Patents by Inventor Brendan D. Elliott
Brendan D. Elliott 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).
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Patent number: 10372412Abstract: Embodiments relate to enabling force-based interactions with an intelligent personal assistant (IPA). A computing device capable of sensing the force exerted to input touch inputs is configured with a pressure-based filter that checks pressures of touch inputs to determine which touch inputs are to be diverted to the IPA or which are to be passed on to underlying user interface that is not related to the IPA. Touch inputs designated for the IPA based on their pressure characteristics can become part of the context of the IPA. Some IPA uses of the touch inputs include selecting graphic objects on the display, resolving exophoric phrases (e.g., “that”, “those”) as referring to such selected graphic objects, displaying transient user interface to provide information about (or actions for) the selected object, incorporating a selected object into the current context of the IPA, etc.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Christian Klein, Callil R. Capuozzo, Brendan D. Elliott, Christopher M. Barth, Otso Joona Casimir Tuomi, Shuo Shen
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Patent number: 10346478Abstract: A search term suggestion engine of a computing device receives characters of user data as the characters are input. The user data is at least part of a search term to be provided to one of multiple applications to search for the search term. An indication of multiple suggestion sources is received from the one application, and one or more suggested search terms are obtained, from the multiple suggestion sources, based on the received characters. One or more suggested search terms can also be obtained from the multiple suggestion sources based on one or more linguistic alternatives for the received characters. The one or more suggested search terms are combined into a combined set of suggested search terms, and the combined set of suggested search terms is returned to a search user interface for presentation to the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2013Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Derek S. Gebhard, Marc Wautier, Manav Mishra, Edward Boyle Averett, Brendan D. Elliott, David J. G. Wood, Philip P. Fortier, Andrei T. Aron, Vivekanandan Elangovan, Kwong K. Leung, Arun Gurunathan, Octavio Alfredo Cruz Sanchez, Priya Vaidyanathan
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Publication number: 20180113672Abstract: Embodiments relate to enabling force-based interactions with an intelligent personal assistant (IPA). A computing device capable of sensing the force exerted to input touch inputs is configured with a pressure-based filter that checks pressures of touch inputs to determine which touch inputs are to be diverted to the IPA or which are to be passed on to underlying user interface that is not related to the IPA. Touch inputs designated for the IPA based on their pressure characteristics can become part of the context of the IPA. Some IPA uses of the touch inputs include selecting graphic objects on the display, resolving exophoric phrases (e.g., “that”, “those”) as referring to such selected graphic objects, displaying transient user interface to provide information about (or actions for) the selected object, incorporating a selected object into the current context of the IPA, etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2016Publication date: April 26, 2018Inventors: Christian Klein, Callil R. Capuozzo, Brendan D. Elliott, Christopher M. Barth, Otso Joona Casimir Tuomi, Shuo Shen
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Patent number: 9563675Abstract: In embodiments of identifying search matches and altered search results, a query is received from a device application, and a data search is initiated based on the query that specifies search terms. A search result set of search result items is then received, and properties of a search result item are correlated with the search result item, where the properties indicate why the search result item was returned as part of the search result set. Search terms of the query are also associated with respective properties of the search result item to indicate a correspondence of a search term with a property of the search result item. The search result set of the search result items can then be returned to the device application along with the properties of each search result item and the associated search terms of the query.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2013Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Roger H. Wynn, Brendan D. Elliott, Wenjun Wang, Yadriel Gonzalez Perez, Sivaramakrishna Mopati, Jonathan Gordner
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Patent number: 9557909Abstract: Semantic zoom techniques are described. In one or more implementations, techniques are described that may be utilized by a user to navigate to content of interest. These techniques may also include a variety of different features, such as to support semantic swaps and zooming “in” and “out.” These techniques may also include a variety of different input features, such as to support gestures, cursor-control device, and keyboard inputs. A variety of other features are also supported as further described in the detailed description and figures.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2011Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Brendan D. Elliott, Marc Wautier, Michael S. Kaplan, Kwong K. Leung
