Patents by Inventor Valentina I. STRACHAN

Valentina I. STRACHAN 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).

  • Automating tasks for a user across their mobile applications
    Patent number: 11803415
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided that leverage existing information displayed or presented to a user by an app without requiring the integration of new libraries or requiring a user to use a specific app. Rather, methods and systems presented herein identify a task, select an app or multiple apps capable of performing the task, obtain information that may be required by the app or apps, determine a contextual understanding of what is displayed by the selected app or apps, and finally generate and automate the interaction with the app or apps such that the interaction with the app or apps is handled by an automation agent, allowing a user to stay focused on one or more tasks that the user needs to accomplish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Micheal Dunn, Gerald Haslhofer, Timothy C. Franklin, Nabeei Shahzad, Aarohi Arora, Deyuan Ke, Valentina I. Strachan
  • AUTOMATING TASKS FOR A USER ACROSS THEIR MOBILE APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20210303342
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided that leverage existing information displayed or presented to a user by an app without requiring the integration of new libraries or requiring a user to use a specific app. Rather, methods and systems presented herein identify a task, select an app or multiple apps capable of performing the task, obtain information that may be required by the app or apps, determine a contextual understanding of what is displayed by the selected app or apps, and finally generate and automate the interaction with the app or apps such that the interaction with the app or apps is handled by an automation agent, allowing a user to stay focused on one or more tasks that the user needs to accomplish.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Micheal DUNN, Gerald HASLHOFER, Timothy C. FRANKLIN, Nabeel SHAHZAD, Aarohi ARORA, Deyuan KE, Valentina I. STRACHAN