Patents by Inventor Bojana Ostojic

Bojana Ostojic 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: 10887424
    Abstract: The description relates to opportunity events. One example can filter events based upon at least one parameter from a profile of a user. The filtering can produce potential opportunity events for the user. The example can compare the potential opportunity events to the user profile utilizing a similarity threshold such that the potential opportunity events that satisfy the similarity threshold are considered opportunity events. The example can rank the opportunity events by confidence level of matching the user profile. The example can also automatically populate high ranking individual opportunity events onto a calendar of the user. The example can further notify the user about the automatically populating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Denis Possing, Gail Giacobbe, Jane Kim, Ruth Kikin-Gil, Bojana Ostojic
  • Patent number: 10856251
    Abstract: A user sends a location request to a user of a group that requests the user's current location. For example, one family member may send a location request to another family member that is part of their family group for their current location. The user receiving the request may accept the location request or reject the location request. When the location request is reject, the requesting user is not provided with the current location information of the user. When the location request is accepted, the requesting user is provided with the current location information of the user. In addition to providing the location information to the requesting user, the location may also be shared with other members of the group. For example, a message may be sent to each of the family members that are part of the group that informs them that a member has updated their location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Rubaiyat Khan, Alice Jane Brush, Peter Eberhardy, March Rogers, Bojana Ostojic, Nathaniel Eric Breskin Auer, Stefanie Danhope, Abigail Welborn, Daniel Larsen
  • Publication number: 20190384460
    Abstract: The disclosed technology surfaces application functionality for an object in a user interface of a computing device. A context associated with the object is determined. A contextual tool window of the user interface presents the user interfaces for one or more functions of one or more applications, based on the context, without launching any of the one or more applications in an application window. Selection by a user of one of the presented one or more functions is detected through the contextual tool window in the user interface. The selected function is executed on the object without launching any of the one or more applications in an application window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Edward HARNISCH, Bojana OSTOJIC, Liang CHEN, Jose Alberto RODRIGUEZ, Steven Douglas DEMAR, Lori Beth KRATZER
  • Publication number: 20180227875
    Abstract: A user sends a location request to a user of a group that requests the user's current location. For example, one family member may send a location request to another family member that is part of their family group for their current location. The user receiving the request may accept the location request or reject the location request. When the location request is reject, the requesting user is not provided with the current location information of the user. When the location request is accepted, the requesting user is provided with the current location information of the user. In addition to providing the location information to the requesting user, the location may also be shared with other members of the group. For example, a message may be sent to each of the family members that are part of the group that informs them that a member has updated their location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Rubaiyat Khan, Alice Jane Brush, Peter Eberhardy, March Rogers, Bojana Ostojic, Nathaniel Eric Breskin Auer, Stefanie Danhope, Abigail Welborn, Daniel Larsen
  • Patent number: 10004056
    Abstract: A user sends a location request to a user of a group that requests the user's current location. For example, one family member may send a location request to another family member that is part of their family group for their current location. The user receiving the request may accept the location request or reject the location request. When the location request is reject, the requesting user is not provided with the current location information of the user. When the location request is accepted, the requesting user is provided with the current location information of the user. In addition to providing the location information to the requesting user, the location may also be shared with other members of the group. For example, a message may be sent to each of the family members that are part of the group that informs them that a member has updated their location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Rubaiyat Khan, Alice Jane Brush, Peter Eberhardy, March Rogers, Bojana Ostojic, Nathaniel Eric Breskin Auer, Stefanie Danhope, Abigail Welborn, Daniel Larsen
  • Publication number: 20180097909
