Patents by Inventor Dalton Lafayette YOUNG

Dalton Lafayette YOUNG 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).

  • Documentation augmentation using role-based user annotations
    Patent number: 11630946
    Abstract: A system and method for performing role-based user annotation of product documentation is disclosed. The system identifies first and second roles for first and second users, respectively; causes, based on the first role, a first user interface to display on a first client device to receive a first input associated with the default document from the first user; creates a first layer of annotation on the default document based on the first input; receives a request to access the document from the second user; determines, based on the first and second roles, whether to merge the first layer of annotation to the default document for generating an output document; causes a second user interface to display the output document on a second client device; and causes the first input and the output document to be applied for document performance analysis associated with one or more entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kapil Kumar Tundwal, Gabriele Masili, Micheal Scott Kuykendall, Ray Ringhiser, Charlene Marie Douglass, Martine Marthe Sylvie Arlette Smets, Dalton Lafayette Young, Jayasudha Thota
  • DOCUMENTATION AUGMENTATION USING ROLE-BASED USER ANNOTATIONS
    Publication number: 20220237367
    Abstract: A system and method for performing role-based user annotation of product documentation is disclosed. The system identifies first and second roles for first and second users, respectively; causes, based on the first role, a first user interface to display on a first client device to receive a first input associated with the default document from the first user; creates a first layer of annotation on the default document based on the first input; receives a request to access the document from the second user; determines, based on the first and second roles, whether to merge the first layer of annotation to the default document for generating an output document; causes a second user interface to display the output document on a second client device; and causes the first input and the output document to be applied for document performance analysis associated with one or more entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Kapil Kumar TUNDWAL, Gabriele MASILI, Micheal Scott KUYKENDALL, Ray RINGHISER, Charlene Marie DOUGLASS, Martine Marthe Sylvie Arlette SMETS, Dalton Lafayette YOUNG, Jayasudha THOTA