Patents by Inventor Andrew P. Oakley

Andrew P. Oakley 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).

  • Publication number: 20230376497
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a so-called companion experience in which content consumed on a primary screen can serve as a source for an automatic search that returns related content that can be presented on an auxiliary screen. The companion experience can be considered to reside in a layer that can be moved across different screens. The different screens can include different physical screens, such as those associated with different computing devices, or the same physical screen in which the companion experience would be rendered in a frame or sub-window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Sean E. KOLLENKARK, Andrew P. OAKLEY, Cory J. CIRRINCIONE, Douglas D. BERRETT, Joseph L. MCCLANAHAN
  • Patent number: 11762872
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a so-called companion experience in which content consumed on a primary screen can serve as a source for an automatic search that returns related content that can be presented on an auxiliary screen. The companion experience can be considered to reside in a layer that can be moved across different screens. The different screens can include different physical screens, such as those associated with different computing devices, or the same physical screen in which the companion experience would be rendered in a frame or sub-window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Sean E. KollenKark, Andrew P. Oakley, Cory J. Cirrincione, Douglas D. Berrett, Joseph L. McClanahan
  • Publication number: 20220284016
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a so-called companion experience in which content consumed on a primary screen can serve as a source for an automatic search that returns related content that can be presented on an auxiliary screen. The companion experience can be considered to reside in a layer that can be moved across different screens. The different screens can include different physical screens, such as those associated with different computing devices, or the same physical screen in which the companion experience would be rendered in a frame or sub-window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Sean E. KOLLENKARK, Andrew P. OAKLEY, Cory J. CIRRINCIONE, Douglas D. BERRETT, Joseph L. MCCLANAHAN
  • Patent number: 11372877
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a so-called companion experience in which content consumed on a primary screen can serve as a source for an automatic search that returns related content that can be presented on an auxiliary screen. The companion experience can be considered to reside in a layer that can be moved across different screens. The different screens can include different physical screens, such as those associated with different computing devices, or the same physical screen in which the companion experience would be rendered in a frame or sub-window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Sean E. Kollenkark, Andrew P. Oakley, Cory J. Cirrincione, Douglas D. Berrett, Joseph L. McClanahan
  • Publication number: 20200110743
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a so-called companion experience in which content consumed on a primary screen can serve as a source for an automatic search that returns related content that can be presented on an auxiliary screen. The companion experience can be considered to reside in a layer that can be moved across different screens. The different screens can include different physical screens, such as those associated with different computing devices, or the same physical screen in which the companion experience would be rendered in a frame or sub-window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Sean E. KOLLENKARK, Andrew P. OAKLEY, Cory J. CIRRINCIONE, Douglas D. BERRETT, Joseph L. MCCLANAHAN
  • Patent number: 10534789
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a so-called companion experience in which content consumed on a primary screen can serve as a source for an automatic search that returns related content that can be presented on an auxiliary screen. The companion experience can be considered to reside in a layer that can be moved across different screens. The different screens can include different physical screens, such as those associated with different computing devices, or the same physical screen in which the companion experience would be rendered in a frame or sub-window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Sean E. Kollenkark, Andrew P. Oakley, Cory J. Cirrincione, Douglas D. Berrett, Joseph L. McClanahan
  • Patent number: 10489414
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a so-called companion experience in which content consumed on a primary screen can serve as a source for an automatic search that returns related content that can be presented on an auxiliary screen. The companion experience can be considered to reside in a layer that can be moved across different screens. The different screens can include different physical screens, such as those associated with different computing devices, or the same physical screen in which the companion experience would be rendered in a frame or sub-window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Sean E. Kollenkark, Andrew P. Oakley, Cory J. Cirrincione, Douglas D. Berrett, Joseph L. McClanahan
  • Publication number: 20170357701
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a so-called companion experience in which content consumed on a primary screen can serve as a source for an automatic search that returns related content that can be presented on an auxiliary screen. The companion experience can be considered to reside in a layer that can be moved across different screens. The different screens can include different physical screens, such as those associated with different computing devices, or the same physical screen in which the companion experience would be rendered in a frame or sub-window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Sean E. Kollenkark, Andrew P. Oakley, Cory J. Cirrincione, Douglas D. Berrett, Joseph L. McClanahan
  • Publication number: 20150356088
    Abstract: A geocoding architecture that generates and associates one or more tile documents with geocoded tiles. When connected entities are defined, the connected entity attributes are collected in a single tile document so that tile-document terms are attributes of all connected entities. These terms later serve as keys that enable search for tiles relevant for a given query. Entity documents are created that are an aggregation of entity attributes. Like the entity document, the tile document serves as an aggregator for all the geospatial entities within a pre-determined surface area. Search is then performed on the content of tile and entity documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pavel Berkhin, Florin Teodorescu, Bimal Mehta, Andrew P. Oakley, Erik C. Wahlstrom, David L. Racz, Anurag Sharma, Michael R. Evans
  • Publication number: 20150261835
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a so-called companion experience in which content consumed on a primary screen can serve as a source for an automatic search that returns related content that can be presented on an auxiliary screen. The companion experience can be considered to reside in a layer that can be moved across different screens. The different screens can include different physical screens, such as those associated with different computing devices, or the same physical screen in which the companion experience would be rendered in a frame or sub-window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Sean E. Kollenkark, Andrew P. Oakley, Cory J. Cirrincione, Douglas D. Berrett, Joseph L. McClanahan
  • Patent number: 8244740
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that facilitate providing suggested sites in accordance with target sites are provided. Web-browsed data is locally stored on a user device and uploaded to a suggestion engine. Additional web-browsed data is communicated to the suggestion engine via a suggested site request that provides a request for suggested sites related to a target site. In embodiments, the web-browsed data contained in the suggested site request includes data not previously uploaded to the suggestion engine. The suggestion engine utilizes the web-browsed data uploaded to the suggestion engine and the web-browsed data communicated via the suggested site request to provide suggested sites in association with the target site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Richard J. Gruenhagen, Andrew P. Oakley, Maxim V. Stepin, Christopher A. Meyers, Srinath R. Aaleti, Jason A. Bolla, Nikolay A. Glushnev
  • Publication number: 20110246437
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a so-called companion experience in which content consumed on a primary screen can serve as a source for an automatic search that returns related content that can be presented on an auxiliary screen. The companion experience can be considered to reside in a layer that can be moved across different screens. The different screens can include different physical screens, such as those associated with different computing devices, or the same physical screen in which the companion experience would be rendered in a frame or sub-window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sean E. Kollenkark, Andrew P. Oakley, Cory J. Cirrincione, Douglas D. Berrett, Joseph L. McClanahan
  • Publication number: 20100131441
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that facilitate providing suggested sites in accordance with target sites are provided. Web-browsed data is locally stored on a user device and uploaded to a suggestion engine. Additional web-browsed data is communicated to the suggestion engine via a suggested site request that provides a request for suggested sites related to a target site. In embodiments, the web-browsed data contained in the suggested site request includes data not previously uploaded to the suggestion engine. The suggestion engine utilizes the web-browsed data uploaded to the suggestion engine and the web-browsed data communicated via the suggested site request to provide suggested sites in association with the target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: RICHARD J. GRUENHAGEN, ANDREW P. OAKLEY, MAXIM V. STEPIN, CHRISTOPHER A. MEYERS, SRINATH R. AALETI, JASON A. BOLLA, NIKOLAY A. GLUSHNEV