Patents by Inventor Bernhard Kohlmeier

Bernhard Kohlmeier 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: 11934426
    Abstract: A method and system for receiving data relating to one or more activities performed by a user on a document within a specific time period, the one or more activities being performed by using an application, analyzing the data to identify a category of user activity based at least on the type of activity performed on the document, and transmitting a signal to a device for storage in association with the document, the signal including the identified category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Bernhard Kohlmeier, Madeline Schuster Kleiner, Jon Meling, Jan Heier Johansen, Vegar Skjaerven Wang
  • Patent number: 11921730
    Abstract: Described herein are mechanisms to allow users to access functionality of applications in a suite of applications. In a first aspect, when a query relating to functionality of an application is received from a user, an index containing both top-level and sub-level functionality is searched. Results are ranked using a trained machine learning model using both context describing user interactions and the search results. A subset of the ranked results are presented to the user as options. In a second aspect the index can comprise entries describing functionality from other applications so that results presented to the user can include cross-application functionality. In a third aspect, the index can be searched using the context prior to receiving a query and adjusting the user interface based on the results. In a fourth aspect, the system can recommend other applications and/or devices that are better suited to a user's intent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Madeline Schuster Kleiner, Nathaniel George Freier, Bernhard Kohlmeier, Amod Anil Agashe, Jignesh Shah, Tomasz Lukasz Religa
  • Patent number: 11900046
    Abstract: A method and system for providing one or more suggested application features to a user of an application may include receiving an indication of a user action in a document, accessing contextual document data associated with the document, providing at least one of information about the user action or the contextual document data as input to a machine-learning (ML) model to predict a desired intent for the document, obtaining the predicted desired intent as an output from the ML model, identifying based on the predicted desired intent one or more application features that fulfil the desired intent, and providing data about the one or more application features for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Derik Bjorn Stenerson, Bernhard Kohlmeier, Robyn Sambo, HongQiao Li, Jignesh Shah, Riyang Liu
  • Patent number: 11886443
    Abstract: A method and system for intelligently organizing one or more groups of relevant files may include retrieving a user data signal including user-specific data, analyzing the user data signal to identify a parameter relating to file relevance, identifying one or more relevant files in a storage medium based on the parameter at least one of a user category property, a lifecycle stage property, a relevant activity property, or an activity level property of one or more files in the storage medium, organizing the one or more relevant file into the one or more groups of relevant files, and providing for display data relating to the one or more groups of relevant files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Madeline Schuster Kleiner, Bernhard Kohlmeier, Jon Meling, Jan Heier Johansen, Vegar Skjærven Wang, Jignesh Shah
  • Patent number: 11836142
    Abstract: A method and system for intelligently ranking search results may include receiving a search request containing one or more terms for performing a search, providing the one or more terms for conducting a search, and receiving a search results index containing a list of a plurality of documents, each of the plurality of documents corresponding to one of the one or more terms or to one or more other terms associated with the at least one of the one or more terms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Torbjørn Helvik, Vegar Skjaerven Wang, Jan Heier Johansen, Jon Meling, Madeline Schuster Kleiner, Bernhard Kohlmeier
  • Publication number: 20230385348
    Abstract: A method carried out by a content moderation service can include receiving system generated content from an application identified as a result of detecting a trigger associated with a content moderation list in the system generated content, wherein the trigger associated with a content moderation list is a word, phrase, image, audio, or video indicated as requiring a moderation action; receiving context for the trigger, wherein the context for the trigger comprises other words or phrases or images or other media in proximity to the trigger; evaluating the trigger in combination with the context for the trigger according to a content moderation process to obtain a determination of a risk assessment; and providing the risk assessment to the application for determining the moderation action to the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Bernhard Kohlmeier, Natalie Ann Ramirez
  • Publication number: 20230325395
    Abstract: A method and system for intelligently organizing one or more groups of relevant files may include retrieving a user data signal including user-specific data, analyzing the user data signal to identify a parameter relating to file relevance, identifying one or more relevant files in a storage medium based on the parameter at least one of a user category property, a lifecycle stage property, a relevant activity property, or an activity level property of one or more files in the storage medium, organizing the one or more relevant file into the one or more groups of relevant files, and providing for display data relating to the one or more groups of relevant files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Madeline Schuster KLEINER, Bernhard KOHLMEIER, Jon MELING, Jan Heier JOHANSEN, Vegar Skjærven WANG, Jignesh SHAH
