Patents by Inventor Timothy M. Cleary

Timothy M. Cleary 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).

  • Variable graphical representations based upon graph-node distance
    Patent number: 11948208
    Abstract: A system and method for presenting different graphical representations of a user to different end-users in a network-based communication environment are provided. A first end-user has a first a social distance from a user in a social graph while a second end-user has a second social distance from the user that is further than the first social distance in the social graph. A first graphical representation is provided in the network-based communication environment displayed to the first end-user and a second graphical representation different from the first graphical representation is provided in the network-based communication environment displayed to the second end-user. The difference between the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation is based on the difference between the first social distance and the second social distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Emma Ryan, Sandeep Siddhartha, Jatin Patel, Timothy M. Cleary