Patents by Inventor Brandon Vaughn Taylor

Brandon Vaughn Taylor 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).

  • Communication system
    Patent number: 9516255
    Abstract: A user device has a display, a user interface and a network interface. The network interface receive a video data stream from another user interface. A user of the user device is able to pause the video stream. The paused image of the video stream and the video stream are both displayed on the display. The user is able to annotate the paused image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Austin S. Lee, Brandon Vaughn Taylor, Mark Robert Swift, Bofan Hsu, Shawn Crispin Wright, Albert Anthony Robles, Jason Thomas Faulkner
  • Communication System
    Publication number: 20160212370
    Abstract: A user device has a display, a user interface and a network interface. The network interface receive a video data stream from another user interface. A user of the user device is able to pause the video stream. The paused image of the video stream and the video stream are both displayed on the display. The user is able to annotate the paused image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Austin S. Lee, Brandon Vaughn Taylor, Mark Robert Swift, Bofan Hsu, Shawn Crispin Wright, Albert Anthony Robles, Jason Thomas Faulkner
  • Initiating distribution of server based content via web-enabled device
    Patent number: 7606873
    Abstract: Content that is stored on a remote server is distributed via a communications network. The distribution of the content, such as a document or pictures, is initiated via a properly enabled device, such as a web-enabled phone, handheld computer, personal digital assistant (PDA), or personal computer. In this manner, a website can be used as a repository for documents, and the sender is not required to have physical possession of the document to be sent or have a locally stored electronic copy of the document to be sent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon Vaughn Taylor, Malcolm Haar, Tia Gao