Patents by Inventor August Kathryn Niehaus
August Kathryn Niehaus 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: 11990115Abstract: A computing system receives an instruction to initiate audio presentation of electronic communications for a recipient, and outputs an audio presentation responsive to the instruction. The audio presentation includes an initial portion that includes a presentation road map, and a subsequent portion that includes audible output of text content of a plurality of unreviewed electronic communications for the recipient. The presentation road map identifies an estimated duration of time to present the subsequent portion of the audio presentation.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: August Kathryn Niehaus, Saurabh Choudhury, Eugene Y. Suh, Gunjan Sood
-
Patent number: 11853650Abstract: In an example, a computing system receives an instruction to initiate audio presentation of electronic communications for a recipient. Responsive to the instruction, the computing system audibly outputs each unreviewed electronic communication in a most-recent conversation thread including a most-recent set of unreviewed, reply-linked electronic communications for the recipient. Each unreviewed electronic communication in the most-recent conversation thread may be audibly output in a chronological-sequential order beginning with an oldest unreviewed electronic communication and continuing to a most-recent unreviewed electronic communication. Responsive to completing audible output of the most-recent unreviewed electronic communication from a conversation thread, the computing device audibly outputs each unreviewed electronic communication in a next-most-recent conversation thread including a next-most-recent set of unreviewed, reply-linked electronic communications for the recipient.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: August Kathryn Niehaus, Saurabh Choudhury, Eugene Y. Suh, Gunjan Sood
-
Publication number: 20220328033Abstract: A computing system receives an instruction to initiate audio presentation of electronic communications for a recipient, and outputs an audio presentation responsive to the instruction. The audio presentation includes an initial portion that includes a presentation road map, and a subsequent portion that includes audible output of text content of a plurality of unreviewed electronic communications for the recipient. The presentation road map identifies an estimated duration of time to present the subsequent portion of the audio presentation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: August Kathryn NIEHAUS, Saurabh CHOUDHURY, Eugene Y. SUH, Gunjan SOOD
-
Publication number: 20220269479Abstract: In an example, a computing system receives an instruction to initiate audio presentation of electronic communications for a recipient. Responsive to the instruction, the computing system audibly outputs each unreviewed electronic communication in a most-recent conversation thread including a most-recent set of unreviewed, reply-linked electronic communications for the recipient. Each unreviewed electronic communication in the most-recent conversation thread may be audibly output in a chronological-sequential order beginning with an oldest unreviewed electronic communication and continuing to a most-recent unreviewed electronic communication. Responsive to completing audible output of the most-recent unreviewed electronic communication from a conversation thread, the computing device audibly outputs each unreviewed electronic communication in a next-most-recent conversation thread including a next-most-recent set of unreviewed, reply-linked electronic communications for the recipient.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: August Kathryn NIEHAUS, Saurabh CHOUDHURY, Eugene Y. SUH, Gunjan SOOD
-
Patent number: 11367429Abstract: A computing system receives an instruction to initiate audio presentation of electronic communications for a recipient, and outputs an audio presentation responsive to the instruction. The audio presentation includes an initial portion that includes a presentation road map, and a subsequent portion that includes audible output of text content of a plurality of unreviewed electronic communications for the recipient. The presentation road map identifies an estimated time to present the subsequent portion of the audio presentation.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: August Kathryn Niehaus, Saurabh Choudhury, Eugene Y. Suh, Gunjan Sood
-
Patent number: 11269590Abstract: In an example, a computing system receives an instruction to initiate audio presentation of electronic communications for a recipient. Responsive to the instruction, the computing system audibly outputs each unreviewed electronic communication in a most-recent conversation thread including a most-recent set of unreviewed, reply-linked electronic communications for the recipient. Each unreviewed electronic communication in the most-recent conversation thread may be audibly output in a chronological-sequential order beginning with an oldest unreviewed electronic communication and continuing to a most-recent unreviewed electronic communication. Responsive to completing audible output of the most-recent unreviewed electronic communication from a conversation thread, the computing device audibly outputs each unreviewed electronic communication in a next-most-recent conversation thread including a next-most-recent set of unreviewed, reply-linked electronic communications for the recipient.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: August Kathryn Niehaus, Saurabh Choudhury, Eugene Y. Suh, Gunjan Sood
-
Publication number: 20210056950Abstract: A computing system obtains an electronic communication for a recipient and identifies presence of a predefined feature within the electronic communication. The computing system extracts a data subset from the electronic communication. The data subset is identified by a data extraction template selected for the predefined feature identified within the electronic communication. The computing system derives a narrative based on the data subset using an audio presentation template selected for the predefined feature identified within the electronic communication. The audio presentation template is configured to translate an aspect of the data subset into narrative form. The computing system outputs the narrative in an electronic format for audio presentation via an audio output interface in which the narrative describes the aspect of the data subset extracted from the electronic communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2019Publication date: February 25, 2021Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: August Kathryn NIEHAUS, Eugene Y. SUH, Saurabh CHOUDHURY
-
Publication number: 20200387347Abstract: In an example, a computing system receives an instruction to initiate audio presentation of electronic communications for a recipient. Responsive to the instruction, the computing system audibly outputs each unreviewed electronic communication in a most-recent conversation thread including a most-recent set of unreviewed, reply-linked electronic communications for the recipient. Each unreviewed electronic communication in the most-recent conversation thread may be audibly output in a chronological-sequential order beginning with an oldest unreviewed electronic communication and continuing to a most-recent unreviewed electronic communication. Responsive to completing audible output of the most-recent unreviewed electronic communication from a conversation thread, the computing device audibly outputs each unreviewed electronic communication in a next-most-recent conversation thread including a next-most-recent set of unreviewed, reply-linked electronic communications for the recipient.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2019Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: August Kathryn NIEHAUS, Saurabh CHOUDHURY, Eugene Y. SUH, Gunjan SOOD
-
Publication number: 20200388269Abstract: A computing system receives an instruction to initiate audio presentation of electronic communications for a recipient, and outputs an audio presentation responsive to the instruction. The audio presentation includes an initial portion that includes a presentation road map, and a subsequent portion that includes audible output of text content of a plurality of unreviewed electronic communications for the recipient. The presentation road map identifies an estimated time to present the subsequent portion of the audio presentation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2019Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: August Kathryn NIEHAUS, Saurabh CHOUDHURY, Eugene Y. SUH, Gunjan SOOD
-
Publication number: 20180121432Abstract: A digital assistant supported across devices such as smartphones, tablets, personal computers (PCs), wearable computing devices, game consoles, and the like is configured to interact with one or more music and/or search services so that various user experiences, content, or features that enhance a user's involvement with music and other media content can be integrated with the digital assistant and rendered as a native digital assistant user experience. The digital assistant is configured to behave like the user's personal radio host or disc jockey (DJ), for example, by determining the user's intent and preferences, maintaining awareness of history and context, performing tasks and actions to curate personalized playlists and offer them at contextually-relevant times and places, providing information, recommendations, content, and commentary relating to the user's music, and proactively interacting with the user to make existing music easy to find and new music easy to discover.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2016Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Jeanne Allison Parson, August Kathryn Niehaus, Robin Lyn Goldstein, Melissa Lim