Patents by Inventor Adam Fourney

Adam Fourney 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).

  • Patent number: 11562199
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for extracting, identifying, and consuming imprecise temporal elements (“ITEs”). A user input may be received from a client device. A prediction may be generated of one or more time intervals to which the user input refers based upon an ITE model. The user input may be associated with the prediction, and provided to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Fourney, Paul Nathan Bennett, Ryen White, Eric Horvitz, Xin Rong, David Graus
  • Publication number: 20220377156
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for user interaction and task completion using multiple devices. A set of devices may be used to perform a task, such that different devices may perform different steps of the task. A device management service may update state information at each device of the set, thereby enabling a user to interact with any of the computing devices to perform the task. A device management service may also automatically determine which device should be used by the user, based on task or step requirements, device characteristics, and device capabilities, among other examples. Thus, rather than being required to continue a task on the same device (even when the device is not well-suited for the current step or task), the user is provided with the option to use and, in some instances, is automatically transitioned to use, different devices within the set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. SIM, Adam FOURNEY, Russell Allen HERRING, JR., Ryen William WHITE, Elnaz NOURI
  • Publication number: 20220327118
    Abstract: System and methods for performing automatic identification and contextual reformulation of implicit device-related queries are described. In some examples, a query server may receive a query from an electronic device, receive data associated with the electronic device, determine that the query is related to the electronic device, generate a new query based at least in part on the query and the data associated with the electronic device, retrieve results related to the new query, and send the results related to the new query to the electronic device. In some examples, determining that the query is related to the electronic device includes determining that the query is a semi-implicit device query or a fully implicit device query. The data associated with the electronic device can include a model name of the electronic device, an operating platform for the electronic device, and/or additional data related to the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Adam Fourney, Susan T. Dumais
  • Publication number: 20220309106
    Abstract: In example, a natural language input is processed to generate a formal query that is executed to retrieve data from a data store. An indication as to which subparts of the natural language input were used to generate the formal query may be presented to a user. The user may debug the query, such that associations between natural language input subparts and formal query subparts may be changed, added, or removed by the user. Further, a set of steps may be generated that provide an indication to the user as to how the formal query is executed, for example using sample data from the data store. The user may manipulate the sample data, thereby causing the presented steps to be updated accordingly. Once the user has made adjustments and has finished debugging the query, the revised formal query may be executed to retrieve updated data from the data store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Gonzalo A. RAMOS, Adam FOURNEY, Bongshin LEE, Arpit Ajay NARECHANIA
  • Patent number: 11438435
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for user interaction and task completion using multiple devices. A set of devices may be used to perform a task, such that different devices may perform different steps of the task. A device management service may update state information at each device of the set, thereby enabling a user to interact with any of the computing devices to perform the task. A device management service may also automatically determine which device should be used by the user, based on task or step requirements, device characteristics, and device capabilities, among other examples. Thus, rather than being required to continue a task on the same device (even when the device is not well-suited for the current step or task), the user is provided with the option to use and, in some instances, is automatically transitioned to use, different devices within the set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. Sim, Adam Fourney, Russell Allen Herring, Jr., Ryen William White, Elnaz Nouri
  • Patent number: 11386105
    Abstract: System and methods for performing automatic identification and contextual reformulation of implicit device-related queries are described. In some examples, a query server may receive a query from an electronic device, receive data associated with the electronic device, determine that the query is related to the electronic device, generate a new query based at least in part on the query and the data associated with the electronic device, retrieve results related to the new query, and send the results related to the new query to the electronic device. In some examples, determining that the query is related to the electronic device includes determining that the query is a semi-implicit device query or a fully implicit device query. The data associated with the electronic device can include a model name of the electronic device, an operating platform for the electronic device, and/or additional data related to the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Fourney, Susan T. Dumais
  • Publication number: 20220012693
