Patents Assigned to Microsoft Corporation
  • Transfer of attributes between generations of characters
    Patent number: 10500497
    Abstract: A system in which attributes are transferred between generations of characters in an interactive software experience is described. In an embodiment, data identifying one or more hardware attributes for a virtual entity are determined based on a physical user device associated with that virtual entity. One or more virtual attributes for the virtual entity are accessed and one or more behaviors of the virtual entity within the interactive software experience are modified based on a combination of the hardware and virtual attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: James William Scott, Haiyan Zhang, Nicolas Villar, Alexandra Keeley Bunting, Jonathan Leslie Venables, Simon Jay Carter
  • Conducting search sessions utilizing navigation patterns
    Patent number: 10331686
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for conducting searches utilizing search navigation patterns. Search queries are received that include search terms that are of a particular type. It is recognized that at least one prior search session has been conducted that included a search query having search terms of an equivalent or similar type and followed a particular navigation pattern. Such prior search(es) may have been conducted by the user or by a different user and/or may have a navigation pattern that was affirmatively recorded by the requesting user or that was recorded by the system without explicit contemporaneous user instruction to do so. Upon identifying the navigation pattern associated with the prior search, the system effectively conducts a search session following the navigation pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anoop Gupta, Xuedong Huang
  • Display screen with animated graphical user interface
    Patent number: D852841
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kim Levin, Shahar Prish, Ella Ben-Tov
  • Electronic mouse
    Patent number: D853386
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Kujawski, Simon Cameron Dearsley, Gregory Jones
  • Electronic mouse
    Patent number: D853387
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Kujawski, Simon Cameron Dearsley, Gregory Jones
  • Connector housing
    Patent number: D853393
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ivan Andrew McCracken, Benoit Rouger
  • Connector housing
    Patent number: D853394
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ivan Andrew McCracken, Benoit Rouger
  • Connector housing
    Patent number: D853395
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ivan Andrew McCracken, Benoit Rouger
  • Display system with a virtual three-dimensional graphical user interface
    Patent number: D853409
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Tyler Paul Esselstrom, Joseph Wheeler, Giancarlo Lari, Nando Costa, Anthony J. Giardini, Craig R. Maitlen
  • Hinge for an electronic tablet
    Patent number: D855056
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jan Raken, Kate Bailey
  • Controller
    Patent number: D855703
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Monique Chatterjee, William Bennett Mabry, Austin Porter, Matthew Harvey, Richard T. Hanks, Carson Massie
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D856353
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Jiwon Choi
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D857040
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Jiwon Choi
  • Display system with a virtual three-dimensional graphical user interface
    Patent number: D858537
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Tyler Paul Esselstrom, Joseph Wheeler, Giancarlo Lari, Nando Costa, Anthony J. Giardini, Craig R. Maitlen
  • Portable speaker
    Patent number: D859363
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Malek Chalabi, Dustin Brown, Eliana Feigelstock, Gadi Amit, Yoshikazu Hoshino, Matthew Griffin Pugmire
  • Portable speaker
    Patent number: D859364
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Malek Chalabi, Dustin Brown, Eliana Feigelstock, Gadi Amit, Yoshikazu Hoshino, Matthew Griffin Pugmire
  • Portable speaker
    Patent number: D862417
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Malek Chalabi, Dustin Brown, Eliana Feigelstock, Gadi Amit, Yoshikazu Hoshino, Matthew Griffin Pugmire
  • Electronic console for gaming and/or entertainment purposes
    Patent number: D867459
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Monique Chatterjee, Austin Porter, Richard T. Hanks, William Bennett Mabry, Matthew Harvey
  • Headset with visor
    Patent number: D871404
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nicolas A. Denhez, Young Duk Song, YeongKyu Yoo, Paul A. Bosveld, Carl J. Ledbetter, Yuenkeen Cheong, Michael Bohan, Lynda Horton-Jones, Roy Riccomini, Jason Paul Williams, Andriy Pletenetskyy, Joel B. Jacobs
  • Headset with visor
    Patent number: D871405
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nicolas A. Denhez, Young Duk Song, YeongKyu Yoo, Paul A. Bosveld, Carl J. Ledbetter, Yuenkeen Cheong, Michael Bohan, Lynda Horton-Jones, Roy Riccomini, Jason Paul Williams, Andriy Pletenetskyy, Joel B. Jacobs