Patents by Inventor Anson Ho

Anson Ho 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: 20210383455
    Abstract: Entities such as hotels, restaurants, resorts, houses, vehicles, and other places and things, are associated with images of each entity. The images are tagged using machine learning to identify what aspects of the associated entity are captured by each image. When a user is requested to select an entity from a set of entities, a user preference model is used to determine what tags the user is interested in. The tags are used to select images associated with the entities from the set of entities, and the selected images are displayed to the user. The user can then provide indicators that show which of the displayed images the user likes or dislikes. Based on the indicators, one or more entities from the set of entities is presented to the user. The model may also be updated based on the indicators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Felix G.T.I ANDREW, Andi F. RUSU, Eric YOUNGSTROM, Scott Andrew BORTON, Anson HO
  • Patent number: 11127065
    Abstract: Entities such as hotels, restaurants, resorts, houses, vehicles, and other places and things, are associated with images of each entity. The images are tagged using machine learning to identify what aspects of the associated entity are captured by each image. When a user is requested to select an entity from a set of entities, a user preference model is used to determine what tags the user is interested in. The tags are used to select images associated with the entities from the set of entities, and the selected images are displayed to the user. The user can then provide indicators that show which of the displayed images the user likes or dislikes. Based on the indicators, one or more entities from the set of entities is presented to the user. The model may also be updated based on the indicators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Felix G. T. I. Andrew, Andi F. Rusu, Eric Youngstrom, Scott Andrew Borton, Anson Ho
  • Patent number: 10922662
    Abstract: A receiver receives a request to schedule a meeting from a user and in response, prompts the user to provide meeting information including time information and attendee information for scheduling the meeting. A meeting scheduler identifies potential dates and potential times based on the meeting information. The meeting scheduler further detects locations of the attendees based on the potential dates and identifies potential meeting locations based on attendees' location. The meeting scheduler also computes date scores for the potential dates, time scores for the potential times, and location scores for the meeting locations to select a date, a time, and a meeting location based on scores to determine a meeting schedule. The meeting scheduler further selects a conferencing mechanism for the meeting and provides the meeting schedule comprising the selected date, time, and meeting location, and the selected conferencing mechanism as a meeting invite option to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: David J. Brennan, Stéphane Morichére-Matte, John R. Sanders, David M. Gray, Aaron Lo, Isaac Supeene, Aryamman Jain, Anson Ho, Priya Murali
  • Publication number: 20190164211
    Abstract: Entities such as hotels, restaurants, resorts, houses, vehicles, and other places and things, are associated with images of each entity. The images are tagged using machine learning to identify what aspects of the associated entity are captured by each image. When a user is requested to select an entity from a set of entities, a user preference model is used to determine what tags the user is interested in. The tags are used to select images associated with the entities from the set of entities, and the selected images are displayed to the user. The user can then provide indicators that show which of the displayed images the user likes or dislikes. Based on the indicators, one or more entities from the set of entities is presented to the user. The model may also be updated based on the indicators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Felix G.T.I. ANDREW, Andi F. RUSU, Eric YOUNGSTROM, Scott Andrew BORTON, Anson HO
  • Publication number: 20190005462
    Abstract: A receiver receives a request to schedule a meeting from a user and in response, prompts the user to provide meeting information including time information and attendee information for scheduling the meeting. A meeting scheduler identifies potential dates and potential times based on the meeting information. The meeting scheduler further detects locations of the attendees based on the potential dates and identifies potential meeting locations based on attendees' location. The meeting scheduler also computes date scores for the potential dates, time scores for the potential times, and location scores for the meeting locations to select a date, a time, and a meeting location based on scores to determine a meeting schedule. The meeting scheduler further selects a conferencing mechanism for the meeting and provides the meeting schedule comprising the selected date, time, and meeting location, and the selected conferencing mechanism as a meeting invite option to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David J. BRENNAN, Stéphane Morichére-Matte, John R. Sanders, David M. Gray, Aaron Lo, Isaac Supeene, Aryamman Jain, Anson Ho, Priya Murali