Patents by Inventor Samuel Ying-Lam CHEUNG

Samuel Ying-Lam CHEUNG 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: 11327928
    Abstract: A system for dynamically displaying specific sections of a file depending on a user identity is provided. The system utilizes access control data to enable an author to generate and share a file with a number of consumers and have each recipient view a customized set of sections of the file depending on access permissions associated with each recipient. The file can be in any format, e.g., a word processing document, presentation document, a media file, or any other file having a number of sections. A section of a file can be any definitive unit of data, such as a page, slide, tab, worksheet, video segment, audio segment, etc. Permissions can be based on a user's permission level, work history, skill level, role in an organization, title, etc. The system can also prevent access to certain sections of a file depending on the permissions associated with a consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Catherine W. Neylan, Samuel Ying-Lam Cheung, Peter Fintan Leonard, Liyin Xue, Jennifer Michelstein Halberstam, Erez Kikin-Gil
  • Patent number: 10839148
    Abstract: A system for composing storyline content in multiple productivity applications is provided. The productivity applications are each configured with an authoring pane and a storyline pane. Each productivity application has an authoring pane configured to display and edit the contents of a particular file type. Portions of the content displayed in the authoring pane are selected for the purposes of composing a presentation and the selected content is displayed in the storyline pane. The storyline pane of each application is synchronized to enable users to work within each application and view a current version of the presentation that is being composed while also viewing authored content specific to each application. The selected content displayed in a storyline pane can be used to generate formatted storyline data. The storyline data can be in a Web-based format, a presentation file, a multi-frame image file, a video file, or any other suitable format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Catherine W. Neylan, Samuel Ying-Lam Cheung, Peter Fintan Leonard, Liyin Xue, Jennifer Michelstein Halberstam, Erez Kikin-Gil
  • Publication number: 20190129929
    Abstract: A system for composing storyline content in multiple productivity applications is provided. The productivity applications are each configured with an authoring pane and a storyline pane. Each productivity application has an authoring pane configured to display and edit the contents of a particular file type. Portions of the content displayed in the authoring pane are selected for the purposes of composing a presentation and the selected content is displayed in the storyline pane. The storyline pane of each application is synchronized to enable users to work within each application and view a current version of the presentation that is being composed while also viewing authored content specific to each application. The selected content displayed in a storyline pane can be used to generate formatted storyline data. The storyline data can be in a Web-based format, a presentation file, a multi-frame image file, a video file, or any other suitable format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Catherine W. NEYLAN, Samuel Ying-Lam CHEUNG, Peter Fintan LEONARD, Liyin XUE, Jennifer Michelstein HALBERSTAM, Erez KIKIN-GIL
  • Publication number: 20190129968
    Abstract: A system for dynamically displaying specific sections of a file depending on a user identity is provided. The system utilizes access control data to enable an author to generate and share a file with a number of consumers and have each recipient view a customized set of sections of the file depending on access permissions associated with each recipient. The file can be in any format, e.g., a word processing document, presentation document, a media file, or any other file having a number of sections. A section of a file can be any definitive unit of data, such as a page, slide, tab, worksheet, video segment, audio segment, etc. Permissions can be based on a user's permission level, work history, skill level, role in an organization, title, etc. The system can also prevent access to certain sections of a file depending on the permissions associated with a consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Catherine W. NEYLAN, Samuel Ying-Lam CHEUNG, Peter Fintan LEONARD, Liyin XUE, Jennifer Michelstein HALBERSTAM, Erez KIKIN-GIL