Patents by Inventor William Dean Saulnier

William Dean Saulnier 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).

  • INTERACTIVE COMPONENTS FOR USER COLLABORATION
    Publication number: 20220109651
    Abstract: System and methods are directed to displaying interactive content with static content in a user interface of an application. More specifically, it may be determined that an interactive component is to be rendered in a user interface of a first application, where the user interface includes static content. In response to determining that the interactive component is it be rendered, at least one linking parameter may be determined for linking the interactive component with interactive content stored in a shared storage. Based on the at least one linking parameter, the interactive component may be rendered in the user interface of the first application in-line with the static content of the user interface of the first application. Changes to the interactive content made by a second user of a second application may then be updated within the interactive component rendered in the user interface of the first application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Yan Zhong LEIGH, Kyle Patrick CURLETT, Ankur LAL, Zohaib RAUF, Sathish Kumar Venkat RANGAM, Cosmin CATRINESCU, Jonathan Seth KAUFTHAL, Brian Daniel MEERSMA, Maya RODRIG, Humberto Lezama GUADARRAMA, Betsy Yu-pui MCINTYRE, William Dean SAULNIER, Jiuqing SONG, Arnavi Mahendra CHHEDA, Yue MA, Leeviana Peng GRAY, Barnabas James WHITFIELD, Andrei Valentinovich ZENKOVITCH
  • DISPLAYING A COUNTDOWN TIMER FOR A NEXT CALENDAR EVENT IN AN ELECTRONIC MAIL INBOX
    Publication number: 20200293998
    Abstract: An electronic mail (e-mail) display is generated for a user, showing a mailbox for the user. A next calendar item indication is persistently displayed on the e-mail display. The next calendar item includes a countdown timer showing a time until the next calendar item is scheduled to begin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Selvaraj NALLIAH, Deborah Eileen SOMMERS, David Paul LIMONT, Russell Lee SIMPSON, JR., Zohaib Haider ALI, Linda Chen GRAY, William Dean SAULNIER
  • Displaying a countdown timer for a next calendar event in an electronic mail inbox
    Patent number: 10692049
    Abstract: An electronic mail (e-mail) display is generated for a user, showing a mailbox for the user. A next calendar item indication is persistently displayed on the e-mail display. The next calendar item includes a countdown timer showing a time until the next calendar item is scheduled to begin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Selvaraj Nalliah, Deborah Eileen Sommers, David Paul Limont, Russell Lee Simpson, Jr., Zohaib Haider Ali, Linda Chen Gray, William Dean Saulnier
  • PERSISTENT NEXT CALENDAR ITEM SURFACED IN ELECTRONIC MAILBOX
    Publication number: 20180341923
    Abstract: An electronic mail (e-mail) display is generated for a user, showing a mailbox for the user. A next calendar item indication is persistently displayed on the e-mail display. The next calendar item includes a countdown timer showing a time until the next calendar item is scheduled to begin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Selvaraj NALLIAH, Deborah Eileen SOMMERS, David Paul LIMONT, Russell Lee SIMPSON, JR., Zohaib Haider ALI, Linda Chen GRAY, William Dean SAULNIER
  • Virtual reality streaming for games
    Patent number: 10051330
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to providing a recorded gameplay session of an interactive content controlled by a broadcasting user. While the broadcasting user is controlling the interactive content being recorded, the inputs provided by the broadcasting user for interacting with the interactive content are recorded. Properties of objects in the interactive content being controlled by the broadcasting user are modified in view of the inputs provided by the broadcasting user. Furthermore, the properties of the objects in the interactive content being controlled by the broadcasting user are periodically recorded. The recorded inputs provided by the broadcasting user and the recorded properties of the objects in the interactive content are used to provide a viewing user a recording of the gameplay session of the interactive content controlled by the broadcasting user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Brendan Si-jing Caporaletti, Christopher John Marra, Joshua R. Langowitz, William Dean Saulnier, Chu-Hao Fan, Thomas Nattestad
  • VIRTUAL REALITY STREAMING FOR GAMES
    Publication number: 20180205996
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to providing a recorded gameplay session of an interactive content controlled by a broadcasting user. While the broadcasting user is controlling the interactive content being recorded, the inputs provided by the broadcasting user for interacting with the interactive content are recorded. Properties of objects in the interactive content being controlled by the broadcasting user are modified in view of the inputs provided by the broadcasting user. Furthermore, the properties of the objects in the interactive content being controlled by the broadcasting user are periodically recorded. The recorded inputs provided by the broadcasting user and the recorded properties of the objects in the interactive content are used to provide a viewing user a recording of the gameplay session of the interactive content controlled by the broadcasting user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Brendan Si-jing Caporaletti, Christopher John Marra, Joshua R. Langowitz, William Dean Saulnier, Chu-Hao Fan, Thomas Nattestad