Patents by Inventor Chani A. Doggett

Chani A. Doggett 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).

  • Determining user engagement with software applications
    Patent number: 10853220
    Abstract: Technology related to determining a user engagement with software programs is disclosed. In one example of the disclosed technology, a method can include receiving a plurality of signals indicating states of the computer and a software application executing on the computer. The method can include combining the signals to determine a user engagement with the software application. The method can include storing a user engagement log based on the determined user engagement with the software application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chani A. Doggett, Brian R. Meyers, Colleen E. Hamilton, Kiran Tatapudi, Michael J. Novak, Kenneth M. Tubbs, Sriram Srinivasan
  • Activity feed service
    Patent number: 10693748
    Abstract: Technology related to an activity feed service is disclosed. In one example of the disclosed technology, a method can include receiving updates to activity streams, where a respective activity stream indicates an engagement of a respective user with applications executing on a respective client device connected to a network. The different activity streams associated with a particular user can be merged to generate a merged activity stream associated with the particular user. The different received activity streams can correspond to different respective client devices. The merged activity stream associated with the particular user can be transmitted over the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chani A. Doggett, Brian R. Meyers, John E. Gallardo, Abolade Gbadegesin, Michael J. Novak, Yisheng Yao, Bartosz H. Paliswiat, Kiran Tatapudi, Colleen E. Hamilton, Shawn P. Henry, Kenneth M. Tubbs, Sriram Srinivasan, Mahmut Arslan
  • ACTIVITY FEED SERVICE
    Publication number: 20180302302
    Abstract: Technology related to an activity feed service is disclosed. In one example of the disclosed technology, a method can include receiving updates to activity streams, where a respective activity stream indicates an engagement of a respective user with applications executing on a respective client device connected to a network. The different activity streams associated with a particular user can be merged to generate a merged activity stream associated with the particular user. The different received activity streams can correspond to different respective client devices. The merged activity stream associated with the particular user can be transmitted over the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chani A. Doggett, Brian R. Meyers, John E. Gallardo, Abolade Gbadegesin, Michael J. Novak, Yisheng Yao, Bartosz H. Paliswiat, Kiran Tatapudi, Colleen E. Hamilton, Shawn P. Henry, Kenneth M. Tubbs, Sriram Srinivasan, Mahmut Arslan
  • DETERMINING USER ENGAGEMENT WITH SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20180300217
    Abstract: Technology related to determining a user engagement with software programs is disclosed. In one example of the disclosed technology, a method can include receiving a plurality of signals indicating states of the computer and a software application executing on the computer. The method can include combining the signals to determine a user engagement with the software application. The method can include storing a user engagement log based on the determined user engagement with the software application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chani A. Doggett, Brian R. Meyers, Colleen E. Hamilton, Kiran Tatapudi, Michael J. Novak, Kenneth M. Tubbs, Sriram Srinivasan