Patents by Inventor Pauline CHAO

Pauline CHAO 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).

  • Patent number: 11089132
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of providing extensibility with regard to a context-aware digital personal assistant. For instance, a description of a capability of a target (e.g., a software target) may be received. Examples of a target include but are not limited to an application (e.g., a software application), a service, a bot, and a website. In a first example, a digital personal assistant may be caused to perform operation(s) based at least in part on a context of a user. In a second example, whether the digital personal assistant performs operation(s) that are configured to be triggered by first aspect(s) of the context of the user is controlled based at least in part on second aspect(s) of the context of the user. The operation(s) include notifying the user of the capability and/or implementing the capability on behalf of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christian Liensberger, Pauline Chao, Henrik Frystyk Nielsen, Harris Syed, Jonathan E. Hamaker, Paul S. Bloom, Keith C. Herold, Erez Altus, Hen Fitoussi
  • Publication number: 20170289305
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of providing extensibility with regard to a context-aware digital personal assistant. For instance, a description of a capability of a target (e.g., a software target) may be received. Examples of a target include but are not limited to an application (e.g., a software application), a service, a bot, and a website. In a first example, a digital personal assistant may be caused to perform operation(s) based at least in part on a context of a user. In a second example, whether the digital personal assistant performs operation(s) that are configured to be triggered by first aspect(s) of the context of the user is controlled based at least in part on second aspect(s) of the context of the user. The operation(s) include notifying the user of the capability and/or implementing the capability on behalf of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Christian Liensberger, Pauline Chao, Henrik Frystyk Nielsen, Harris Syed, Jonathan E. Hamaker, Paul S. Bloom, Keith C. Herold, Erez Altus, Hen Fitoussi
  • Publication number: 20130179208
    Abstract: A system for providing workflow task customization comprises a workflow design tool communicating with a shared application platform. The workflow design tool is configured to receive a task customization selection, receive an initial task property selection, and upon receiving the initial task property selection, display a task customization user interface within the workflow design tool, the task customization user interface configured to receive one or more task property selections and receive a selection of a workflow item association from one or more workflow items stored by the shared application platform. The workflow design tool is further configured to generate a task including the one or more task property selections and associate the selected workflow item to the task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel CHUNG, Chetan DANDEKAR, Pauline CHAO, Duhoi HEO, Hana LEE, Cosmin BARSAN