    Abstract: The description relates to opportunity events. One example can filter events based upon at least one parameter from a profile of a user. The filtering can produce potential opportunity events for the user. The example can compare the potential opportunity events to the user profile utilizing a similarity threshold such that the potential opportunity events that satisfy the similarity threshold are considered opportunity events. The example can rank the opportunity events by confidence level of matching the user profile. The example can also automatically populate high ranking individual opportunity events onto a calendar of the user. The example can further notify the user about the automatically populating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Denis Possing, Gail Giacobbe, Jane Kim, Ruth Kikin-Gil, Bojana Ostojic
  • Patent number: 9871883
    Abstract: The description relates to opportunity events. One example can filter events based upon at least one parameter from a profile of a user. The filtering can produce potential opportunity events for the user. The example can compare the potential opportunity events to the user profile utilizing a similarity threshold such that the potential opportunity events that satisfy the similarity threshold are considered opportunity events. The example can rank the opportunity events by confidence level of matching the user profile. The example can also automatically populate high ranking individual opportunity events onto a calendar of the user. The example can further notify the user about the automatically populating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Denis Possing, Gail Giacobbe, Jane Kim, Ruth Kikin-Gil, Bojana Ostojic
  • Patent number: 9854010
    Abstract: Notifications are delivered to a user based in part on a user's current context. The notifications may be based on personal information (e.g. calendar events, tasks, alerts, and the like) as well as a context of a user. The notifications may be delivered using different types of notifications. The type of notification selected may be based on the current context of the user. Notifications may also be sent to other users (e.g. that are part of a trusted group) in response to a change in state of the event (e.g. the task completed). Instead of a user receiving notifications at preset times, notifications are delivered to the user using their current context. A group member may also create a message to another member requesting an action. When a response is made, the requesting group member receives a notification and the other group members may also receive notifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Vaidyanathan Raghavan, Bradley Stevenson, Gail Giacobbe, Xuelei Sun, March Rogers, Bojana Ostojic, Nathaniel Eric Breskin Auer, Ellen Steele
  • Publication number: 20140372525
    Abstract: Notifications are delivered to a user based in part on a user's current context. The notifications may be based on personal information (e.g. calendar events, tasks, alerts, and the like) as well as a context of a user. The notifications may be delivered using different types of notifications. The type of notification selected may be based on the current context of the user. Notifications may also be sent to other users (e.g. that are part of a trusted group) in response to a change in state of the event (e.g. the task completed). Instead of a user receiving notifications at preset times, notifications are delivered to the user using their current context. A group member may also create a message to another member requesting an action. When a response is made, the requesting group member receives a notification and the other group members may also receive notifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Vaidyanathan Raghavan, Bradley Stevenson, Gail Giacobbe, Xuelei Sun, March Rogers, Bojana Ostojic, Nathaniel Eric Breskin Auer, Ellen Steele
  • Publication number: 20140359464
    Abstract: The description relates to opportunity events. One example can filter events based upon at least one parameter from a profile of a user. The filtering can produce potential opportunity events for the user. The example can compare the potential opportunity events to the user profile utilizing a similarity threshold such that the potential opportunity events that satisfy the similarity threshold are considered opportunity events. The example can rank the opportunity events by confidence level of matching the user profile. The example can also automatically populate high ranking individual opportunity events onto a calendar of the user. The example can further notify the user about the automatically populating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Denis POSSING, Gail GIACOBBE, Jane KIM, Ruth KIKIN-GIL, Bojana OSTOJIC
  • Patent number: 8739052
    Abstract: A method of overlaying layers of a user interface on a display of a computing device is presented herein. In a preferred embodiment, while a media item is displayed within the user interface, an overlay having features associated with the media item being displayed on the user interface is layered on top of the user interface such that the media item beneath the overlay layer is at least partially viewable through the overlay layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bojana Ostojic, Christopher A Glein, Mark R. Gibson, William H Vong, Benjamin N Alton, Mark S Newell
  • Publication number: 20130303190