    Abstract: Generally discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for resource retrieval. A method may include determining that a calendar event is scheduled to occur in a specified period of time, responsive to the determination, extracting content of a calendar event on a calendar of the messaging interface, generating a list of resources accessible by the user and related to the extracted content of the calendar event, ranking the resources by a comparison of the extracted content of the calendar event and the content of resources of the list of resources, and causing respective summaries of a specified number of the respective resources with higher respective ranks to be output on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Paul N. Bennett, Adam Fourney, Anne Loomis Thompson, Adam D. Troy, Qian Zhao, Ragavenderan Venkatesan, Sandeep S. Sahasrabudhe, Ramakrishna B. Bairi
  • Patent number: 11138568
    Abstract: Generally discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for resource retrieval. A method may include determining that a calendar event is scheduled to occur in a specified period of time, responsive to the determination, extracting content of a calendar event on a calendar of the messaging interface, generating a list of resources accessible by the user and related to the extracted content of the calendar event, ranking the resources by a comparison of the extracted content of the calendar event and the content of resources of the list of resources, and causing respective summaries of a specified number of the respective resources with higher respective ranks to be output on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Paul N. Bennett, Adam Fourney, Anne Loomis Thompson, Adam D Troy, Qian Zhao, Ragavenderan Venkatesan, Sandeep S. Sahasrabudhe, Ramakrishna B Bairi
  • Patent number: 11080073
    Abstract: A digital task document can include instructions for performing a task, and a task state data structure can indicate a state of completion of the task. A first update of the data structure can be performed in response to visual user input received from a user profile via a first computer application/device. A second update of the data structure can be performed in response to natural language input received from the user profile via the second computer application/device. A first set of task guidance can be provided to the user profile via the first application/device in a visual format by displaying the task document on a computer display. A second set of task guidance can be provided to the user profile via the second application/device in a natural language format. The first and second sets of task guidance can be provided using the task document and the data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Inventors: Russell Allen Herring, Jr., Adam Fourney, Ryen William White, Paul Nathan Bennett
  • Publication number: 20210224324
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for discovering relatedness between entities from a corpora of information by automatically extracting attributes from the plurality of heterogeneous entities in a graph. A standardized representation of the extracted attributes from the plurality of heterogeneous entities are propagated across the graph and these propagated attributes are used to find a degree to which the plurality of heterogeneous entities are associated with the extracted attributes. The degree to which the plurality of heterogeneous entities are associated with the extracted attributes is used to create a representation space illustrating a level of relatedness of an entity to another entity of the plurality of heterogeneous entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Adam FOURNEY, Robert Alexander SIM, Shane Frandon WILLIAMS, Paul Nathan BENNETT, Tara Lynn SAFAVI
  • Publication number: 20210064398
    Abstract: A digital task document can include instructions for performing a task, and a task state data structure can indicate a state of completion of the task. A first update of the data structure can be performed in response to visual user input received from a user profile via a first computer application/device. A second update of the data structure can be performed in response to natural language input received from the user profile via the second computer application/device. A first set of task guidance can be provided to the user profile via the first application/device in a visual format by displaying the task document on a computer display. A second set of task guidance can be provided to the user profile via the second application/device in a natural language format. The first and second sets of task guidance can be provided using the task document and the data structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Russell Allen HERRING, JR., Adam FOURNEY, Ryen William WHITE, Paul Nathan BENNETT
  • Publication number: 20200302264
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for extracting, identifying, and consuming imprecise temporal elements (“ITEs”). A user input may be received from a client device. A prediction may be generated of one or more time intervals to which the user input refers based upon an ITE model. The user input may be associated with the prediction, and provided to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Adam FOURNEY, Paul Nathan BENNETT, Ryen WHITE, Eric HORVITZ, Xin RONG, David GRAUS
  • Publication number: 20200280616
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for user interaction and task completion using multiple devices. A set of devices may be used to perform a task, such that different devices may perform different steps of the task. A device management service may update state information at each device of the set, thereby enabling a user to interact with any of the computing devices to perform the task. A device management service may also automatically determine which device should be used by the user, based on task or step requirements, device characteristics, and device capabilities, among other examples. Thus, rather than being required to continue a task on the same device (even when the device is not well-suited for the current step or task), the user is provided with the option to use and, in some instances, is automatically transitioned to use, different devices within the set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. SIM, Adam FOURNEY, Russell Allen HERRING, JR., Ryen William WHITE, Elnaz NOURI
