Patents by Inventor Aaron Shepherd

Aaron Shepherd 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).

  • Trigger-based contextual information feature
    Patent number: 11250071
    Abstract: For a trigger-based contextual information feature, user generated content can be received and stored in a file. Context, including at least a timestamp, can be obtained and stored as metadata for the user generated content. A trigger to display contextual information can be received. In response to receiving the trigger, current context can be obtained, including at least a current timestamp. One or more contexts of the obtained context can be identified to provide as the contextual information based on the current context including an amount of time between the timestamp and the current timestamp; and provided for display along with the user generated content. Such a feature can facilitate effective recall of the purpose or original intent of content based, in part, on time from original note.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Eric B Thompson, Jason Silvis, Aaron Shepherd, Lyra Loxha
  • TRIGGER-BASED CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION FEATURE
    Publication number: 20200394221
    Abstract: For a trigger-based contextual information feature, user generated content can be received and stored in a file. Context, including at least a timestamp, can be obtained and stored as metadata for the user generated content. A trigger to display contextual information can be received. In response to receiving the trigger, current context can be obtained, including at least a current timestamp. One or more contexts of the obtained context can be identified to provide as the contextual information based on the current context including an amount of time between the timestamp and the current timestamp; and provided for display along with the user generated content. Such a feature can facilitate effective recall of the purpose or original intent of content based, in part, on time from original note.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Eric B. THOMPSON, Jason SILVIS, Aaron SHEPHERD, Lyra LOXHA
  • Display screen or portion thereof with icon
    Patent number: D873297
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Shepherd, Anthony Neil Dart