Patents by Inventor Bryan Eric Baird

Bryan Eric Baird 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: 9792015
    Abstract: Technologies are generally described for providing a system for visualizing items and conversations in a communication application. Conversations are presented as a list of items in the communication application. A quantity of presented items is limited based on a size of a client device employed for viewing the items. Visualizations are applied to the presented items to attempt to maximize a number of items that are presented while providing information about the items to enable a user to preview content and take actions on the items. The visualizations include different templates applied to each item based on a type of item and content associated with the item, and the templates may be are dynamically updated based on user interactions with the items. The templates for items are determined by applying a set of rules and factors to each item to determine a most appropriate visualization for each item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Matthias Baer, Ned Bearer Friend, Nicholas Smith, Bryan Eric Baird, Benjamin Franklin Carter, Hiroshi Tsukahara
  • Publication number: 20150082189
    Abstract: Technologies are generally described for providing a system for visualizing items and conversations in a communication application. Conversations are presented as a list of items in the communication application. A quantity of presented items is limited based on a size of a client device employed for viewing the items. Visualizations are applied to the presented items to attempt to maximize a number of items that are presented while providing information about the items to enable a user to preview content and take actions on the items. The visualizations include different templates applied to each item based on a type of item and content associated with the item, and the templates may be are dynamically updated based on user interactions with the items. The templates for items are determined by applying a set of rules and factors to each item to determine a most appropriate visualization for each item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Matthias Baer, Ned Bearer Friend, Nicholas Smith, Bryan Eric Baird, Benjamin Franklin Carter, Hiroshi Tsukahara