Patents by Inventor Charu Kwatra

Charu Kwatra 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).

  • Virtual commute
    Patent number: 12105936
    Abstract: The disclosure herein describes a virtual commute experience system. In some examples, the virtual commute experience includes receiving a plurality of information from one or more different programs; in response to a trigger event, launching a virtual commute experience; in response to the launch of the virtual commute experience, displaying a first portion of the plurality of information from the one or more different programs; receiving a first user interaction; in response to receiving the first user interaction, displaying a second portion of the plurality of information; receiving a second user interaction; outputting a prompt to continue or end the virtual commute experience; and in response to receiving a response to the prompt to end the virtual commute experience, pausing notifications generated by one or more different programs via the user interface until another trigger event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Leanna Holly Robb, Sandeep Seri, Wendy Guo, Charu Kwatra, Shruti Poddar, Helen Harmetz, Chelly Ashley Jin
  • VIRTUAL COMMUTE
    Publication number: 20220334691
    Abstract: The disclosure herein describes a virtual commute experience system. In some examples, the virtual commute experience includes receiving a plurality of information from one or more different programs; in response to a trigger event, launching a virtual commute experience; in response to the launch of the virtual commute experience, displaying a first portion of the plurality of information from the one or more different programs; receiving a first user interaction; in response to receiving the first user interaction, displaying a second portion of the plurality of information; receiving a second user interaction; outputting a prompt to continue or end the virtual commute experience; and in response to receiving a response to the prompt to end the virtual commute experience, pausing notifications generated by one or more different programs via the user interface until another trigger event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Leanna Holly ROBB, Sandeep SERI, Wendy GUO, Charu KWATRA, Shruti PODDAR, Helen HARMETZ, Chelly Ashley JIN
  • FOCUS TIME AUTO BOOKING
    Publication number: 20200402020
    Abstract: A system and method for updating calendar data is described. A server accesses calendar data for a user account and parses the calendar data for a plurality of available time slots within an upcoming timeframe. The server schedules a focus time session for a corresponding available time slot of the plurality of available time slots within the upcoming timeframe in the calendar data. A confirmation of the scheduled focus time sessions is provided to the user account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Burton Bergen, Wendy Guo, Noelle Renee Beaujon, Charu Kwatra