  • Patent number: 10747560
    Abstract: A digital task document can include instructions for performing a task, and a task state data structure can indicate a state of completion of the task. A first update of the data structure can be performed in response to visual user input received from a user profile via a first computer application/device. A second update of the data structure can be performed in response to natural language input received from the user profile via the second computer application/device. A first set of task guidance can be provided to the user profile via the first application/device in a visual format by displaying the task document on a computer display. A second set of task guidance can be provided to the user profile via the second application/device in a natural language format. The first and second sets of task guidance can be provided using the task document and the data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Russell Allen Herring, Jr., Adam Fourney, Ryen William White, Paul Nathan Bennett
  • Patent number: 10719757
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for extracting, identifying, and consuming imprecise temporal elements (“ITEs”). A user input may be received from a client device. A prediction may be generated of one or more time intervals to which the user input refers based upon an ITE model. The user input may be associated with the prediction, and provided to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Fourney, Paul Nathan Bennett, Ryen White, Eric Horvitz, Xin Rong, David Graus
  • Publication number: 20190294452
    Abstract: A digital task document can include instructions for performing a task, and a task state data structure can indicate a state of completion of the task. A first update of the data structure can be performed in response to visual user input received from a user profile via a first computer application/device. A second update of the data structure can be performed in response to natural language input received from the user profile via the second computer application/device. A first set of task guidance can be provided to the user profile via the first application/device in a visual format by displaying the task document on a computer display. A second set of task guidance can be provided to the user profile via the second application/device in a natural language format. The first and second sets of task guidance can be provided using the task document and the data structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Russell Allen Herring, JR., Adam Fourney, Ryen William White, Paul Nathan Bennett
  • Publication number: 20190236555
    Abstract: Generally discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for resource retrieval. A method may include determining that a calendar event is scheduled to occur in a specified period of time, responsive to the determination, extracting content of a calendar event on a calendar of the messaging interface, generating a list of resources accessible by the user and related to the extracted content of the calendar event, ranking the resources by a comparison of the extracted content of the calendar event and the content of resources of the list of resources, and causing respective summaries of a specified number of the respective resources with higher respective ranks to be output on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Paul N. Bennett, Adam Fourney, Anne Loomis Thompson, Adam D. Troy, Qian Zhao, Ragavenderan Venkatesan, Sandeep S. Sahasrabudhe, Ramakrishna B. Bairi
  • Publication number: 20180157958
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for extracting, identifying, and consuming imprecise temporal elements (“ITEs”). A user input may be received from a client device. A prediction may be generated of one or more time intervals to which the user input refers based upon an ITE model. The user input may be associated with the prediction, and provided to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Adam FOURNEY, Paul Nathan BENNETT, Ryen WHITE, Eric HORVITZ, Xin RONG, David GRAUS
  • Publication number: 20180095966
    Abstract: An example system for presenting search results includes a computer memory and a processor. The processor is to receive a set of search results in response to a query. The processor is to extract a feature and text from each of the search results. The processor is to also calculate an accessibility score for each of the search results based on the extracted feature and the text. The processor is to further rank the set of search results based on the accessibility score. The processor is to also further present the ranked search results based on an accessibility score of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Fourney, Ryen White, Meredith Morris, Shane Williams
  • Publication number: 20170316065
    Abstract: System and methods for performing automatic identification and contextual reformulation of implicit device-related queries are described. In some examples, a query server may receive a query from an electronic device, receive data associated with the electronic device, determine that the query is related to the electronic device, generate a new query based at least in part on the query and the data associated with the electronic device, retrieve results related to the new query, and send the results related to the new query to the electronic device. In some examples, determining that the query is related to the electronic device includes determining that the query is a semi-implicit device query or a fully implicit device query. The data associated with the electronic device can include a model name of the electronic device, an operating platform for the electronic device, and/or additional data related to the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Adam Fourney, Susan T. Dumais