Patents by Inventor Sean E. Kollenkark
Sean E. Kollenkark 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).
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Publication number: 20230376497Abstract: Various embodiments provide a so-called companion experience in which content consumed on a primary screen can serve as a source for an automatic search that returns related content that can be presented on an auxiliary screen. The companion experience can be considered to reside in a layer that can be moved across different screens. The different screens can include different physical screens, such as those associated with different computing devices, or the same physical screen in which the companion experience would be rendered in a frame or sub-window.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Sean E. KOLLENKARK, Andrew P. OAKLEY, Cory J. CIRRINCIONE, Douglas D. BERRETT, Joseph L. MCCLANAHAN
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Patent number: 11762872Abstract: Various embodiments provide a so-called companion experience in which content consumed on a primary screen can serve as a source for an automatic search that returns related content that can be presented on an auxiliary screen. The companion experience can be considered to reside in a layer that can be moved across different screens. The different screens can include different physical screens, such as those associated with different computing devices, or the same physical screen in which the companion experience would be rendered in a frame or sub-window.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Sean E. KollenKark, Andrew P. Oakley, Cory J. Cirrincione, Douglas D. Berrett, Joseph L. McClanahan
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Publication number: 20220284016Abstract: Various embodiments provide a so-called companion experience in which content consumed on a primary screen can serve as a source for an automatic search that returns related content that can be presented on an auxiliary screen. The companion experience can be considered to reside in a layer that can be moved across different screens. The different screens can include different physical screens, such as those associated with different computing devices, or the same physical screen in which the companion experience would be rendered in a frame or sub-window.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Sean E. KOLLENKARK, Andrew P. OAKLEY, Cory J. CIRRINCIONE, Douglas D. BERRETT, Joseph L. MCCLANAHAN
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Patent number: 11372877Abstract: Various embodiments provide a so-called companion experience in which content consumed on a primary screen can serve as a source for an automatic search that returns related content that can be presented on an auxiliary screen. The companion experience can be considered to reside in a layer that can be moved across different screens. The different screens can include different physical screens, such as those associated with different computing devices, or the same physical screen in which the companion experience would be rendered in a frame or sub-window.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Sean E. Kollenkark, Andrew P. Oakley, Cory J. Cirrincione, Douglas D. Berrett, Joseph L. McClanahan
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Publication number: 20200110743Abstract: Various embodiments provide a so-called companion experience in which content consumed on a primary screen can serve as a source for an automatic search that returns related content that can be presented on an auxiliary screen. The companion experience can be considered to reside in a layer that can be moved across different screens. The different screens can include different physical screens, such as those associated with different computing devices, or the same physical screen in which the companion experience would be rendered in a frame or sub-window.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Sean E. KOLLENKARK, Andrew P. OAKLEY, Cory J. CIRRINCIONE, Douglas D. BERRETT, Joseph L. MCCLANAHAN
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Patent number: 10534789Abstract: Various embodiments provide a so-called companion experience in which content consumed on a primary screen can serve as a source for an automatic search that returns related content that can be presented on an auxiliary screen. The companion experience can be considered to reside in a layer that can be moved across different screens. The different screens can include different physical screens, such as those associated with different computing devices, or the same physical screen in which the companion experience would be rendered in a frame or sub-window.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Sean E. Kollenkark, Andrew P. Oakley, Cory J. Cirrincione, Douglas D. Berrett, Joseph L. McClanahan
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Patent number: 10489414Abstract: Various embodiments provide a so-called companion experience in which content consumed on a primary screen can serve as a source for an automatic search that returns related content that can be presented on an auxiliary screen. The companion experience can be considered to reside in a layer that can be moved across different screens. The different screens can include different physical screens, such as those associated with different computing devices, or the same physical screen in which the companion experience would be rendered in a frame or sub-window.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2010Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Sean E. Kollenkark, Andrew P. Oakley, Cory J. Cirrincione, Douglas D. Berrett, Joseph L. McClanahan
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Publication number: 20170357701Abstract: Various embodiments provide a so-called companion experience in which content consumed on a primary screen can serve as a source for an automatic search that returns related content that can be presented on an auxiliary screen. The companion experience can be considered to reside in a layer that can be moved across different screens. The different screens can include different physical screens, such as those associated with different computing devices, or the same physical screen in which the companion experience would be rendered in a frame or sub-window.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2017Publication date: December 14, 2017Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Sean E. Kollenkark, Andrew P. Oakley, Cory J. Cirrincione, Douglas D. Berrett, Joseph L. McClanahan
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Patent number: 9307191Abstract: Disclosed is a method of transmitting video via a network and a user device and computer program product configured to implement the method. The method comprises transmitting video of one or more users, received from an image capture device, to at least another user device via the network; receiving information about a communication channel between the user device and the other user device and/or about one or more resources of the user device and/or the other user device; selecting characteristics from a plurality of visual user characteristics based on the received information; and controlling the video based on detection of the selected characteristics to track the selected characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2013Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Douglas D. Berrett, Lucian Dragne, Sean E. Kollenkark
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Publication number: 20150261835Abstract: Various embodiments provide a so-called companion experience in which content consumed on a primary screen can serve as a source for an automatic search that returns related content that can be presented on an auxiliary screen. The companion experience can be considered to reside in a layer that can be moved across different screens. The different screens can include different physical screens, such as those associated with different computing devices, or the same physical screen in which the companion experience would be rendered in a frame or sub-window.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Sean E. Kollenkark, Andrew P. Oakley, Cory J. Cirrincione, Douglas D. Berrett, Joseph L. McClanahan
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Publication number: 20150138308Abstract: Disclosed is a method of transmitting video via a network and a user device and computer program product configured to implement the method. The method comprises transmitting video of one or more users, received from an image capture device, to at least another user device via the network; receiving information about a communication channel between the user device and the other user device and/or about one or more resources of the user device and/or the other user device; selecting characteristics from a plurality of visual user characteristics based on the received information; and controlling the video based on detection of the selected characteristics to track the selected characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Douglas D. Berrett, Lucian Dragne, Sean E. Kollenkark
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Publication number: 20110246437Abstract: Various embodiments provide a so-called companion experience in which content consumed on a primary screen can serve as a source for an automatic search that returns related content that can be presented on an auxiliary screen. The companion experience can be considered to reside in a layer that can be moved across different screens. The different screens can include different physical screens, such as those associated with different computing devices, or the same physical screen in which the companion experience would be rendered in a frame or sub-window.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2010Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Sean E. Kollenkark, Andrew P. Oakley, Cory J. Cirrincione, Douglas D. Berrett, Joseph L. McClanahan