Patents by Inventor Benjamin David SMITH

Benjamin David SMITH 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: 12242792
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying enhancement suggestions for a document and displaying the identified suggestions in a user-friendly manner may include examining the document to identify an enhancement fora portion of content in the document, enabling display of a first user interface element for previewing the identified enhancement as applied to the content, receiving a request to select the identified enhancement, and upon receiving the request enabling display of a second user interface element for accepting the identified enhancement. The first user interface element may provide a preview of the document post enhancement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Erez Kikin Gil, Benjamin David Smith
  • Patent number: 11836180
    Abstract: A data processing system implements displaying, on a first device to a first participant, a first user interface for presentation of audio content, the first user interface including a navigation tool configured to visually represent contextual events in the audio content and a first selectable indicator linked to a second participant. The data processing system further implements receiving a first user selection of the first selectable indicator; and initiating, in response to at least the first user selection, a first telecommunication session between the first participant and the second participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Erez Kikin-Gil, Benjamin David Smith, Colleen Griffiths Estrada
  • Publication number: 20230351091
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying enhancement suggestions for a document and displaying the identified suggestions in a user-friendly manner may include examining the document to identify an enhancement fora portion of content in the document, enabling display of a first user interface element for previewing the identified enhancement as applied to the content, receiving a request to select the identified enhancement, and upon receiving the request enabling display of a second user interface element for accepting the identified enhancement. The first user interface element may provide a preview of the document post enhancement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Erez Kikin GIL, Benjamin David SMITH
  • Patent number: 11514893
    Abstract: Techniques performed by a data processing system for processing voice content received from a user herein include receiving a first audio input from a user comprising spoken content, analyzing the first audio input using one or more natural language processing models to produce a first textual output comprising a textual representation of the first audio input, analyzing the first textual output using one or more machine learning models to determine first context information of the first textual output, and processing the first textual output in the application based on the first context information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Erez Kikin-Gil, Emily Tran, Benjamin David Smith, Alan Liu, Erik Thomas Oveson
  • Publication number: 20220318292
    Abstract: A data processing system implements displaying, on a first device to a first participant, a first user interface for presentation of audio content, the first user interface including a navigation tool configured to visually represent contextual events in the audio content and a first selectable indicator linked to a second participant. The data processing system further implements receiving a first user selection of the first selectable indicator; and initiating, in response to at least the first user selection, a first telecommunication session between the first participant and the second participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Erez KIKIN-GIL, Benjamin David SMITH, Colleen Griffiths ESTRADA
  • Patent number: 11423073
    Abstract: An audio-visual management system and process for facilitating comprehension of electronic documents. As an example, a user may access contents of an electronic document via a user interface and request a speech-synthesized recitation of any text in the electronic document. In addition, the user interface can include a navigation tool configured to visually represent significant events in the electronic document via selectable indicators, including but not limited to comments, slides, images, graphs, and/or other internal contextual markers. These indicators can serve as navigation options that can provide guidance to users as they listen to a reading of the electronic document. User selection of an indicator can initiate an audio presentation of textual content that is directly associated with the specified event. In addition, users can view availability of others currently listening to the document and connect with them to create a joint listening experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Erez Kikin-Gil, Benjamin David Smith, Colleen Griffiths Estrada
  • Publication number: 20210233522
    Abstract: Techniques performed by a data processing system for processing voice content received from a user herein include receiving a first audio input from a user comprising spoken content, analyzing the first audio input using one or more natural language processing models to produce a first textual output comprising a textual representation of the first audio input, analyzing the first textual output using one or more machine learning models to determine first context information of the first textual output, and processing the first textual output in the application based on the first context information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Erez KIKIN-GIL, Emily TRAN, Benjamin David SMITH, Alan LIU, Erik Thomas OVESON
  • Patent number: 11024328
    Abstract: The systems and techniques disclosed here feature a device including an audio analyzer connected to microphone(s) monitoring a conversation between one or more individuals. The audio analyzer can identify auditory expressions from audio captured by the microphone, where the auditory expressions can include linguistic expressions and nonlinguistic expressions. The audio analyzer can analyze the linguistic expressions to identify a topic and a time period when the topic was discussed. A video analyzer can be connected to camera(s) monitoring the conversation. The video analyzer can identify non-auditory expressions by the individuals from video captured by the camera. A sentiment analyzer can analyze auditory expressions during the time period when the topic was discussed and non-auditory expressions during the time period when the topic was discussed to determine sentiments to the topic. A processor can analyze the determined sentiments to the topic to determine a group sentiment to the topic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Andrews Jung, Benjamin David Smith, Erez Kikin Gil
  • Publication number: 20200342895
    Abstract: The systems and techniques disclosed here feature a device including an audio analyzer connected to microphone(s) monitoring a conversation between one or more individuals. The audio analyzer can identify auditory expressions from audio captured by the microphone, where the auditory expressions can include linguistic expressions and nonlinguistic expressions. The audio analyzer can analyze the linguistic expressions to identify a topic and a time period when the topic was discussed. A video analyzer can be connected to camera(s) monitoring the conversation. The video analyzer can identify non-auditory expressions by the individuals from video captured by the camera. A sentiment analyzer can analyze auditory expressions during the time period when the topic was discussed and non-auditory expressions during the time period when the topic was discussed to determine sentiments to the topic. A processor can analyze the determined sentiments to the topic to determine a group sentiment to the topic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Andrews JUNG, Benjamin David SMITH, Erez Kikin GIL
  • Publication number: 20200159838
    Abstract: An audio-visual management system and process for facilitating comprehension of electronic documents. As an example, a user may access contents of an electronic document via a user interface and request a speech-synthesized recitation of any text in the electronic document. In addition, the user interface can include a navigation tool configured to visually represent significant events in the electronic document via selectable indicators, including but not limited to comments, slides, images, graphs, and/or other internal contextual markers. These indicators can serve as navigation options that can provide guidance to users as they listen to a reading of the electronic document. User selection of an indicator can initiate an audio presentation of textual content that is directly associated with the specified event. In addition, users can view availability of others currently listening to the document and connect with them to create a joint listening experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Erez KIKIN-GIL, Benjamin David SMITH, Colleen Griffiths ESTRADA
  • Patent number: 10636427
    Abstract: Examples described herein improve the way in which a transcript is generated and displayed so that the context of a conversation taking place during a meeting or another type of collaboration event can be understood by a person that reviews the transcript (e.g., reads or browses through the transcript). The techniques described herein use voice recognition to identify a user that is speaking during the meeting. Accordingly, when the speech of the user is converted to text for the transcript, the text can be attributed to the identified user. The techniques described herein further configure a graphical user interface layout, in which the transcript can be displayed. The graphical user interface layout enables users to better understand the context of a conversation that takes place during a meeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Andrews Jung, Benjamin David Smith, Erez Kikin Gil
  • Publication number: 20190392837
    Abstract: Examples described herein improve the way in which a transcript is generated and displayed so that the context of a conversation taking place during a meeting or another type of collaboration event can be understood by a person that reviews the transcript (e.g., reads or browses through the transcript). The techniques described herein use voice recognition to identify a user that is speaking during the meeting. Accordingly, when the speech of the user is converted to text for the transcript, the text can be attributed to the identified user. The techniques described herein further configure a graphical user interface layout, in which the transcript can be displayed. The graphical user interface layout enables users to better understand the context of a conversation that takes place during a meeting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher Andrews JUNG, Benjamin David SMITH, Erez KIKIN GIL