Patents by Inventor Taylor Lehman

Taylor Lehman 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).

  • Publication number: 20230362026
    Abstract: Example embodiments provide techniques for configuring a system to receive an input at a source device and present an output at another device within the same space as the source device. The output device may be selected based on various factors relating to the capabilities of the output device, the type of output responsive to the user input, whether the output device is active, whether the output device was recently used and others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Jatin Bajaj, Clare Elizabeth Veladanda, Tom Vessella, Gregg Taylor Lehman, Monty Eich
  • Patent number: 11665013
    Abstract: Example embodiments provide techniques for configuring a system to receive an input at a source device and present an output at another device within the same space as the source device. The output device may be selected based on various factors relating to the capabilities of the output device, the type of output responsive to the user input, whether the output device is active, whether the output device was recently used and others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jatin Bajaj, Clare Elizabeth Veladanda, Tom Vessella, Gregg Taylor Lehman, Monty Eich
  • Patent number: 11509525
    Abstract: Systems and methods for device control by a natural language processing system are disclosed. A user may desire to utilize a voice-enabled device to associate an accessory device with a hub device without having to utilize third-party software associated with the accessory device and/or the hub device. The user may provide a user utterance to associate the accessory device with the hub device. Audio data corresponding to the user utterance may be analyzed and utilized to generate and send directive data to a third-party remote system to transition the hub device to a join mode. Upon association completion, audio may be output confirming that the association has been established successfully.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hersh Sridhar Iyer, Willy Lew Yuk Vong, Venkatesh Krishnamoorthy, Gregg Taylor Lehman, Ramesh Kamasamodram
  • Patent number: 10623246
    Abstract: Systems and methods for device control by a natural language processing system are disclosed. A user may desire to utilize a voice-enabled device to associate an accessory device with a hub device without having to utilize third-party software associated with the accessory device and/or the hub device. The user may provide a user utterance to associate the accessory device with the hub device. Audio data corresponding to the user utterance may be analyzed and utilized to generate and send directive data to a third-party remote system to transition the hub device to a join mode. Upon association completion, audio may be output confirming that the association has been established successfully.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hersh Sridhar Iyer, Willy Lew Yuk Vong, Venkatesh Krishnamoorthy, Gregg Taylor Lehman, Ramesh Kamasamodram
  • Patent number: 10248192
    Abstract: A gaze target is recognized via an eye tracking camera. An application launcher is displayed, via a display, at the gaze target based on a user trigger. The application launcher presents a plurality of applications selectable for launching. A user selection of one of the plurality of applications is recognized. The application launcher is replaced with the selected one of the plurality of applications at the gaze target via the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Taylor Lehman, Kim Pascal Pimmel, Xerxes Beharry, Ranjib Badh, Jiashi Zhang
  • Patent number: 9426101
    Abstract: Systems and techniques of providing suggestions for email recipients to a user who is composing an email communications are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a user may register a plurality of email accounts with an email application. Once an email account is registered with the email application, contact data from each such registered email account may be received. In another embodiment, if the user employs a plurality of devices from which the user composes and/or sends email communications, device-specific contact information may also be received. Relevance metrics may be applied to such suggestions depending upon the contact data received from the various email accounts. Dynamic correction factor may be applied to such relevance metrics—e.g., a decay factor, decrement factor or the like that may or may not be time dependent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Long Zhou, John Morrow, Taylor Lehman, Shrivaths Iyengar, Vincent Celie, Michael Farnsworth
  • Publication number: 20160162020
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for a method of controlling a displayed position of an application launcher. An example method includes recognizing, via an eye-tracking camera, a gaze target, and responsive to a user trigger, displaying, via a display, an application launcher at the gaze target, the application launcher presenting a plurality of applications selectable for launching. The example method further includes recognizing a user selection of one of the plurality of applications, and replacing, via the display, the application launcher with the selected one of the plurality of applications at the gaze target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Taylor Lehman, Kim Pascal Pimmel, Xerxes Beharry, Ranjib Badh, Jiashi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150172245
    Abstract: A messaging application provides a user interface through which a user is presented a view of messages related to a selected contact. The message application processes messages based on contacts related to the messages. A user can select a contact and view the messages related to that contact. In a view of messages related to a contact, messages can be organized by threads, which include a plurality of messages from multiple entities. This view is generated based in part on a parameter of a message in each thread that is related to the selected contact. The threads can be ordered based on the last message in each thread from the selected contact. When selecting and displaying only unread messages, the system reveals threads which contain unread messages from the selected contact. A list of contacts that are frequent participants in messages can be identified automatically and set as favorites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: John Spivey, Geurt De Raad, Ashish Bhangale, Yuhki Yamashita, Taylor Lehman, Dahey Yoo, John Morrow, Long Zhou, Xerxes Beharry, Mackenzie Bechtel-Hall, Robert Tzeng
  • Publication number: 20140214976
    Abstract: Systems and techniques of providing suggestions for email recipients to a user who is composing an email communications are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a user may register a plurality of email accounts with an email application. Once an email account is registered with the email application, contact data from each such registered email account may be received. In another embodiment, if the user employs a plurality of devices from which the user composes and/or sends email communications, device-specific contact information may also be received. Relevance metrics may be applied to such suggestions depending upon the contact data received from the various email accounts. Dynamic correction factor may be applied to such relevance metrics—e.g., a decay factor, decrement factor or the like that may or may not be time dependent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Long Zhou, John Morrow, Taylor Lehman, Shrivaths Iyengar, Vincent Celie, Michael Farnsworth