Patents by Inventor Kiran Phani Kaja

Kiran Phani Kaja 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).

  • Automated user identification for cross-platform group and device collaboration
    Patent number: 11232179
    Abstract: In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for providing cross-device access to group features are presented. A facial image input may be received from a user. A determination may be made that the user is not associated with a group having access to one or more sets of features accessible from the device. An authorization request may be sent to an owner account associated with the device for adding the user to the group. A request to add the user to the group may be received via the authorization request. The user may be added to the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kiran Phani Kaja, Ashutosh Kumar, Michael Thomas McLean, Arjun Kumar Kalluri, Nathaniel Trent Potter
  • Relevant content surfacing in computer productivity platforms
    Patent number: 10999230
    Abstract: Techniques of relevant content surfacing in a computer productivity platform are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at an email server of the computer productivity platform, an email having a message body containing content and determining whether the content of the email contains a request to or a commitment by the user. In response to determining that the content of the email contains a request to or a commitment, inserting metadata containing one or more properties of the request or commitment into the email, the metadata. Then, when viewing of the content of the email by the user is detected, the computer productivity platform is queried for additional content using the properties of the request or commitment as keywords. The additional content is then surfaced to the user as being related to the content in the message body of the email.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ravin Sachdeva, Savio Mendes de Figueiredo, Mauricio Cunille Blando, Santosh Kumar, Kiran Phani Kaja, Haroon Dawood Barri, Alexey Razuvaev, Krish Gali, Kalyan Ayloo, Ryan Thomas Murphy, Shravya Konda, Luiz Gustavo Bustamante Magalhaes
  • AUTOMATED USER IDENTIFICATION FOR CROSS-PLATFORM GROUP AND DEVICE COLLABORATION
    Publication number: 20200302040
    Abstract: In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for providing cross-device access to group features are presented. A facial image input may be received from a user. A determination may be made that the user is not associated with a group having access to one or more sets of features accessible from the device. An authorization request may be sent to an owner account associated with the device for adding the user to the group. A request to add the user to the group may be received via the authorization request. The user may be added to the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Kiran Phani Kaja, Ashutosh Kumar, Michael Thomas McLean, Arjun Kumar Kalluri, Nathaniel Trent Potter
  • RELEVANT CONTENT SURFACING IN COMPUTER PRODUCTIVITY PLATFORMS
    Publication number: 20190364003
    Abstract: Techniques of relevant content surfacing in a computer productivity platform are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at an email server of the computer productivity platform, an email having a message body containing content and determining whether the content of the email contains a request to or a commitment by the user. In response to determining that the content of the email contains a request to or a commitment, inserting metadata containing one or more properties of the request or commitment into the email, the metadata. Then, when viewing of the content of the email by the user is detected, the computer productivity platform is queried for additional content using the properties of the request or commitment as keywords. The additional content is then surfaced to the user as being related to the content in the message body of the email.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Ravin Sachdeva, Savio Mendes de Figueiredo, Mauricio Cunille Blando, Santosh Kumar, Kiran Phani Kaja, Haroon Dawood Barri, Alexey Razuvaev, Krish Gali, Kalyan Ayloo, Ryan Thomas Murphy, Shravya Konda, Luiz Gustavo Bustamante Magalhaes