Patents by Inventor Michael Han-Young Kim

Michael Han-Young Kim 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).

  • Website navigation via a voice user interface
    Patent number: 10175938
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for navigation on the World Wide Web using voice commands. The name of a website may be called out by users several different ways. A user may speak the entire URL, a portion of the URL, or a name of the website which may bear little resemblance to the URL. The present technology uses rules and heuristics embodied in various software engines to determine the best candidate website based on the received voice command, and then navigates to that website.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew S. Zeigler, Michael Han-Young Kim, Rodger William Benson, Raman Kumar Sarin
  • WEBSITE NAVIGATION VIA A VOICE USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20150143241
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for navigation on the World Wide Web using voice commands. The name of a website may be called out by users several different ways. A user may speak the entire URL, a portion of the URL, or a name of the website which may bear little resemblance to the URL. The present technology uses rules and heuristics embodied in various software engines to determine the best candidate website based on the received voice command, and then navigates to that website.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew S. Zeigler, Michael Han-Young Kim, Rodger William Benson, Raman Kumar Sarin
  • INTEGRATED VOICE COMMAND MODAL USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20120110456
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for providing a NUI system including a speech reveal mode where visual objects on a display having an associated voice command are highlighted. This allows a user to quickly and easily identify available voice commands, and also enhances an ability of a user to learn voice commands as there is a direct association between an object and its availability as a voice command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vanessa Larco, Alan T. Shen, Michael Han-Young Kim
  • HEURISTIC EVENT CLUSTERING OF MEDIA USING METADATA
    Publication number: 20110093466
    Abstract: Event clusters are create based on a first metadata and second metadata of the electronic document. The event clusters are associated with an event id and each electronic document is associated with the event identifier of its corresponding event cluster. A user may then browse or otherwise access the electronic documents based on the event identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Han-Young Kim, Andrew S. Ivory, Ignatius Setiadi
  • Heuristic event clustering of media using metadata
    Patent number: 7860866
    Abstract: Even clusters are created based n a first metadata and second metadata of the electronic document. The event clusters are associated with an event id and each electronic document is associated with the event identifier of it corresponding event cluster. A user may then browse or otherwise access the electronic documents based on the event identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Han-Young Kim, Andrew S. Ivory, Ignatius Setiadi
  • HEURISTIC EVENT CLUSTERING OF MEDIA USING METADATA
    Publication number: 20090248688
    Abstract: Even clusters are created based n a first metadata and second metadata of the electronic document. The event clusters are associated with an event id and each electronic document is associated with the event identifier of it corresponding event cluster. A user may then browse or otherwise access the electronic documents based on the event identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Han-Young Kim, Andrew S. Ivory, Ignatius Setiadi