Patents by Inventor Aby John
Aby John 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).
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Patent number: 11683444Abstract: This disclosure describes a video room system that can generate a video room utilizing a cross-application technique by accessing functions of one application based on user interaction within a separate application. In particular, the disclosed systems can generate a video room that remains open for access by a creator device and invitee devices in a casual come-and-go fashion. The disclosed systems can further generate a video room link that is distributable intelligently to grant access to the video room to invitee devices. The disclosed systems can also automatically surface a video room link to an invitee device based on determining a digital connection between the invitee device and the creator device.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: WhatsApp LLCInventors: Aby John, Valerie Rose, Priyanka Kodikal, Ryan Andrew Wiggins, Raluca-Elena Podiuc, Charlotte Genevieve Duran, Scott William Ryder
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Publication number: 20220286645Abstract: This disclosure describes a video room system that can generate a video room utilizing a cross-application technique by accessing functions of one application based on user interaction within a separate application. In particular, the disclosed systems can generate a video room that remains open for access by a creator device and invitee devices in a casual come-and-go fashion. The disclosed systems can further generate a video room link that is distributable intelligently to grant access to the video room to invitee devices. The disclosed systems can also automatically surface a video room link to an invitee device based on determining a digital connection between the invitee device and the creator device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Aby John, Valerie Rose, Priyanka Kodikal, Ryan Andrew Wiggins, Raluca-Elena Podiuc, Charlotte Genevieve Duran, Scott William Ryder
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Patent number: 11375157Abstract: This disclosure describes a video room system that can generate a video room utilizing a cross-application technique by accessing functions of one application based on user interaction within a separate application. In particular, the disclosed systems can generate a video room that remains open for access by a creator device and invitee devices in a casual come-and-go fashion. The disclosed systems can further generate a video room link that is distributable intelligently to grant access to the video room to invitee devices. The disclosed systems can also automatically surface a video room link to an invitee device based on determining a digital connection between the invitee device and the creator device.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: WhatsApp LLCInventors: Aby John, Valerie Rose, Priyanka Kodikal, Ryan Andrew Wiggins, Raluca-Elena Podiuc, Charlotte Genevieve Duran, Scott William Ryder
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Publication number: 20210337166Abstract: This disclosure describes a video room system that can generate a video room utilizing a cross-application technique by accessing functions of one application based on user interaction within a separate application. In particular, the disclosed systems can generate a video room that remains open for access by a creator device and invitee devices in a casual come-and-go fashion. The disclosed systems can further generate a video room link that is distributable intelligently to grant access to the video room to invitee devices. The disclosed systems can also automatically surface a video room link to an invitee device based on determining a digital connection between the invitee device and the creator device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Aby John, Valerie Rose, Priyanka Kodikal, Ryan Andrew Wiggins, Raluca-Elena Podiuc, Charlotte Genevieve Duran, Scott William Ryder
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Patent number: 10104117Abstract: A list of electronic mail (e-mail) accounts is extracted from an electronic mail system. A list of electronic mail accounts, with forwarding enabled, are identified as a set of collection accounts. A dropbox account is identified, from the collection accounts, as a destination e-mail account for the forwarded collection accounts. The collection accounts that forward to the dropbox account that has in excess of a threshold number of collection accounts forwarding to it, are identified as malicious e-mail collection accounts and are forwarded to a resolution system, for resolution.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Aaron J. Moreau-Cook, Samuel Terrence Trim, Yuxiang Xu, Aby John
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Publication number: 20170244747Abstract: A list of electronic mail (e-mail) accounts is extracted from an electronic mail system. A list of electronic mail accounts, with forwarding enabled, are identified as a set of collection accounts. A dropbox account is identified, from the collection accounts, as a destination e-mail account for the forwarded collection accounts. The collection accounts that forward to the dropbox account that has in excess of a threshold number of collection accounts forwarding to it, are identified as malicious e-mail collection accounts and are forwarded to a resolution system, for resolution.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Aaron J. Moreau-Cook, Samuel Terrence Trim, Yuxiang Xu, Aby John
