Patents by Inventor Allen L. Ussher

Allen L. Ussher 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: 11650791
    Abstract: A computing device and a method for generating relative narration. In one instance, the computing device include a display device displaying a graphical user interface including textual information received from a first application. An electronic processor of the computing device receives a user interface element associated with the textual information scheduled for relative narration. The electronic processor extracts a plurality of entities from the user interface element, converts the plurality of entities into a narrated string using a second application, generates the relative narration of the textual information using the narrated string, and output the relative narration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David Lu, Allen L. Ussher, Jennifer L. Bost, Brian S. Stucker
  • Patent number: 10871944
    Abstract: A computing device and a method for controlling narration. The computing device comprises a display device displaying a visual user interface including textual information and an electronic processor configured to map the textual information to an implicit audio narration, wherein mapping textual information to the implicit audio narration has a scalable level of precision to the textual information depending on the visual user interface, and the electronic processor further configured to output the implicit audio narration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Brian S. Stucker, David Lu, Allen L. Ussher, Jennifer L. Bost
  • Publication number: 20200057608
    Abstract: A computing device and a method for controlling narration. The computing device comprises a display device displaying a visual user interface including textual information and an electronic processor configured to map the textual information to an implicit audio narration, wherein mapping textual information to the implicit audio narration has a scalable level of precision to the textual information depending on the visual user interface, and the electronic processor further configured to output the implicit audio narration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Brian S. STUCKER, David LU, Allen L. USSHER, Jennifer L. BOST
  • Patent number: 10559297
    Abstract: A computing device and method for controlling narration. The computing device comprises a display device displaying a visual user interface including textual information, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor executing instructions to identify a plurality of discrete textual data elements included in the textual information, map each of the plurality of discrete textual data elements to an audio data element, generate an implicit audio narration including the audio data element mapped to each of the plurality of discrete textual data elements and at least one of an audible tone and a pause between audio data elements mapped to at least two of the plurality of discrete textual data elements, and output the implicit audio narration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Harris, David Lu, Hauke Gentzkow, Allen L. Ussher
  • Patent number: 10489110
    Abstract: A computing device and a method for controlling narration. The computing device comprises a display device displaying a visual user interface including textual information and an electronic processor configured to map the textual information to an implicit audio narration, wherein mapping textual information to the implicit audio narration has a scalable level of precision to the textual information depending on the visual user interface, and the electronic processor further configured to output the implicit audio narration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Brian S. Stucker, David Lu, Allen L. Ussher, Jennifer L. Bost
  • Publication number: 20180196636
    Abstract: A computing device and a method for generating relative narration. In one instance, the computing device include a display device displaying a graphical user interface including textual information received from a first application. An electronic processor of the computing device receives a user interface element associated with the textual information scheduled for relative narration. The electronic processor extracts a plurality of entities from the user interface element, converts the plurality of entities into a narrated string using a second application, generates the relative narration of the textual information using the narrated string, and output the relative narration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: David Lu, Allen L. Ussher, Jennifer L. Bost, Brian S. Stucker
  • Publication number: 20180151173
    Abstract: A computing device and method for controlling narration. The computing device comprises a display device displaying a visual user interface including textual information, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor executing instructions to identify a plurality of discrete textual data elements included in the textual information, map each of the plurality of discrete textual data elements to an audio data element, generate an implicit audio narration including the audio data element mapped to each of the plurality of discrete textual data elements and at least one of an audible tone and a pause between audio data elements mapped to at least two of the plurality of discrete textual data elements, and output the implicit audio narration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Jonathan Harris, David Lu, Hauke Gentzkow, Allen L. Ussher
  • Publication number: 20180143801
    Abstract: A computing device and a method for controlling narration. The computing device comprises a display device displaying a visual user interface including textual information and an electronic processor configured to map the textual information to an implicit audio narration, wherein mapping textual information to the implicit audio narration has a scalable level of precision to the textual information depending on the visual user interface, and the electronic processor further configured to output the implicit audio narration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Brian S. Stucker, David Lu, Allen L. Ussher, Jennifer L. Bost