Patents by Inventor Colin Randall MOLL

Colin Randall MOLL 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).

  • Publication number: 20190215503
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a head-mounted display device is provided, including a display, one or more input devices, and a processor. The processor may be configured to display a first 360-degree video on the display in a three-dimensional playback environment. The processor may be further configured to display a post-roll on the display when the first 360-degree video ends, wherein the post-roll is displayed in the three-dimensional playback environment and includes one or more interactable icons. The processor may be further configured to detect a selection of an interactable icon of the one or more interactable icons via the one or more input devices. The processor may be further configured to, in response to detecting the selection, perform a video environment navigation action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron MONSON, Jae Chul BAE, Emmanuel BERTRAND, Eliezer Menachem PAYZER, Pedro Javier RAMIREZ, Daniel Thomas CORRIGAN, Colin Randall MOLL
  • Publication number: 20180307751
    Abstract: Described herein is a system for recommending music using a music taste profile. The music taste profile includes information about musical taste of a particular user that can be used to provide music recommendation(s) targeted to that particular user. The system includes a recommendation component that makes a music recommendation(s) based on the music taste profile. The recommendation component can utilize an algorithm to make the music recommendation. With consent of the user, a music taste profile modification component can modify the music taste profile based on an inference from information regarding a music-related interest of the user received from a source (e.g., information obtained about a web browsing search history of the user, signal(s) provided by a digital assistant regarding information requested by the user and/or from a home automation device).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Melissa Nicole LIM, Eric Long HSIA, Erika Catherine BAUER, Matthew MANG, Paul NOGUES, Pierre Serge Vincent LEROY, Mathias WENDLINGER, Aaron James MONSON, Colin Randall MOLL, Claudio Fernando GUGLIERI LILLO