Patents by Inventor Stephen J. Adelson

Stephen J. Adelson 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: 11120210
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software for enhancing document productivity. In one implementation, various entries in a document are examined to identify at least an entry recognizable as an entity that is potentially related to at least one of various additional entities external to the document. At least a subset of the additional entities may be identified for surfacing in a user interface for potential inclusion in the document. In response to a selection of at least one of the subset of the additional entities, at least the one additional entity of the subset of the additional entities is included in the document in association with the entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nickolas D. Welton, Benjamin E. Rampson, Stephen J. Adelson
  • Patent number: 10599314
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software for enhancing document productivity. In at least one implementation, an attempt to add a data connection in a document is identified. In response to identifying the attempt to add the data connection in the document, at least one other document is identified as relevant to the attempt. A suggestion may be surfaced in a user interface that identifies at least a portion of the one other documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nickolas Welton, Benjamin E. Rampson, Stephen J. Adelson, L. Stephen Lobo
  • Publication number: 20170357428
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software for enhancing document productivity. In at least one implementation, an attempt to add a data connection in a document is identified. In response to identifying the attempt to add the data connection in the document, at least one other document is identified as relevant to the attempt. A suggestion may be surfaced in a user interface that identifies at least a portion of the one other documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Nickolas Welton, Benjamin E. Rampson, Stephen J. Adelson, L. Stephen Lobo
  • Patent number: 9778833
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software for enhancing document productivity. In at least one implementation, an attempt to add a data connection in a document is identified. In response to identifying the attempt to add the data connection in the document, at least one other document is identified as relevant to the attempt. A suggestion may be surfaced in a user interface that identifies at least a portion of the one other documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nickolas Welton, Benjamin E. Rampson, Stephen J. Adelson, L. Stephen Lobo
  • Publication number: 20160018974
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software for enhancing document productivity. In at least one implementation, an attempt to add a data connection in a document is identified. In response to identifying the attempt to add the data connection in the document, at least one other document is identified as relevant to the attempt. A suggestion may be surfaced in a user interface that identifies at least a portion of the one other documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Nickolas Welton, Benjamin E. Rampson, Stephen J. Adelson, L. Stephen Lobo
  • Publication number: 20160019198
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software for enhancing document productivity. In one implementation, various entries in a document are examined to identify at least an entry recognizable as an entity that is potentially related to at least one of various additional entities external to the document. At least a subset of the additional entities may be identified for surfacing in a user interface for potential inclusion in the document. In response to a selection of at least one of the subset of the additional entities, at least the one additional entity of the subset of the additional entities is included in the document in association with the entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Nickolas D. Welton, Benjamin E. Rampson, Stephen J. Adelson