Patents by Inventor Alain Luc Michaud

Alain Luc Michaud 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: 10506068
    Abstract: Examples of the disclosure enable managing a user account, such that a peripheral device is configured to interact with one or more user devices associated with the user account. In some examples, a device identity associated with the peripheral device is identified, and it is determined whether the device identity is associated with a user account. Upon determining that the device identity is associated with the user account, the peripheral device is paired with a user device associated with the user account without manually pairing the peripheral device with the user device. Examples of the disclosure enable the peripheral device to interact with one or more user devices in an efficient, user-friendly manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chintan M. Bakshi, Tejas Jitendra Mistry, Steven Nabil Bathiche, Vineet Thuvara, Justin Allan Coppin, Joy Gilbert Jeganathan, Alain Luc Michaud
  • Publication number: 20160294973
    Abstract: Examples of the disclosure enable managing a user account, such that a peripheral device is configured to interact with one or more user devices associated with the user account. In some examples, a device identity associated with the peripheral device is identified, and it is determined whether the device identity is associated with a user account. Upon determining that the device identity is associated with the user account, the peripheral device is paired with a user device associated with the user account without manually pairing the peripheral device with the user device. Examples of the disclosure enable the peripheral device to interact with one or more user devices in an efficient, user-friendly manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Chintan M. Bakshi, Tejas Jitendra Mistry, Steven Nabil Bathiche, Vineet Thuvara, Justin Allan Coppin, Joy Gilbert Jeganathan, Alain Luc Michaud
  • Publication number: 20160073347
    Abstract: In embodiments of device proximity detection implemented in hardware, a computing device, such as a mobile phone, appliance device, or other electronic device can be implemented with wireless radio systems for wireless communications, and a wireless radio system receives a wireless signal. A computing device includes a radio controller of the wireless radio system, and the radio controller is implemented to detect an indication associated with the wireless signal, such as a byte pattern in the wireless signal and/or a signal strength of the signal. The radio controller can then determine that the indication of the wireless signal identifies the wireless signal as pertinent to an application executing on the computing device, and communicate an event notice to a signal manager that the wireless signal has been identified. The radio controller communicates event notices via a hardware interface that is implemented to interface the radio controller with the signal manager.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Alain Luc Michaud, Rajesh Philip Roy, Ellick H. Sung, Heming Wen, Robert Zi Long Zhao, Dattatraya B. Rajpure
  • Patent number: 8776215
    Abstract: In one or more implementations, a computing device receives an indication that a device is attempting to pair with the computing device. If a user is not currently authenticated with respect to the computing device, inputs received by the device are restricted from being used by the computing device for uses other than authenticating the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Zachary W. Little, Alain Luc Michaud
  • Publication number: 20110113485
    Abstract: In one or more implementations, a computing device receives an indication that a device is attempting to pair with the computing device. If a user is not currently authenticated with respect to the computing device, inputs received by the device are restricted from being used by the computing device for uses other than authenticating the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zachary W. Little, Alain Luc Michaud