Patents by Inventor DANIEL ROBERT AMIRAULT

DANIEL ROBERT AMIRAULT 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: 10706124
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are disclosed for enabling structured data to be associated with visual content in a manner that preserves the ability to edit the visual content using a content application such as a notebook application. Techniques and systems enable semantic notation to be introduced into selected regions of the visual content that indicate the visual content's structured data, allowing the content to be searched and accessed more easily by common search technologies and search engines. The semantic notation is assigned to the visual content so that the introduction of the semantic notation does not hinder the user's viewing or editing of the visual content with a content application. The inclusion of the semantic notation does not cause existing visual editing tools that do not understand the semantic notation to cease to function properly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Bernard Akselrod, Daniel Robert Amirault, Eun Ju Nam, Gareth Alun Jones, Nicholas Jordan Barnwell, Allison Gallant, Ignacio Omar Venado Estrada, William Joseph Bishop, Bharathwaj Raam Sampathkumar, Koushik Bhattacharjee, Scott Kurtzeborn
  • Patent number: 10552234
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed herein that enhances collaboration notifications. In various implementations, a notification queue is maintained for internal notifications that are generated as editing events that occur in relation to a shared document. The notification queue is periodically queried to determine which of the notifications qualify at a given time to be communicated externally to a group of users. An individual notification is communicated when only a single internal notification qualifies. But when multiple internal notifications are present that qualify, then a group notification is sent. Thus, users are presented with fewer notifications than otherwise, improving the user experience and conserving communication and computing resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Omeed Chandra, Ginger Elizabeth Fang, Sanyam Sharma, Daniel Robert Amirault
  • Publication number: 20170168878
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed herein that enhances collaboration notifications. In various implementations, a notification queue is maintained for internal notifications that are generated as editing events that occur in relation to a shared document. The notification queue is periodically queried to determine which of the notifications qualify at a given time to be communicated externally to a group of users. An individual notification is communicated when only a single internal notification qualifies. But when multiple internal notifications are present that qualify, then a group notification is sent. Thus, users are presented with fewer notifications than otherwise, improving the user experience and conserving communication and computing resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Omeed Chandra, Ginger Elizabeth Fang, Sanyam Sharma, Daniel Robert Amirault
  • Publication number: 20160203233
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are disclosed for enabling structured data to be associated with visual content in a manner that preserves the ability to edit the visual content using a content application such as a notebook application. Techniques and systems enable semantic notation to be introduced into selected regions of the visual content that indicate the visual content's structured data, allowing the content to be searched and accessed more easily by common search technologies and search engines. The semantic notation is assigned to the visual content so that the introduction of the semantic notation does not hinder the user's viewing or editing of the visual content with a content application. The inclusion of the semantic notation does not cause existing visual editing tools that do not understand the semantic notation to cease to function properly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: GREGORY BERNARD AKSELROD, DANIEL ROBERT AMIRAULT, EUN JU NAM, GARETH ALUN JONES, NICHOLAS JORDAN BARNWELL, ALLISON GALLANT, IGNACIO OMAR VENADO ESTRADA, WILLIAM JOSEPH BISHOP, BHARATHWAJ RAAM SAMPATHKUMAR, KOUSHIK BHATTACHARJEE, SCOTT KURTZEBORN