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Patent number: 9531662Abstract: In embodiments of global email identity preferences, a default outgoing email address that is designated by a user is maintained at an email server. The user can also be associated with multiple email addresses that are correlated at the email server. When an outgoing email is received at the email server for delivery to a designated recipient, the outgoing email can be identified as being from one of the multiple email addresses that are associated with the user. A determination is made as to whether to update the outgoing email with the default outgoing email address that is associated with the user, such as if the outgoing email is received from an email client that does not allow user selection of a default client email address. The outgoing email is then routed to the designated recipient for display as being from the default outgoing email address.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2013Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Ashutosh Tewari, Aby John
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Patent number: 9338112Abstract: In one embodiment, a cloud service interface 112 or a device interface 124 may filter messages in a message synchronization between a message service account and a cloud service account. A cloud service interface 112 or a device interface 124 may associate a message service account 114 on a user messaging device 110 with a cloud service account 122. The cloud service interface 112 or a device interface 124 may execute a message synchronization between the cloud service account 122 and the message service account 114. The cloud service interface 112 or a device interface 124 may apply a message filter to the message synchronization.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2012Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Aby John, Luke Abrams, Ryan Burkhardt, Krishna Vitaldevara
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Patent number: 8886234Abstract: Techniques involving unified messaging and other functionality are described. In one or more implementations, the techniques describe receiving a message at a web service from a messaging client and identifying a communication device that includes telephone functionality and is configured to format the message as a short messaging service (SMS) message. The SMS message may be identified by a phone number associated with the communication device. The message may then be sent to the communication device for automatic transmission of the SMS message by the communication device over a phone network.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Steven D. Kafka, Jason F. Moore, Gandhimathi Vaithilingam, Aby John
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Publication number: 20140289339Abstract: In embodiments of global email identity preferences, a default outgoing email address that is designated by a user is maintained at an email server. The user can also be associated with multiple email addresses that are correlated at the email server. When an outgoing email is received at the email server for delivery to a designated recipient, the outgoing email can be identified as being from one of the multiple email addresses that are associated with the user. A determination is made as to whether to update the outgoing email with the default outgoing email address that is associated with the user, such as if the outgoing email is received from an email client that does not allow user selection of a default client email address. The outgoing email is then routed to the designated recipient for display as being from the default outgoing email address.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2013Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Ashutosh Tewari, Aby John
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Publication number: 20140052793Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for synchronizing a text message, such as an MMS message and/or an SMS message, in full fidelity between a computing device and a message synchronization service. That is, content, natively supported by message synchronization protocols, and extended properties, not natively supported by message synchronization protocols, of a text message may be synchronized between a computing device and a message synchronization service. In particular, a message synchronization protocol may be modified to support annotations and/or extended headers, within which one or more extended properties may be specified. In this way, a synchronization message may comprise natively supported content and/or an extended property specified within an annotation and/or an extended header within the synchronization message.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Aby John, Reema Sardana
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Publication number: 20140020108Abstract: In one embodiment, a cloud service interface 112 or a device interface 124 may filter messages in a message synchronization between a message service account and a cloud service account. A cloud service interface 112 or a device interface 124 may associate a message service account 114 on a user messaging device 110 with a cloud service account 122. The cloud service interface 112 or a device interface 124 may execute a message synchronization between the cloud service account 122 and the message service account 114. The cloud service interface 112 or a device interface 124 may apply a message filter to the message synchronization.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Aby John, Luke Abrams, Ryan Burkhardt, Krishna Vitaldevara
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Publication number: 20120258742Abstract: Techniques involving unified messaging and other functionality are described. In one or more implementations, the techniques describe receiving a message at a web service from a messaging client and identifying a communication device that includes telephone functionality and is configured to format the message as a short messaging service (SMS) message. The SMS message may be identified by a phone number associated with the communication device. The message may then be sent to the communication device for automatic transmission of the SMS message by the communication device over a phone network.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2011Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Steven D. Kafka, Jason F. Moore, Gandhimathi Vaithilingam, Aby John