number: 8261177
    Abstract: A presentation application provides for authoring and playback of a presentation. A presentation is an interactive collection of activities. An activity may include one or more frames, wherein each frame includes one or more modules. A module may consist of media content such as video, text, images or other content. A user may provide input during playback of the presentation. In response to the input, the module or frame receiving the input may call an action on a presentation activity, frame or module, thereby allowing the user to navigate through the presentation and accomplish objectives. When authoring a presentation, a user may associate a user initiated event or internally generated event with a module action. Authoring may be performed through an authoring interface provided by an authoring tool. The authoring tool may save a presentation as a package which can be distributed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Vinay Krishnaswamy, James E. Oker, Ravipal S. Soin, Ramraj Rajkumar, Stephane Comeau, Patrick Schreiber
  • Adaptive Meeting Management
    Publication number: 20100318399
    Abstract: A template and/or knowledge associated with a synchronous meeting are obtained by a computing device. The computing device then adaptively manages the synchronous meeting based at least in part on the template and/or knowledge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Li, James E. Oker, Rajesh K. Hegde, Dinei Afonso Ferreira Florencio, Michel Pahud, Sharon K. Cunnington, Philip A. Chou, Zhengyou Zhang
  • GENERATING MEDIA PRESENTATIONS
    Publication number: 20070294619
    Abstract: A presentation application provides for authoring and playback of a presentation. A presentation is an interactive collection of activities. An activity may include one or more frames, wherein each frame includes one or more modules. A module may consist of media content such as video, text, images or other content. A user may provide input during playback of the presentation. In response to the input, the module or frame receiving the input may call an action on a presentation activity, frame or module, thereby allowing the user to navigate through the presentation and accomplish objectives. When authoring a presentation, a user may associate a user initiated event or internally generated event with a module action. Authoring may be performed through an authoring interface provided by an authoring tool. The authoring tool may save a presentation as a package which can be distributed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vinay Krishnaswamy, James E. Oker, Ravipal S. Soin, Ramraj Rajkumar, Stephane Comeau, Patrick Schreiber