  • Patent number: 11775536
    Abstract: A method and system for intelligently organizing one or more groups of relevant files may include retrieving a user data signal including user-specific data, analyzing the user data signal to identify a parameter relating to file relevance, identifying one or more relevant files in a storage medium based on the parameter at least one of a user category property, a lifecycle stage property, a relevant activity property, or an activity level property of one or more files in the storage medium, organizing the one or more relevant file into the one or more groups of relevant files, and providing for display data relating to the one or more groups of relevant files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Madeline Schuster Kleiner, Bernhard Kohlmeier, Jon Meling, Jan Heier Johansen, Vegar Skjærven Wang, Jignesh Shah
  • Patent number: 11650998
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for determining authoritative documents based on implicit interlinking and communication signals. In aspects, a search operation may be initiated from one or more applications or services. The search operation may be processed to identify search information, such as one or more content items, content topics, or entities. The identified search information may be used to search one or more data sources for implicit relationships between the search information and content items and/or entities stored by the data sources. The results of the search may be collected and ranked according to one or more criteria. The ranked results may be provided in response to the search operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jon Meling, Jan-Ove Karlberg, Vegar S Wang, Jan Heier Johansen, Bernhard Kohlmeier, Tor Kreutzer, Torbjørn Helvik
  • Publication number: 20220405612
    Abstract: A method and system for intelligently identifying relevant application features includes receiving a request to identify the relevant application features for a file, the relevant application features being application features offered by an application associated with the file, retrieving a file usage signal, the file usage signal being a signal stored with the file and including data about user actions performed in the file over one or more sessions, providing the file usage signal as an input to a machine-learning (ML) model to identify the relevant application features based on the file usage signal, receiving from the ML model the identified relevant application features, determining a manner by which the identified relevant application features should be presented for display, and providing data relating to at least one of the identified relevant application features or the manner by which the identified relevant application should be presented to the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Madeline Schuster KLEINER, Jan Heier JOHANSEN, Jon MELING, Bernhard KOHLMEIER, Vegar Skjærven WANG, Jignesh SHAH
  • Patent number: 11522924
    Abstract: A method and system for intelligently notifying collaborators of activity on collaborative content include receiving a first indication of a first collaboration activity performed on a first document by a first collaborator among a plurality of first collaborators associated with the first document and responsive to receiving the first indication, obtaining first activity information for the first document comprising the first collaborative activity and one or more second collaborative activities performed on the first document. The method and system determine a lifecycle stage of the first document, analyze the first activity information and the lifecycle stage of the first document to identify one or more second collaborators among the plurality of first collaborators associated with the first document to notify of the first collaborative activity, and provide for displaying the first collaboration activity to the one or more second collaborators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Vegar Skjaerven Wang, Jon Meling, Bernhard Kohlmeier, Madeline Schuster Kleiner, Jan Heier Johansen, Torbjørn Helvik
  • Publication number: 20220353307
    Abstract: A method and system for intelligently notifying collaborators of activity on collaborative content include receiving a first indication of a first collaboration activity performed on a first document by a first collaborator among a plurality of first collaborators associated with the first document and responsive to receiving the first indication, obtaining first activity information for the first document comprising the first collaborative activity and one or more second collaborative activities performed on the first document. The method and system determine a lifecycle stage of the first document, analyze the first activity information and the lifecycle stage of the first document to identify one or more second collaborators among the plurality of first collaborators associated with the first document to notify of the first collaborative activity, and provide for displaying the first collaboration activity to the one or more second collaborators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Vegar Skjaerven WANG, Jon MELING, Bernhard KOHLMEIER, Madeline Schuster KLEINER, Jan Heier JOHANSEN, Torbjørn HELVIK
  • Publication number: 20220284031
    Abstract: A method and system for intelligently ranking search results may include receiving a search request containing one or more terms for performing a search, providing the one or more terms for conducting a search, and receiving a search results index containing a list of a plurality of documents, each of the plurality of documents corresponding to one of the one or more terms or to one or more other terms associated with the at least one of the one or more terms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Torbjørn HELVIK, Vegar Skjærven WANG, Jan Heier JOHANSEN, Jon MELING, Madeline Schuster KLEINER, Bernhard KOHLMEIER