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Patent number: 9037565Abstract: A system level search user interface that includes both a data entry portion and an application identification portion is displayed. User data input as a search term is displayed in the data entry portion, and identifiers of each of one or more applications of multiple applications on the computing device that can be searched using the search term are displayed in the application identification portion. The search term is provided to one application of the multiple applications for that one application to generate and display search results based on the search term while the display of at least the data entry portion of the system level search user interface is maintained.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Priya Vaidyanathan, Stephanie M. Monk, Brandon H. Paddock, Richard Jacob White, Edward Boyle Averett, Rolf A. Ebeling, Michael J. Gilmore, Manav Mishra, Jesse Clay Satterfield, Marc Wautier, Dona Sarkar, Brendan D. Elliott, Kwong K. Leung, Arun Gurunathan
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Publication number: 20130304757Abstract: A search term suggestion engine of a computing device receives characters of user data as the characters are input. The user data is at least part of a search term to be provided to one of multiple applications to search for the search term. An indication of multiple suggestion sources is received from the one application, and one or more suggested search terms are obtained, from the multiple suggestion sources, based on the received characters. One or more suggested search terms can also be obtained from the multiple suggestion sources based on one or more linguistic alternatives for the received characters. The one or more suggested search terms are combined into a combined set of suggested search terms, and the combined set of suggested search terms is returned to a search user interface for presentation to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Inventors: Derek S. Gebhard, Marc Wautier, Manav Mishra, Edward Boyle Averett, Brendan D. Elliott, David J. G. Wood, Philip P. Fortier, Andrei T. Aron, Vivekanandan Elangovan, Kwong K. Leung, Arun Gurunathan, Octavio Alfredo Cruz Sanchez, Priya Vaidyanathan
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Patent number: 8515984Abstract: A search term suggestion engine of a computing device receives characters of user data as the characters are input. The user data is at least part of a search term to be provided to one of multiple applications to search for the search term. An indication of multiple suggestion sources is received from the one application, and one or more suggested search terms are obtained, from the multiple suggestion sources, based on the received characters. One or more suggested search terms can also be obtained from the multiple suggestion sources based on one or more linguistic alternatives for the received characters. The one or more suggested search terms are combined into a combined set of suggested search terms, and the combined set of suggested search terms is returned to a search user interface for presentation to the user.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2010Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Derek S. Gebhard, Marc Wautier, Manav Mishra, Edward Boyle Averett, Brendan D. Elliott, David J. G. Wood, Philip P. Fortier, Andrei T. Aron, Vivekanandan Elangovan, Kwong K. Leung, Arun Gurunathan, Octavio Alfredo Cruz Sanchez, Priya Vaidyanathan
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Publication number: 20130067399Abstract: Semantic zoom techniques are described. In one or more implementations, techniques are described that may be utilized by a user to navigate to content of interest. These techniques may also include a variety of different features, such as to support semantic swaps and zooming “in” and “out.” These techniques may also include a variety of different input features, such as to support gestures, cursor-control device, and keyboard inputs. A variety of other features are also supported as further described in the detailed description and figures.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventors: Brendan D. Elliott, Marc Wautier, Michael S. Kaplan, Kwong K. Leung
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Publication number: 20120124072Abstract: A system level search user interface that includes both a data entry portion and an application identification portion is displayed. User data input as a search term is displayed in the data entry portion, and identifiers of each of one or more applications of multiple applications on the computing device that can be searched using the search term are displayed in the application identification portion. The search term is provided to one application of the multiple applications for that one application to generate and display search results based on the search term while the display of at least the data entry portion of the system level search user interface is maintained.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Priya Vaidyanathan, Stephanie M. Monk, Brandon H. Paddock, Richard Jacob White, Edward Boyle Averett, Rolf A. Ebeling, Michael J. Gilmore, Manav Mishra, Jesse Clay Satterfield, Marc Wautier, Dona Sarkar, Brendan D. Elliott, Kwong K. Leung, Arun Gurunathan
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Publication number: 20120124071Abstract: A search term suggestion engine of a computing device receives characters of user data as the characters are input. The user data is at least part of a search term to be provided to one of multiple applications to search for the search term. An indication of multiple suggestion sources is received from the one application, and one or more suggested search terms are obtained, from the multiple suggestion sources, based on the received characters. One or more suggested search terms can also be obtained from the multiple suggestion sources based on one or more linguistic alternatives for the received characters. The one or more suggested search terms are combined into a combined set of suggested search terms, and the combined set of suggested search terms is returned to a search user interface for presentation to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Derek S. Gebhard, Marc Wautier, Manav Mishra, Edward Boyle Averett, Brendan D. Elliott, David J. G. Wood, Philip P. Fortier, Andrei T. Aron, Vivekanandan Elangovan, Kwong K. Leung, Arun Gurunathan, Octavio Alfredo Cruz Sanchez, Priya Vaidyanathan