    Abstract: A user sends a location request to a user of a group that requests the user's current location. For example, one family member may send a location request to another family member that is part of their family group for their current location. The user receiving the request may accept the location request or reject the location request. When the location request is reject, the requesting user is not provided with the current location information of the user. When the location request is accepted, the requesting user is provided with the current location information of the user. In addition to providing the location information to the requesting user, the location may also be shared with other members of the group. For example, a message may be sent to each of the family members that are part of the group that informs them that a member has updated their location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Rubaiyat Khan, Alice Jane Brush, Peter Eberhardy, March Rogers, Bojana Ostojic, Nathaniel Eric Breskin Auer, Stefanie Danhope, Abigail Welborn, Daniel Larsen
  • Patent number: 8504922
    Abstract: Described herein is technology for, among other things, performing navigation in a media environment. The technology involves the presenting a user with only a portion of the previously visited pages or areas as he or she moves to previously visited pages or areas. As the user moves around the media environment, the movements are recorded for use when requests are received for previously visited areas or pages. As the user moves to previously visited areas redundant pages or areas are skipped. Thus, the user's forward and backward navigation are different and the user moves backward more easily, quickly and efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Newell, Jeffrey Margolis, Will Vong, Bill Flora, Bojana Ostojic, Kristina Voros, Christen Coomer, Frederic Azera
  • Patent number: 7810043
    Abstract: Embodiments of a media user interface are presented herein. In one embodiment, a plurality of representations of media items is arranged into a plurality of groups such that the plurality of groups of representations are horizontally navigated like a carousel. In another embodiment, the plurality of representations of media items is presented based on user selection of data associated with features of the media items. Yet in another embodiment where a plurality of representations is vertically aligned, navigating a representation causes vertical space between the representation and another representation next to it to be increased and causes representations of a sub-category of the representation to be displayed within the increased space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bojana Ostojic, Benjamin N Alton, Christopher A Glein, Mark R. Gibson, Mark S Newell, William H Vong
  • Patent number: 7761812
    Abstract: Outputting a user interface having a list of a plurality of representations of media items on a display of a computing device is presented. In one embodiment, a center locking region (CLR) is defined in the user interface and covers a portion of the plurality of representations, wherein navigation from a first representation within the CLR to a second representation outside the CLR causes a scrolling of the second representation into the CLR on one horizontal side and a scrolling of a third representation within the CLR out of the CLR on the other horizontal side while navigation through a portion of the plurality of representations within the CLR causes no scrolling. In another embodiment, a gap indicating a beginning and an end of the list is displayed and a scrolling occurs when the gap is within the CLR and a horizontal navigation within the CLR is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bojana Ostojic, Christopher A Glein, Mark R. Gibson, William H Vong, William T Flora, Benjamin N Alton, Mark S Newell
  • Publication number: 20100042947
    Abstract: Animations and transitions are provided for display of objects in a user interface. The animations and transitions include movement of objects into and within a display area, changes in the size or orientation of an object, and intensity changes for objects within a display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: BOJANA OSTOJIC, CHRISTOPHER A. GLEIN, KORT D. SANDS, MARK R. GIBSON, WILLIAM H. VONG
  • Publication number: 20080163127
    Abstract: Described herein is technology for, among other things, performing navigation in a media environment. The technology involves the presenting a user with only a portion of the previously visited pages or areas as he or she moves to previously visited pages or areas. As the user moves around the media environment, the movements are recorded for use when requests are received for previously visited areas or pages. As the user moves to previously visited areas redundant pages or areas are skipped. Thus, the user's forward and backward navigation are different and the user moves backward more easily, quickly and efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Newell, Jeffrey Margolis, Will Vong, Bill Flora, Bojana Ostojic, Kristina Voros, Christen Coomer, Frederic Azera
  • Patent number: D546335
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: William H. Vong, Mark R. Gibson, Bojana Ostojic
  • Patent number: D552623
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: William H. Vong, Mark R. Gibson, Bojana Ostojic, Kort Danner Sands, Marc S. Oshiro
  • Patent number: D553138
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: William H. Vong, Mark R. Gibson, Bojana Ostojic