  • Publication number: 20220253449
    Abstract: Described herein are mechanisms to allow users to access functionality of applications in a suite of applications. In a first aspect, when a query relating to functionality of an application is received from a user, an index containing both top-level and sub-level functionality is searched. Results are ranked using a trained machine learning model using both context describing user interactions and the search results. A subset of the ranked results are presented to the user as options. In a second aspect the index can comprise entries describing functionality from other applications so that results presented to the user can include cross-application functionality. In a third aspect, the index can be searched using the context prior to receiving a query and adjusting the user interface based on the results. In a fourth aspect, the system can recommend other applications and/or devices that are better suited to a user's intent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Madeline Schuster KLEINER, Nathaniel George FREIER, Bernhard KOHLMEIER, Amod Anil AGASHE, Jignesh SHAH, Tomasz Lukasz RELIGA
  • Patent number: 11392594
    Abstract: A method and system for intelligently ranking search results may include receiving a search request containing one or more terms for performing a search, providing the one or more terms for conducting a search, and receiving a search results index containing a list of a plurality of documents, each of the plurality of documents corresponding to one of the one or more terms or to one or more other terms associated with the at least one of the one or more terms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Torbjørn Helvik, Vegar Skjærven Wang, Jan Heier Johansen, Jon Meling, Madeline Schuster Kleiner, Bernhard Kohlmeier
  • Publication number: 20220222279
    Abstract: A method and system for receiving data relating to one or more activities performed by a user on a document within a specific time period, the one or more activities being performed by using an application, analyzing the data to identify a category of user activity based at least on the type of activity performed on the document, and transmitting a signal to a device for storage in association with the document, the signal including the identified category.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Bernhard KOHLMEIER, Madeline Schuster KLEINER, Jon MELING, Jan Heier JOHANSEN, Vegar Skjaerven WANG
  • Patent number: 11347756
    Abstract: Described herein are mechanisms to allow users to access functionality of applications in a suite of applications. In a first aspect, when a query relating to functionality of an application is received from a user, an index containing both top-level and sub-level functionality is searched. Results are ranked using a trained machine learning model using both context describing user interactions and the search results. A subset of the ranked results are presented to the user as options. In a second aspect the index can comprise entries describing functionality from other applications so that results presented to the user can include cross-application functionality. In a third aspect, the index can be searched using the context prior to receiving a query and adjusting the user interface based on the results. In a fourth aspect, the system can recommend other applications and/or devices that are better suited to a user's intent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Madeline Schuster Kleiner, Nathaniel George Freier, Bernhard Kohlmeier, Amod Anil Agashe, Jignesh Shah, Tomasz Lukasz Religa
  • Patent number: 11328116
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying potential collaborators for a document may include determining a lifecycle stage of a document, determining a subject matter of the document based at least in part on content of the document. The method and system identify one or more potential collaborators to contribute to the document based at least in part on the subject matter of the document, a lifecycle stage of the document, or collaborator-specific information associated with each of the one or more potential collaborators. The method and system may also include providing data relating to the one or more potential collaborators for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jon Meling, Jan Heier Johansen, Vegar Skjaerven Wang, Bernhard Kohlmeier, Madeline Schuster Kleiner
  • Patent number: 11321360
    Abstract: A method and system for receiving data relating to one or more activities performed by a user on a document within a specific time period, the one or more activities being performed by using an application, analyzing the data to identify a category of user activity based at least on the type of activity performed on the document, and transmitting a signal to a device for storage in association with the document, the signal including the identified category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Bernhard Kohlmeier, Madeline Schuster Kleiner, Jon Meling, Jan Heier Johansen, Vegar Skjaerven Wang
  • Publication number: 20220043964
    Abstract: A method and system for providing one or more suggested application features to a user of an application may include receiving an indication of a user action in a document, accessing contextual document data associated with the document, providing at least one of information about the user action or the contextual document data as input to a machine-learning (ML) model to predict a desired intent for the document, obtaining the predicted desired intent as an output from the ML model, identifying based on the predicted desired intent one or more application features that fulfil the desired intent, and providing data about the one or more application features for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Derik Bjorn STENERSON, Bernhard KOHLMEIER, Robyn SAMBO, HongQiao LI, Jignesh SHAH, Riyang LIU